*Alistair*

‘I can’t remember a time in my life I was ever this happy,’ Alistair thought lightly to himself.

A few days had passed since he had given Daphne the ring he had custom made for her. He hadn’t anticipated that she would be so willing to take on wearing it so quickly. Seeing the beautiful stone on her finger whenever the sun would catch it, made his chest swell with pride.

‘She’s mine,’ he hummed in his mind. ‘Every part of ...