Nimbus Summit what is happiness but a word?

she didn't realize how uncertain she'd truly felt until she heard him say the words.

oh. oh. this was it.

antha's heart leapt into her throat and burned there like a scarlet sun. she tried to speak, but the words seemed to melt before they could reach her tongue. the witch fell silent for a moment, searching for the right thing to say.

yes, the only word she could find, soft but certain. a smile bloomed on her features. i would like to make it official now. thoughts of ceremony crossed her mind, then, but in her dizzy joy antha cared little for the baggage of traditions. it could wait. all of it could wait.