Chapter 45: JACE

Sian was nervous, but I didn't have that problem. I was sure of my love for her and that there was no way I was ever going to leave her. With those two things planted firmly in my mind and the conviction that nothing and no one was going to keep us apart, I had no worries.

I'd already spoken to her parents about how serious I was about her that first day we met.

And because of their own history, I was expecting them to be very understanding.

My nosy parents had ambushed us just after we'd left the guesthouse because mom couldn't wait to get her mitts on my girl.

Dad was very supportive and seemingly had more understanding of the anxiety Sian was feeling right now, maybe because he had his own experience with a teenage bride.

I looked over at her as we pulled into her parents' driveway. She had a death grip on the seatbelt and though the look in her eyes said she wanted to make a run for it, she gave me one of her sweet smiles.

She was trying to be brave but I knew she was a nerv