Page 30 of Witch Moon
"I need you," he told her.
Beside him, Rowan said, "We both do."
Bella blinked as her eyes filled with tears. "I...I don't know what to say."
"Say you'll marry me." Jonathon said.
Rowan clasped her hands together, pursing her lips and blinking her own tears back as she waited to hear Bella's answer. She might even have been holding her breath.
Mirabella smiled. "I'll marry you."
He swept her into his arms, and kissed her deeply. And then they parted just enough to enfold Rowan in their arms as well.
"Take care of each other," the breeze whispered.
Rowan pulled free of them, and looked up toward the sky. "We will, Mom. Thank you. Thank you for sending Mirabella to me."
Bella, arm in arm with Jonathon, went to her. "Don't think she won't be back, just because this little crisis is over," Bella said softly. "She'll always be with you, Rowan. And so will I."
Jonathon shook his head. Rowan and Bella both looked at him, and he had tears in his eyes. "I don't know what I ever did to deserve to have three such incredible women in my life." His voice was choked with emotion. "But I'm so glad I did it, whatever it was." He looked at Rowan. "Because I love you. I love you so much." And then he turned to Bella, cupping her face in his hands. "And you...you saved my heart. My soul. You made me live again. I didn't think I could love this way twice in a lifetime. But Bella, I do. And I believe you, what you said before. This isn't the first time around for us."
"No, it isn't," she told him. "And it isn't going to be the last."
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