Epilogue
Three Months Later
Torren smoothed his hand over his mate’s baby bump and kissed her softly. “How are you and baby this morning?”
“We’re good.” She smiled up at him.
“Olivia, about last night…” He’d lost control again, that damn heat taking control of his beast and his mind. “If this keeps up, I could hurt you when you’re further along.”
She nipped his lower lip. “Then you’ll have to tie me down the way you did the night you got me pregnant.
Keep me from moving and you won’t hurt me.
I think we’ve learned my pussy and my ass can take a pounding.
And if that part of things worries you, then I can always help you jack off and you use your hands to put your cum all over me and inside of me. ”
He narrowed his eyes at her. “I think I’ve corrupted you. You’ve gone from sweet virgin to…”
“Wanton slut?” she asked.
He growled. “Don’t call yourself a slut.”
She kissed him again. “I’m only a slut when it comes to you and that magnificent cock of yours. Pretty sure I’d love anything you’d do to me in the bedroom.”
“Keep talking like that and we won’t leave this cabin again. My pack is probably worried by now. Even though I’ve explained why we need some space for three days a month, you’ve wrapped them all around your finger and I know they worry I’ll hurt you.”
“Then we should go mingle before they come hunt you down.” She smiled and he could see the humor in her eyes.
Torren swatted her ass. “Smartass.”
She sauntered toward the door, his gaze locked on the sway of her hips. “Yeah, but you like my ass.”
Yeah, he did. Like looking at it. Touching it. Fucking it. Oh yeah, he especially liked fucking it. Dammit. He adjusted himself as his cock hardened and followed his mate out the door. He hadn’t been kidding. The pack probably would beat down their door to make sure their Alpha Female was safe.
Today was a celebration of sorts. The youngest wolf to join the pack, Lincoln, had decided to get his GED. He’d passed his exam and he’d already been accepted into an online college, thanks to Olivia’s prodding him to apply. Everyone loved his mate, and they would do anything for her.
She’d brought some good things to their small village.
More of the pack had started taking online classes and expanding their educations.
Several had applied to online colleges and been accepted.
Maybe one day, they’d want to use their knowledge out in the human world, and he wouldn’t stop them.
They’d always have a home here. Thanks to his mate’s encouragement, they also had a clinic now.
She’d somehow managed to find a doctor who was a wolf shifter without a pack, and he would be joining them in the upcoming weeks.
They approached the center of the village where picnic tables were covered in food.
Torren looked out over the gathering, his pack seeming happy and content, even the newer members.
Wrapping his arms around his mate, he pulled her tight against his chest. “This is all because of you,” he said.
“You helped unite them, gave them something worth fighting for, worth living for, and every day you find some way to improve their lives.”
She looked up at him, cheeks flushed, happiness brimming in her eyes. “They’re my family. My true family, and I would do anything for them. I’d do anything for you .”
“I love you, Olivia. So damn much. More than I ever thought possible.”
“I love you too.” She kissed him. “And to think, if I hadn’t been dying, you never would have bit me, and we’d have likely never found one another. Makes you wonder.”
“About what?”
“How many other pack members have human mates out there, or non-wolf shifter mates. There are shifters out there other than wolves, right? I mean all those stories have to be based off something.”
There was a calculating look in her eyes.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but no.”
“Yes.”
“Seriously, Olivia. If it has anything to do with bringing humans onto pack land, the answer is no. You can’t trust them. If other shifters want to join us, then fine. At least they know how to follow the rules.”
“Not all humans are bad, Torren. Some are like me. Lost. Lonely. Unwanted. Maybe they have a mate here, and maybe they don’t. But I do know one thing.”
“What’s that?” he asked, almost dreading her answer.
“They all need a home.”
He sighed and led her closer to the tables full of food.
Torren had learned quickly that it was best not to argue with his mate.
Oh, it gave him a reason to spank her ass, which he loved, but in the end, he usually gave into her.
Humans on pack land. He shook his head, knowing it would only bring trouble to their door, but if there were a few humans she thought were lost and needed help, he knew he wouldn’t deny her.
She left his side to mingle with the others, and his Beta, Baxter, came closer.
“She fits in really well. Everyone loves her,” Baxter said.
“I know.”
“Then what’s that sour look for?”
“She wants to bring humans here.”
Baxter’s eyebrows shot up and he stared at Olivia a moment.
“You know. If they’re anything like her, I don’t think anyone would mind.
She’s sweet and she’s always finding ways to make things better for us.
Maybe other human females are the same way.
Wouldn’t hurt to let her bring one here and see how it goes.
Worst case, we run the woman off if she turns out to be like other humans. ”
“Fine. One human female. Of Olivia’s choosing. But I don’t like it.”
Baxter shrugged. “It’s not like you were going to tell her no anyway. You never do.”
Great. Everyone in the pack knew his mate had him pussy-whipped. Just what an Alpha wanted to hear.
Baxter nudged his shoulder. “You know that we all respect you, Alpha. Just because you cater to your mate doesn’t lower you in our eyes.
If anything, I think everyone is happy that you’re completely in love with Olivia, and that she obviously loves you.
It gives them hope that maybe one day they’ll find the same thing. ”
“Yeah, I love her.”
Baxter winked. “So we all hear nearly every night. Might want to soundproof that bedroom of yours.”
Torren snorted. “Since when do wolves care about hearing someone have sex?”
“Oh, it doesn’t bother anyone. But hearing Olivia cry out like that? Tends to make the males a little… horny. Just saying.”
Torren groaned and shook his head. Another item to add to his growing to-do list. Soundproof their bedroom. Probably not a bad idea with a little one on the way. The last thing he’d want would be to wake up the baby because he couldn’t keep his hands off his mate.
“I’ll get someone on it,” Baxter said. “Now go save your mate before Lincoln nearly squeezes her in half. He’s like an exuberant puppy, and Olivia is his favorite person in the entire world.”
“Mine too,” Torren said as he went to save his mate.
He pulled her out of Lincoln’s arms and the pup’s cheeks flushed as he backed away, baring his throat. “I didn’t mean to offend you, Alpha.”
“You didn’t. Go enjoy the celebration, Lincoln.”
Torren nibbled the side of Olivia’s neck. “Have I told you thank you?”
“For what?”
“For coming into my life. For accepting me. For loving me.”
She leaned into his embrace. “I would do it all over again, if it meant finding my way to you. The ugly fights with my parents. Moving out so young. Nearly dying. I’d go through it all again just to have a chance to be with you.”
“You’re my second chance, Olivia. My fated mate, the one woman who was always meant to be mine. And I will be thankful for you every day for the rest of my life, and love you even longer.”
She kissed him softly then dragged him into the middle of the gathering.
But she held his hand a little tighter, and he knew that she felt the same.
He thanked the gods every night and every morning for bringing her into his life.
And when his son or daughter was born, he’d thank them even more.
Olivia had breathed life back into him, and given him something he’d thought he’d never have.
Love. And he would never take her love for granted.