His raspy tone made her breath hitch in her throat, but a seductive smile touched the corners of her lips before she whispered back in the same husky tone he used, “You will have to ask nicely first!”
They both chuckled as he kissed her neck, then he slid his hands down the sides of her body to mold her to him.
Passion ruled them after that, and it was more than enough for Lily. Nothing else mattered.
EPILOGUE
Three Months Later
Lily laughed as she lunged at Killian, flipped her sword in her hand, and then launched an attack on him again.
He chuckled too, his eyes gleaming as he dodged her blow. Teaching Niamh swordsmanship was the favorite part of Lily’s day. She loved the life they had carved out for each other here. It was three months of bliss now, and she loved every second of being Killian’s wife and the lady of his keep.
“Ye always believe ye can best me in a duel,” Killian teased as he backed her into a corner and then slashed his sword over hers.
The sword fell from her hands, but she moved quickly and swept him off his feet with her leg.
He landed on the ground, groaned from the pain of the impact but laughed when she climbed over his body and straddled his thighs.
“I win again,” Lily announced with a wide smile just before Killian framed her cheeks with his hands and pulled her face closer to his for a kiss.
Neither of them recalled Niamh was with them till she cleared her throat.
“I am right here, people,” she announced, clapping her hands as Killian and Lily laughed while helping themselves to their feet.
“Did you learn anything?” Lily asked Niamh as she turned to her, grinning wide while she blushed from the recent kiss with her husband.
“Let me show ye my skill.”
Niamh spent the next few minutes showing Lily and Killian all she had learned in the past three months, then she did a back flip and landed on her feet with ease.
“Congratulations.” Lily applauded her while she smiled, but Niamh threw herself into her arms for a tight hug.
“Thank ye… Thank ye, Lily.”
Killian joined in the embrace, and they hugged for a long time before he pulled back. “Let us head back to the keep.”
Lily walked with him, and he linked their fingers, pulled her close to him, and then kissed her forehead.
“Ye think our bairns will ken how to fight with a sword?”
Lily laughed before she answered, “If they are our children, then they will be just as skilled as we are.”
She didn’t doubt that, and she also anticipated carrying his child, even though it hadn’t happened yet.
Lily wanted to enjoy every day with Killian while she could. It took them both a lot of pain to find each other, and she had built a life for herself here with him.
A life I would have never dreamt of having.
“Aunty Lily!” Laird McLennan’s daughter, Rose, called the next morning when Laird McLennan arrived with his family for their first visit since the wedding.
Lily grinned wide as she bent down and scooped little Rose into her arms. Then, she greeted Yvaine with a warm hug before moving on to Arran.
“It is good to see ye, Lily,” Arran said before nudging her in the side again.
“He missed ye a lot,” Yvaine teased just like she always did, and Lily joined in their laughter.
Killian’s heart warmed each time he saw Lily with children. He knew she would make a good mother, and he could not wait for her to carry his child.
