“Your second wife will be crushed.”
“That’s not funny.” Aric’s voice filled with rage. “That’s not funny at all.”
“Okay.” I patted his hard stomach. “How long do you think this no sense of humor thing is going to last?”
“Five days.”
I snorted at his immediate answer. “I guess I can live with that.”
“Me, too.” Aric stroked the back of my head. “Go to sleep, baby. You’re exhausted. I’ll be here when you wake up.”
“Aren’t you going to sleep?”
“Not tonight.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m afraid.” Aric’s reply caused my stomach to flip. “I’m afraid that if I go to sleep I’ll wake up and you won’t be here, that you’ll have died and Sami saving you will be nothing but a dream.”
“You can’t stay awake forever.”
“I can stay awake tonight,” Aric argued. “I can stay awake and watch you, protect you in your sleep.”
“Okay, well … .” He was exhausted, too. There was no way that would work. “Aric, I have a better idea.”
“If it involves me sleeping, you can shove it out of your busy mind right now. I’m not going to sleep.”
“What if we share memories?” I suggested. “That way you can get some rest and know I’m here.”
Aric stilled. We used to share memories all of the time. It was a practice we still engaged in occasionally, but nowhere near as often as we used to. Somehow life got in the way of our play. Hopefully that would change now.
“Can I pick the memories?” Aric asked after a beat.
I nodded. “Will you pick good ones?”
“I’ll pick the greatest hits of our life together,” he replied, drawing the blankets around me.
“That sounds good.” I pressed my lips to his neck. “Show me something good.”
“Oh, baby, I’m going to show you something great … and it’s just the start. We still have forever together. Think of all the memories we’ve yet to make.”
I let my eyes drift shut. We did have forever together. That would always be enough for me.
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Misquoted & Demoted
Headlines & Deadlines
Misprints & Mistakes
Bylines & Skylines
Off the Record
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Mystery
Any Witch Way You Can
Every Witch Way But Wicked
Witching You Were Here
Witching on a Star
Something to Witch About
Witch Me Luck
Life’s a Witch
Charms & Witchdemeanors
Murder Most Witchy
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short
Careful What You Witch For
Wicked Brew
On a Witch and a Prayer
You Only Witch Once
The Christmas Witch
Bewitched
A Solstice Celebration
Witchdependence Day
Happy Witchgiving
Merry Witchmas
Four-Leaf Clover
Thistle While You Work
Landon Calling
I Dream of Twila
A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Fantasy
Witchy Tales
A Witch In Time
Make A Witch
An Aisling Grimlock Mystery
Grim Tidings
Grim Offerings
Grim Discovery
Grim Reunion
Grim Expectations
Grim Holiday
Covenant College
Awakening
Whispering
Conjuring
Waxing & Waning
Graduating
Living Covenant Trilogy
Rising Covenant
Dark Covenant
Eternal Covenant
Dying Covenant Trilogy
Haunted Covenant
Desperate Covenant
Everlasting Covenant
A Mystic Caravan Mystery
Freaky Days
Freaky Lies
Freaky Hearts
Freaky Games
A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery
The Bigfoot Blunder