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David asked.

“I’m not sure,” Kyra answered.

It was her final word on the subject, David realized with an empty feeling in his gut. Were the vows they’d spoken and the rapture they’d shared simply to evanesce like a puff of smoke? Or could they cross the fragile bridge of belief and trust to a life together?

With effort, he remembered his grandfather’s counsel. To win Kyra back and keep her for a lifetime, he’d have to be patient. According to his great-grandfather, if her love matched his, she’d remember what had taken place and come back to him. Instead of existing as a memory lost in time, their marriage would unfold in the present moment.

And if she can’t? he wondered. Will I be condemned to walk through life alone, missing the biggest piece of my heart?