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I love the theme of this blog hop, although I can't help thinking about Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" with its swirls and stars above a small village. Summer nights are fun. This is our first summer along the shores of Lake Michigan so going to the beach and watching the sunset is something we'll do often. In my science fiction romance, The Chameleon, something awesome happened to the heroine on a starry night.
Jileena stayed
hidden in the shadows and watched with envy through the windows as the elegant
attendees danced and mingled and enjoyed the bounteous buffet and bar. Her
attention was riveted on the young Space Fleet Cadet with an engaging smile.
How she wanted him to smile at her the way he did to the elderly matrons he
whirled around the dance floor.
No one else
seemed to notice him slip away from the festivities, except her. She pulled
back farther into the shadows as he came out onto the patio. And nearly stepped
on her.
“What are you
doing out here, little one?” he asked as he tucked an errant curl behind her
ear.
“I am not
little,” she said in her most sophisticated voice. To her own ears, she sounded
like the twelve-year-old she was.
“Of course
not. You are a fairy queen in disguise.” Then he gave her such a grin that her
heart melted right there.
With a shy
smile, she lowered her lashes before looking up at him. “You are very
observant. But you must not give me away.”
“Only a
brigand would do so, Your Majesty.” With his hand over his heart, he said, “I
will not betray you. Your secret is safe with me.”
Caught up in
the play acting, she gave him a royal nod. “Thank you, brave knight.”
“If it pleases
Your Majesty, may I have a dance?”
When he took
her hand and bowed over it, Jileena nearly swooned. In the manner she thought a
fairy queen would respond, she lifted her chin. “You may.”
He lifted her
into his arms and held her against his chest. “Put your arms around my neck.”
Together they
danced, him whirling her around their small portion of the patio, her legs
dangling beneath her frothy gown. She had been happy before when he smiled at
her. Now she was enthralled.
When the music
ended, he set her gently on her feet. Again, he bowed over her hand. This time
he kissed her knuckles. A storybook knight to his queen. What had been a
disappointment when she wasn’t allowed to attend the ball had turned into a
dream.
As he
straightened, his eyes twinkled. “I have never met a fairy queen before.”
Stunned by his
smile, she couldn’t even speak.
“I heard,” he
said most seriously, “that if you kiss a fairy queen in the moonlight, she will
grant your dearest wish.”
Without
waiting for her response, he leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips.
She could hardly take it in when the kiss ended. Her first kiss!
Before he
could leave, she found her voice. “What was your wish, brave knight?”
“To
kiss a beautiful lady.”
He strode into
the light spilling from the open door then turned around. “Thank you, Your
Majesty, for granting my wish.” Before he entered the ballroom, he flashed her
a broad smile.
And she fell
in love.
What do you like about summer nights?
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Have fun and good luck.
