Happily Ever Awkward (The H.E.A. Files, #1)(68)

A small vellum card materialized in Paul’s hand.

“My card,” Jahalael said. “My incantation’s on there. If you ever need anything, any time of the day or night, don’t hesitate to invoke me, okay? You did good, Prince Charming.” Sliding on his tinted spectacles, the god grabbed a bottle of flitter nectar from a passing Flitterling. “And now I think we both have some celebrating to get back to!”

Jahalael vanished as if he had never been there. By the end of the night, once the casks had all been drained, no one other than Paul would remember him.





Later that year, Jack Bravado finally testified against Captain Head in exchange for a new identity under the Witness Enchantment Program. After being transformed into a frog, he was relocated to an agreeable swamp in Lilypine.

His subsequent love affair with Princess Luscious is a fairytale to be saved for another day.

Seeboth, Lord of Shadows, was imprisoned in the Doom Chasm Maximum Security Dungeon. The sentence: eternity without parole.

And his subsequent love affair with Princess Luscious is yet another fairytale for yet another day.

But what became of Paul and Laura?

Well, what do you think?





Against a background of beautiful Lilypine trees lit by the glitter of Flitterling wings, Paul approached Laura.

She hesitated.

He did not.

Not this time.

He lifted her face and kissed her.

Laura melted into it. It was the kiss every woman dreamed of and the kiss every woman deserved.





And just in case you need it spelled out for you, the two of them lived…



H.E.A.





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