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2015

Scotland

“IT WAS A dark and storht,” Nora said as she caazed out on the su up the Scottish sky

“Please tell me that isn’t the first line to your next book”

“Oh, but it’s such a good first line Classic even” She tucked her hand into his and watched the light shoith him Wind and rain lashed the trees and the ht afire for a split second and the hills revealed their colors before fading into black again “How about this—‘It was a dark and storht in the castle, and a woman named Nora was determined to seduce her priest’”

Søren shtly

“An improvement A minor improvement”

“Everyone’s a critic” Nora squeezed his hand, and he lifted it to his lips for a kiss He’d arrived thisbut she’d been so busy with her work here that they hadn’t had ether At last the day was done, her as over until tomorrow, and they could hold hands and simply be

“Do I want to knohat you’re thinking?” Nora asked him

“Merely watching the stor on his mind, on his heart They both did

To between her and Søren would change to back

“Are you nervous about tomorrow?” she asked

“Should I be?”

“I a day for us”

“I’h I will admit the peace is hard-won”

“We’ve waited a long time to do this”

“It’s tih”

A clap of thunder interrupted their conversation and together they peered into the storm outside the oriel

“What are you thinking?” Nora asked