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Title: Courtship
Author: Linda Bindner
Fandom: Zorro
Rating: T
Summary:  Diego and Victoria have finally wed.  But in doing so, has he lost the love of his life forever?

Preview:

Tonight, Sergeant Mendoza mentioned that the only way for me to keep my tavern is to get married. And I thought of you-- Her gaze darted from Diego to Alejandro and back. The firelight glinted crazily off the shiny buttons almost buried in the ruffles of Diego's shirt, and his face melted from substance to shadow. She stopped to ask herself if she truly understood what she was doing, yet she knew it was the only way to keep her tavern. Diego, will you marry me? she said in one breath, running the words together, her hands tightening on his fingers in reaction to that hasty proposal.

Diego de la Vega blinked, the only movement in a face frozen to a mask of surprise and concern. Then his left cheek twitched, breaking the mold of inaction. An indefinable look passed between Diego and Felipe. In that instant she saw shock, fear, and something akin to warmth cross the caballero's widened eyes. She expected questions, arguments, pleas for her to reconsider her options and what it would mean to the feelings of love she harbored for the outlaw Zorro if she were to marry, but all he said was, Yes, I'll marry you, Victoria, in a quiet, sincere voice, and he squeezed her hands in return.

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