CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY – ANOTHER NEW BEGINNING

As they finally pulled up in front of the warm, stately brick home, Kayla twisted to face Lance fully. Taking his rugged, beloved face between her palms, she stared deep into the azure depths that had always seen into her very soul. "Thank you," she said simply yet fervently. "For everything. For fighting for me, for us, when all seemed lost. I may not remember every tiny detail yet, but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're my forever, Lance Storm." His large, calloused hands came up to engulf her smaller ones, holding them tenderly against his sculpted cheeks. Kayla watched his brilliant eyes shine with unspeakable emotion, his throat working convulsively. "Kayla Danvers," he rasped at last, every syllable practically scorched with devotion. "You are the gravity holding every spinning atom in my universe together. Never doubt that you're the strongest force of nature in my world from now until the last star burns out." With that vow shimmering between them like sacred scr