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word. Fine.
She left him to it. Alex looked at
the title screen for a long time, his heart
pounding. Then he placed his fingers
over the keyboard.
Go North.
The first building in the town
square was the pub. The pub keeper said
he had a message for Alex Shaw, but
first Alex had to bring him three rings.
Alex went back out into the town square
and began to look for them.
One ring was given to him by the
town doctor, who gave him a lecture on
the value of true love and how it was
worth any risk.
One ring was given to him by a
witch, who told him he had bravery and
a pure heart, and those were worth more
than all the riches in the kingdom.
One ring was given to him by the
village idiot, who told him men with
long blond hair were prone to fits of
stupidity, but it could be cured with a
well-timed smack upside the head.
Alex was trying to control a painful
sense of hope as he took the three rings
back to the pub keeper. The pub keeper
gave him a scroll. Alex hesitated.
Open scroll.
A full screen graphic appeared. It
was a parchment scroll, and written on it
were these words:
Alex, I love you so much and I
want to spend the rest of my life with
you. Marry me. Luke
Alex was looking at the scroll,
trying to remember how to breathe, when
Amy handed him the phone.
It was Luke. Hey, Alex. I ll be
home Saturday. Will you give me an
answer then?
Why? Alex managed thickly.
Um& . Why should you give me an
answer then?
No, you dork. Why do you want
to& marry me?
Luke s voice quivered a little.
Because it hurts to be without you,
Alex. Fuck. It physically hurts. You re
the missing piece to my puzzle. You re
the one. I m sorry it took me a while to
figure that out.
I ll hold you back, Alex
whispered.
Luke gave an ironic snort. You?
You make me pathetically happy. And I
make you ridiculously happy, at least I
do when I m not being an ass.
Everything else we ll use our nerdy
brains to figure out together. Okay?
But it s not even legal in
Pennsylvania.
Luke laughed. Mr. Logic Puzzle.
So we ll drive to New York, right?
Logistics.
Alex drew a ragged breath.
Okay.
Yeah? Okay what? Luke sounded
excited.
Okay, I ll give you an answer on
Saturday, Alex said firmly.
Luke groaned. Sadistic bastard. I
miss you so much, Alex.
I miss you, too.
LUKE Schumaker and Alex Shaw were
married at a historic inn in central New
York on Christmas Eve. Luke had called
twenty places before he d found a
vacancy. There was scrambling for hotel
rooms, tuxes, a minister, dinner
reservations, a marriage license, a
handicap-accessible restaurant for the
reception, and a dog sitter. But standing
there in the Victorian parlor, with both
of their families in attendance and even,
for the most part, supportive, Luke was
pretty sure it had all been worth it. And
when he took Alex s hands in his and
kissed his new husband, he knew for
sure it had been.
The crossword puzzle in the Philly
Examiner contained this hidden message
the following Sunday:
For as long as we both shall live.
Luke and Alex.
About the Author
ELI EASTON has been at various times
and under different names a minister s
daughter, a computer programmer, a
game designer, the author of paranormal
mysteries, a fanfiction writer, an organic
farmer, and a profound sleeper. She is
now happily embarking on yet another
incarnation, this time as an m/m romance
author.
As an avid reader of such, she is tickled
pink when an author manages to combine
literary merit, vast stores of humor,
melting hotness, and eye-dabbing
sweetness into one story. She promises
to strive to achieve most of that most of
the time. She currently lives on a farm in
Pennsylvania with her husband, three
bulldogs, three cows, and six chickens.
All of them (except for the husband) are
female, hence explaining the naked men
that have taken up residence in her latest
fiction writing.
Her website is
http://www.elieaston.com.
You can e-mail her at
eli@elieaston.com.
Also from ELI EASTON
http://www.dreamspinnerp
Also from ELI EASTON
http://www.dreamspinnerp
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Published by
Dreamspinner Press
5032 Capital Circle SW
Suite 2, PMB# 279
Tallahassee, FL 32305-7886
USA
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word. Fine.
She left him to it. Alex looked at
the title screen for a long time, his heart
pounding. Then he placed his fingers
over the keyboard.
Go North.
The first building in the town
square was the pub. The pub keeper said
he had a message for Alex Shaw, but
first Alex had to bring him three rings.
Alex went back out into the town square
and began to look for them.
One ring was given to him by the
town doctor, who gave him a lecture on
the value of true love and how it was
worth any risk.
One ring was given to him by a
witch, who told him he had bravery and
a pure heart, and those were worth more
than all the riches in the kingdom.
One ring was given to him by the
village idiot, who told him men with
long blond hair were prone to fits of
stupidity, but it could be cured with a
well-timed smack upside the head.
Alex was trying to control a painful
sense of hope as he took the three rings
back to the pub keeper. The pub keeper
gave him a scroll. Alex hesitated.
Open scroll.
A full screen graphic appeared. It
was a parchment scroll, and written on it
were these words:
Alex, I love you so much and I
want to spend the rest of my life with
you. Marry me. Luke
Alex was looking at the scroll,
trying to remember how to breathe, when
Amy handed him the phone.
It was Luke. Hey, Alex. I ll be
home Saturday. Will you give me an
answer then?
Why? Alex managed thickly.
Um& . Why should you give me an
answer then?
No, you dork. Why do you want
to& marry me?
Luke s voice quivered a little.
Because it hurts to be without you,
Alex. Fuck. It physically hurts. You re
the missing piece to my puzzle. You re
the one. I m sorry it took me a while to
figure that out.
I ll hold you back, Alex
whispered.
Luke gave an ironic snort. You?
You make me pathetically happy. And I
make you ridiculously happy, at least I
do when I m not being an ass.
Everything else we ll use our nerdy
brains to figure out together. Okay?
But it s not even legal in
Pennsylvania.
Luke laughed. Mr. Logic Puzzle.
So we ll drive to New York, right?
Logistics.
Alex drew a ragged breath.
Okay.
Yeah? Okay what? Luke sounded
excited.
Okay, I ll give you an answer on
Saturday, Alex said firmly.
Luke groaned. Sadistic bastard. I
miss you so much, Alex.
I miss you, too.
LUKE Schumaker and Alex Shaw were
married at a historic inn in central New
York on Christmas Eve. Luke had called
twenty places before he d found a
vacancy. There was scrambling for hotel
rooms, tuxes, a minister, dinner
reservations, a marriage license, a
handicap-accessible restaurant for the
reception, and a dog sitter. But standing
there in the Victorian parlor, with both
of their families in attendance and even,
for the most part, supportive, Luke was
pretty sure it had all been worth it. And
when he took Alex s hands in his and
kissed his new husband, he knew for
sure it had been.
The crossword puzzle in the Philly
Examiner contained this hidden message
the following Sunday:
For as long as we both shall live.
Luke and Alex.
About the Author
ELI EASTON has been at various times
and under different names a minister s
daughter, a computer programmer, a
game designer, the author of paranormal
mysteries, a fanfiction writer, an organic
farmer, and a profound sleeper. She is
now happily embarking on yet another
incarnation, this time as an m/m romance
author.
As an avid reader of such, she is tickled
pink when an author manages to combine
literary merit, vast stores of humor,
melting hotness, and eye-dabbing
sweetness into one story. She promises
to strive to achieve most of that most of
the time. She currently lives on a farm in
Pennsylvania with her husband, three
bulldogs, three cows, and six chickens.
All of them (except for the husband) are
female, hence explaining the naked men
that have taken up residence in her latest
fiction writing.
Her website is
http://www.elieaston.com.
You can e-mail her at
eli@elieaston.com.
Also from ELI EASTON
http://www.dreamspinnerp
Also from ELI EASTON
http://www.dreamspinnerp
Copyright
Published by
Dreamspinner Press
5032 Capital Circle SW
Suite 2, PMB# 279
Tallahassee, FL 32305-7886
USA
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/ [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]