Savage Enchantment (2012)
“His ruddy face was bland. Numbed, she nodded with a submissive inclination of her head.
"Do you have a ring?" Father Marcos asked Simon.
"You should know, after all this time, Father, that I wear no jewelry. Nathan, you've a ring?" Nathan shook his head. "Nay, Simon." The whole situation seemed ludicrous to Kathleen but for the sudden smile of irony that curved Simon's long lips.
He crossed to the tastero that sat on the bureau. Opening the cupboard's door, he reached into a small drawer. When ...he returned, there lay in the palm of his hand a ring-shaped object.
As he passed it to Nathan, the gleam of copper caught Kathleen's eye. The earring Simon had worn that night at La Palacia!
"No!" she spat. But Simon was already taking her hand, his skin warm against Kathleen's frozen fingers. This can't be happening, she kept thinking. This can't be happening!
But it did, the simple ceremony being short -- with only one pause, when Father Marcos asked her, "Do you, Kathleen Whatley, take Simon Reyes for your husband ...MoreLess
"Do you have a ring?" Father Marcos asked Simon.
"You should know, after all this time, Father, that I wear no jewelry. Nathan, you've a ring?" Nathan shook his head. "Nay, Simon." The whole situation seemed ludicrous to Kathleen but for the sudden smile of irony that curved Simon's long lips.
He crossed to the tastero that sat on the bureau. Opening the cupboard's door, he reached into a small drawer. When ...he returned, there lay in the palm of his hand a ring-shaped object.
As he passed it to Nathan, the gleam of copper caught Kathleen's eye. The earring Simon had worn that night at La Palacia!
"No!" she spat. But Simon was already taking her hand, his skin warm against Kathleen's frozen fingers. This can't be happening, she kept thinking. This can't be happening!
But it did, the simple ceremony being short -- with only one pause, when Father Marcos asked her, "Do you, Kathleen Whatley, take Simon Reyes for your husband ...MoreLess
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