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She raised an eyebrow. "You're telling me that after everything we've been through, you still want

more excitement?"

There was playful glint in her eyes. I couldn't help but lean closer.

"I never said I wanted more troubling excitement. Just the fun kind. The kind where you and I can run off somewhere, explore a part of the realm untouched by most, somewhere peaceful with just a few hidden gems that don't have massive importance to the realm." "... You want to go hunting for seashells."

"What?"

"It's something my father used to say," she said. "Apparently, Adele was from near the coast. he take her seashell hunting sometimes. It's harmless, like a treasure hunt."

I flinched at that.

"What?"

"Treasure hunting is dangerous," I said. "You have a good chance of encountering dragons who have lost themselves to their baser nature."

She sighed. "Not literal treasure. Just seashells."

"Some seashells are made out of pure diamonds. Treasure."

Her jaw dropped. "You have got to be kidding!"

"Afraid not."

"Fine. No seashells... Grasshoppers."

"A prized commodity for their music."

"Goldfish?"

"Never," I said, almost horrified. "They're blessed by the water fairies."

She narrowed her eyes. "Why does it seem like everything that would be normally just

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enough to be fun seemed to be loaded with issues

is on

no trouble at

grinned. "Trouble's half

sputtered into laughter, and I couldn't help but join her. Our laughter mixed with the gentle rustling of the trees. We lay out beneath the

Her hand was still resting in mine, her

stay here forever," she murmured, her voice almost

our duties won't wait that long. I'm

mock groan. "Don't remind me, but you're probably

sat up and I tugged her down, curling into her to

laughed. "We

has two newlyweds been separated for so long, so frequently, and for so

then she turned to me, wrapping her arms around me an cleaning her head

just a

hum of the garden filling the gaps where words might have been. Every now and then, I would wake as she shifted a little. I'd look up at her, taking in the way the fading sunlight kissed her skin, how her hair glimmered in the golden light. She looked

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have serised my

little longer," she said, not opening her eyes. "You're

I can hear

it," I replied. "I'm always thinking about

eyes opened then and met

either very romantic or very

leaning in closer. "But also a little

then sat up. I almost groaned in protest

"Come on."

"Where are we going?"

"The gardens are too beautiful

step with her as we strolled down the garden path. The scent of flowers mingled with the earthy undertones of the

passed by clusters of vibrant blooms, their colors popping against the greenery. Morgan asked

as much information as

pegged you as

learned to make a lot of remedies from herbs and flowers. Not to

to be a doctor? If

there was never going to

your parents could have

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