Chapter 122 - Ryker

I held the door open as Willow walked through into the show space of her bakery. It was still cheery, if a little distant, but I think it echoed its owner perfectly.

My girl had up walls and they were unscalable unless she gave you access to the secret map. Luckily, I'd gotten to glimpse that map. And I'd stormed her battlements until I made her mine.

She'd done the same to me, thank her goddess. Boring and normal. Normal and boring. This might be the hardest test we set for ourselves, but I had no hesitations that we were going to ace this test as well. We were meant to be. The other half of the coin. And every single other cliché known to mankind about soulmates.

"You're not actually listening to me are you?" she said, a laugh in her voice.

I grinned. "No. Sorry. Just ruminating on our awesomeness. What did you say?"

She smiled. "At some point, I think I want to have a full service bakery. A little place where people can come in and hang out. Eat delicious baked goodies.