She laughed. It as a bright, free, soaring sound that echoed what her heart was doing within her chest. "I should thank you," she said, "You've given me everything I want. You've given me you."
Cho wrapped her arms around his neck and wove her fingers through his short hair. It was strange how her marriage to Angdian had always felt like a cage even before she'd discovered there were real bars around her and when she'd escaped she'd known she'd never allow herself to be trapped like that again. But with Cormac, she knew that she wanted those vows and bans around her again because marrying him would not be going back into that cage. It would be a joining of lives that was more liberating than anything else could be.