Autumn Hunt

Everyone said he was wrong, and even she hated him with all her heart. But all he had done was search for her and try to carry on the warmth they shared in childhood. He had imagined every possible way they might reunite, but never dared to dream that she would appear as his bride. When he learned what she had endured all these years, this proud, strapping man broke down in tears. The shaman told him she had been poisoned too deeply. Even if the poison could be neutralized, she wouldn't live much longer. He asked how many years she had left. Looking at his face, the shaman dared not say too few or too many, and only managed a vague reply: “No more than five years.” He resolutely decided to give up everything and spend those five years spoiling her beyond measure. But their story did not last five years...