Love's Healing Touch
Adrian and Elara stood facing each other, hands intertwined, eyes locked.
"Adrian Lancaster," the vicar announced. "Do you promise to love and cherish Elara Whitmore, to hold her through all the seasons of life, to be her home and her heart?"
"I do," Adrian stated, his own voice firm over the squeezing which was tight around his breath.
"And you, Elara Whitmore," replied the vicar. "Do you promise to love and obey Adrian Lancaster, to stand by him in times of brightness and of darkness, to be his joy and his peace?"