There would be no taming Lucas, but there could be loving Lucas.
"I can do that now without fear," she said aloud.
"Do what?" he asked.
"Be Mrs. Lucas Stonecoat."
"Are you sure you have no greater ambition?" he jokingly asked.
"No, none greater."
"If I'd known the light show would win your heart, Mere, I would have brought you here years and years ago."
The activity of the auroras had calmed; other couples, growing cold, began disappearing, and soon Lucas and Meredyth found themselves alone and enveloped in an eerie but fantastical whirlwind of stardust fog, within which they embraced and kissed.