Five years later
Liam watched his little girl, Amanda, as she colored in her coloring book. She sat at the table with three of her friends, and one of the places didn’t have anyone there, but he knew. Jenny had told him that Anna came to visit their little girl, and they sometimes played together.
His father wasn’t very happy.
Amanda, their firstborn, wasn’t a full wolf. She’d been born with the same gift that ran through Jenny’s veins. The same gift he had taught his brothers to treasure.
Danny came toward him, laughing. “You know, I think Amanda does it to piss off her grandparents.”
He laughed.
Ben and Gary came toward him, standing around him. They had all accepted Jenny’s gift, especially after Ben kept retelling the story, and he, himself, had many to tell.
He never asked Jenny to hide her gift or to stop. During their five years together, he’d woken up from being pulled out of bed. Walked into the living room to find furniture floating in the air, and of course, the classic kitchen cupboard tricks. So far, no one had tried to harm his wife.
For work, he was careful. Even his brothers and their men, they had all been given the memo that anyone who killed could take out his wife. In their first year of marriage, after he’d given out the warning, one of his soldiers was discovered abusing a young woman. In response, Liam went feral on his ass, saving the woman and living up to his reputation of being an Alpha Beast.
He watched as Jenny, holding their recent addition to their growing family, bent near Amanda, whispered something, kissed her cheek, and then stood, coming toward him.
Her smile lit his whole world.
This marriage had been one of convenience, but it had soon turned into something more.
The moment she was close, he took their son from her arms and pulled her into his side. His brothers and hers took off, wishing them both congratulations.
“I didn’t scare them off this time, did I?” she asked.
“No, they know there’s no point in talking to me when you’re around.” He kissed her temple. “How are you feeling?”
“Fine. I don’t like the way our dads are fawning all over our son.”
“I don’t like it either. Amanda doesn’t seem to notice. We’ll make sure everything is okay with Lewis.” This was just another reason his dad was so pissed off. Rather than name his son after him and their line, he’d decided to name him after Lewis, Jenny’s deceased brother. Lewis had the gene. It was a sense to all wolves to know if their children would follow them or not.
“Anna says our son is very cute.”
He smiled. “You should tell that one to my dad. I’m sure it will make you well-loved.”
Jenny laughed.
Speaking of their parents, Jenny’s came over, cooing over the baby. Wanting to hold his wife, he handed Lewis to his grandfather and then took his woman within his arms.
Every moment with her was a gift. One he cherished always.
He never took her for granted.
“People are staring at us,” she said.
“Let them look.” He began to dance with her, bringing her body flush against his. Danny had already offered to take Amanda and Lewis for the night. He was going to get Jenny all to himself, and he had a lot of ways to fill up the time. Jenny would want for nothing, not when he got his hands on her.
“I know that look,” she said.
“Good, because when I get you alone tonight, I intend to fuck your brains out. My name screaming from those sweet lips.”
She let out a moan. “I look forward to it.”
The End