Laina shook her head, "We promised Margaret and the others we would be having a meal together for Log Day. I want to help with preparations."
"Just for a while more?" he pleaded as he held onto Laina's wrist when she sat at the end of the bed.
She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, "We've slept in long enough. Any longer and they will begin to worry if something happened to us."
Dante sighed. He could not win over Laina in an argument, so he decided to go along with it. But before they went downstairs, there was something they needed to do. It was their tradition to exchange presents with one another without the others around. It was a private moment between them.
He materialized a small wrapped box in his hands and handed it over to Laina. He gave her a kiss on her right cheek.
"Happy Log Day," he whispered to her, "Open it."
