MARS
Aurora loved me.
I washed off the last of my plate in the sink and grinned to myself.
She loved me, and maybe she loved Ares too.
Liam walked into the kitchen and placed his plate on the counter.
Charolette followed him with her hands on her hips. “So, you’re not going to stay?” she asked him.
He pushed some hair out of her face and smiled down at her. “I have an early morning tomorrow, sweetheart,” he said.
I glanced at him and felt myself smile a bit wider. Everything seemed to be as Mom had always wanted it to be.
We were happy.
Charolette had a good man who loved her, someone who had been there with her since she was diagnosed with cancer. They weren’t mates, but from what I had seen, he treated her well.
And I had Aurora.
Liam nudged my shoulder. “Later.”
After he disappeared into the living room with Charolette, Dad squeezed my shoulder from behind and stared at me through the reflection against the window. “I haven’t seen you this happy in years, Mars,” he said. “Hell, I haven’t seen you in a while, only Ares. I can see Aurora’s doing something to you, son.”
My smile widened even more, and all I could feel was happiness for once in my life. The pain I had held for years since Mom’s death seemed to vanish for a while whenever I was with her. She didn’t take it all away, but she made my life more bearable.
She was changing my life for the better, and I owed her everything for that.