[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/sbufiQm.jpg[/img][/center][center][h1][color=ed145b] Alexis [/color][/h1][/center]

Alexis listened and when she turned her head and saw his hand she knew what he wanted to do. Her expression was one of remembrance of when she and Maggie had made the same oath. She nodded slowly, [color=f6989d]"I know what it is. I also have taken it before." [/color]Alexis hesitated for just a moment. She had been hoping he would want to be with her not just as a partner but as so much more. With her life decisions not being in her own hands she wasn't sure how she could promise all of that to him but she did. Her hand formed the responsive clasp and she saw his eyes light up happily.

[color=f6989d]"I'm not sure how I can actually promise that I can keep hunting when I'm supposed to be married by the end of the summer."[/color] She hadn't told him of Elinora's letter. It had come that day before the party, right before everything had happened. She produced a letter from her pocket. It was written by Elinora stating that Nathan Broussard had asked for her hand in marriage and her father was going to accept if she didn't accept another proposal by the end of the summer.

As he read the letter she watched the floor and decided that the maids needed to clean it better than they had been. The pain that she was going to be forced to marry someone she didn't know or like made her want to cry. [color=f6989d]"I'll keep my oath as long as it's possible."[/color]

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