[ She wanted to protest, wanted to tell him that there was no sense in making promises to her when there was no guarantee that he would be able to keep them. But then he took her hands in his - warm, strong - and she looked down at them clasped together. They were both grieving Brandon. His would always be a loss felt.
She was suddenly very conscious of his proximity; it had been a distant thought in her mind when they had been seated at the head of the table together, keeping to their own space. But now it was just the two of them. Her gaze lifted to his face slowly, tentatively. ] And claim each other as husband and wife in the eyes of the Old Gods and the New.
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She was suddenly very conscious of his proximity; it had been a distant thought in her mind when they had been seated at the head of the table together, keeping to their own space. But now it was just the two of them. Her gaze lifted to his face slowly, tentatively. ] And claim each other as husband and wife in the eyes of the Old Gods and the New.