So much has happened since being back in the states. Tate spent a week with my family so I could say my goodbyes and make the transition to the Great Plains Pack. Even Tia joined us and had a wonderful time practicing magic with Laila. She and Kami have become good friends, and they live together now. I think Kami being in medical school is rubbing off on Tia. She’s even thinking of going to college. Orin, on the other hand, has found a place with Grayson Construction. He fits in well with the others in the pack, and I can honestly say he looks happy.
Micah is still on the road, searching high and low for the missing royals. Every day I keep thinking I’ll hear from him with good news, but it’s always the same. Nothing. I keep thinking of Killian and how there are probably other shifters out there crazy enough to do the same things he did.
“You coming in, love?” Tate shouts.
I squint my eyes against the sun and watch him swim around in the crystal blue water. It’s our first vacation as a mated couple. We’ve decided to take short trips every month so we can see the world. Right now, we’re in the Turks and Caicos. Next month, we’re going to Iceland.
Brushing off the sand on my thighs, I get up and join him in the ocean. He pulls me into his arms, and I wrap my legs around his waist. “When we get home, you have a lot of painting work lined up. I think I had three calls last week asking if you’d do custom paint jobs in their nurseries like you did at Jason and Anna’s. Hope you’re ready for it.”
I kiss him. “Oh, I’m ready. I love painting nurseries.”
His hands slide down to the backs of my thighs, holding me tight against him. “Speaking of babies, what are your thoughts on having some of our own? It could happen any day now.”
I laugh. “Of course, it could. We’ve been putting forth quite the effort.” Cupping his face in my hands, I look right into his bright blue eyes. “Whenever it happens, we’ll be ready. You’ll make a great father.”
“And you’ll make an amazing mother,” he says in my mind.
He bounces me against him, and I smile when I feel how hard he is. “You seriously want to do that here? Like right now in the ocean?”
“Why not? Nobody’s around,” he says, chuckling.
I press my lips to his. “I have a strange feeling we’re going to hear the pitter-patter of little feet soon if we keep this up.”
He winks. “Hey, I’m fine with that.”
So am I.
THE END