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And I will never let anyone take her from me. Ever again.
EPILOGUE
TWO YEARS LATER
Golden light from the setting sun streams in through the glass walls of our penthouse. Far below, the city spreads out around us like a glimmering sea of lights and stone and steel. I smile out at the view before turning back to where Jace and Rico are standing by our marble-topped kitchen island, chopping vegetables and mixing herbs.
Isabella, Eli, Raina, and Kaden are sitting on the barstools on the other side of the island while Alina popped out to get the surprises that she and I have bought for our husbands.
Husband.
The word ripples through my whole soul like warm sparkles, and I glance down at the beautiful ring on my finger. Nothing has ever felt more right than this. Than him. Than us.
From across the room, Jace catches me looking at the ring and flashes me a sly smile. He looks just like he did when he walked into my father’s office that first time. A white t-shirt that complements his muscular body, his brown hair effortlessly messy like he has just rolled out of bed, a grin on his face, and a bright sparkle in his eyes. The only difference is that he looks steadier now. Like he has finally found his place in the world. Which is here. With me.
I grin back at him as I close the distance to the kitchen island with the bottle of wine that I went to get.
Confusion trickles through me as I glance down at the bottle and find it already open. “I swear this wasn’t open when I put it there.”
All eyes slide to Raina. She continues drinking for another second before she realizes that everyone is staring at her.
“What?” she asks, raising her eyebrows as she looks from face to face. “I haven’t touched it since I gave it to Kayla.”
Isabella heaves a sigh and raises a hand. “It was me.”
We all blink at her in surprise.
“Raina brought it,” Isabella says while stabbing a hand towards Raina for emphasis. “I had to check it for poison.”
Jace chokes out a laugh while Kaden snickers into his glass of wine. Eli just shrugs and nods as if that makes sense.
Raina, however, rolls her eyes and then shoots Isabella a look of exaggerated affront. “Oh, come on. It was one time.”
“Yeah, well, I learned my lesson after that,” Isabella replies.
“And it wasn’t poison.”
“No, it was like smoking psychedelic mushrooms. On steroids.”
Rico chuckles while he continues grinding some herbs in a mortar. “I found her dancing naked in the living room when I got home.”
While struggling hard to suppress a smile, Isabella shoots Rico a look that promises revenge before she shakes her head at all of us. “You guys are still the craziest people I have ever met. And I grew up in a literal cult.”
Laughter ripples through the kitchen. Eli and Kaden even clink their glasses together as if that was the highest of compliments. Warmth spreads through my chest.
“Aww, come on,” Jace says, grinning at Isabella. “You know you love us.”
Her blue-gray eyes dance with light as she once more tries to hide the smile on her face while she sweeps her gaze over all of us. “Yes, I do. Unfortunately.”
We laugh again. I top up her glass of wine before I refill my own as well.
“And speaking of love,” I begin, and cast a glance between Eli and Raina. “You two are the only ones left now. Which makes no sense, because you were the first ones to get together. When are you getting married?”
“Ugh,” Raina scoffs, and rolls her eyes. “Marriage is for normal people.”
I arch an eyebrow at her. “You’re not getting married?” With confusion flickering through me, I hold up my left hand to motion at the ring on my finger. “Then how do you stop people from flirting with your significant other if you don’t have a visible mark of ownership?”
“I just poison them,” Raina replies at the same time as Eli says, “I just shoot them in the head.”
