Derek
My mouth stretched into the biggest smile of my life. "You will?" I croaked, unable to speak properly.
Aeliana nodded, the smile on her face soft and gracious. "Yes," she said. "The way I see it, the reasons to move forward as originally planned keep stacking up. It makes sense."
"I don't care what the reasons are, as long as you end up as my Luna," I said excitedly, though my pride was somewhat hurt that she came at it from such a logical angle. Did her feelings for me play into her decision at all? But then I remembered. She didn't want her feelings to influence her decision, since it would affect so many lives. Of course she loved me. It was just now the other reasons we should be together had just fallen into place for her.
I picked her up and crushed her to me. "You have mad
