““Her feet finally cooperated with her brain. She dashed across the orchard toward him and into his waiting arms. Chuckling merrily, he caught and spun her in a circle. “What did you realize?” she asked once her feet touched the ground again. “That you mean too much to me to be left behind with promises. When we leave this castle, it’ll be together. The bears aren’t the ones who need me right now, and I won’t be that mate who leaves his new bride alone.””
