Love Became Theirs

Foreword

LOVE BECAME THEIRS"Don't you believe in magic?" Harlequin asked. "You should, because you weave spells of your own. You hold me in thrall at this very moment, and while your magic surrounds me, I am safe from the worst that the world can do."

"But can't you tell me – ?"

Swiftly his hand was across her mouth.

"No," he said seriously. "I can tell you nothing, except that you must believe in me. Is that so hard?"

"Not when you are here with me. But you will go again, and then I may be afraid, and lose faith."

"No, you will not," he said at once. "Because you are brave, and you know that I will never really leave you. And one day – "

"One day ?" Rona whispered eagerly.

"One day, God willing, our time will come. In the mean time – "

He gathered her in his arms and pressed his lips to hers.