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  His eyebrows furrowed together. “About marriage?” he asked, with a blatant wink the guards couldn’t see.

  “Well, yes.” She laced her fingers together. “I’ve given some thought to your proposal.” She paused, as Jamar and the guards waited expectantly. She moistened her suddenly dry lips. “Yes.”

  Jamar swallowed hard. The guards clapped and cheered and hooted. Then the room quieted. “I’m glad you did. Now my father can get this ridiculous idea out of his head that I was—” He shook himself as if restraining himself from saying what he had on his mind. Holding out his hand, he whispered, “Dance with me.”

  The music began, slow, sensuous and peaceful. Perfect for twining her arms around his neck, pressing her thighs against his and dancing with their hearts close to one another.

  * * * *

  Bara interrupted them as they slowly danced to the music that was never played on any instrument. The melody’s sweet strains could hardly be imitated to any degree of accuracy. Kierra and Jamar had given up trying. The music died away. Kierra stood at Jamar’s side, and he felt her pulse racing in the wrist he held.

  “Jamar,” Bara said pleasantly. “Why didn’t you tell me about Areka?” He beamed at Kierra and nodded his approval.

  “You were too fixated on…” Jamar didn’t want his father to think about Kierra, the kattanee but about Areka, the Jaquill.

  Bara held up his hand, palm forward. “No need to explain. You two are getting married?”

  Kierra’s pulse tattooed. Jamar nodded. “We’ll live here part of the year. The rest of the year, we’ll live on Praadar.”

  “How soon will you tie the knot?”

  “Within the next couple of days.” Jamar turned to Kierra. “That is, with your approval. I know weddings can be a lot of preparation and worry for you women.”

  “I’m sure I’ll manage,” Kierra volunteered, keeping her lovely gaze fixed on his face.

  Jamar was proud of her. She didn’t flinch nor did she back away from his father.

  Bara clapped his hands together, startling Jamar. He jumped. To her credit, Kierra didn’t move a muscle. “Here or on Praadar?”

  “Praadar,” Jamar responded. The faster Kierra and he were away from here, the better he’d feel, and he bet, she’d feel the same way, too.

  Epilogue

  Kierra Vonne, aka Areka, and Jamar Q’ellan became man and wife the next day on the beautiful planet of Praadar. They had been unwilling to take the chance that Bara or the authorities would find Kierra missing and figure out she was with her Jaquill lover.

  Jamar’s ear-to-ear smile demonstrated he was the proudest man alive. The music was performed on no instrument the gray-haired minister, who was the sole witness, could see. Kierra held a bouquet of fresh white roses in her trembling hands, and her gown was made of white satin, trimmed with a multitude of glittering diamonds. Her skin was still black.

  After the wedding, they danced alone for hours alone in the room Jamar had reserved for them. When Kierra stumbled, he knew she was tiring and chuckled. “So how does it feel, my beautiful Jaquilla, to be Mrs. Jamar Q’ellan?”

  She rose on tiptoes and kissed him full on the mouth. “I feel just like myself but with black skin.”

  Jamar embraced her. His heart was flooded with love for her. She’d risked everything for him, and she continued to do so. “What about your skin? When will the injection wear off?”

  She shrugged. “Does it matter? Here we can be anything we want, especially madly in love and no one will think twice to question us.”

  He noted the sadness in her eyes and held onto her with a tight grip. “I know you miss your family and you want to help them. We’ll change our world. I promise. One step at a time.”

  The lovely strains of music started to play again. Entwined in each other’s arms, they danced as the sun set.

  About the Author

  Aurora Rose lives in the Pacific Northwest and lives with her real life hero. She is owned by a conure who is permanently stuck in the ‘terrible twos’. Aurora loves to write romance, especially paranormal, contemporary, and historical. When she isn’t writing under her pen name, she hobnobs with her comic fantasy and young adult book characters.

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