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He nods. “Thank you.”
Evander studies him for a moment, pulling me close. “I meant it, Will. If I see you around Briony again, I won’t turn down the challenge. And if you fight me, I won’t hold back. I’ll kill you. Don’t come near us again,” he says.
Will looks like he wants to say something. His eyes dart between Evander and me.
Then he nods sharply and walks away.
I watch him go, noting that my heart feels nothing but pity for him.
“Well. Look at that. I’m like all noble and shit now, too.”
I can’t stop my eyes from rolling as I turn. “Evander,” I sigh. “You’re such a pain.”
“Yeah, but you love me.”
The word just… pops out.
After it does, he freezes, staring at me.
We haven’t said it yet.
I kind of felt it. A while ago. I felt it in my chest.
And I felt it in the bond.
Evander looks at me for a minute longer before he smiles. “You know what, Briony Cane? I do love you. I’m not worried about whether you love me too, but I need you to know it. Because I love you. And it’s high time you knew it.”
Relief washes over me, and I squeak as he pulls me close and wraps his arms around me. “I love you too, Evander Alderwood. More than anything in the world.”
“Hearing that, Bri… Shit. I love you. More than the Frat Pack. More than anything. You make my world spin, and I can’t imagine one without you.” His smile is everything, and in that moment, I know that my life has changed for the better. I lean forward.
“I love you too, Evander.”
Epilogue
EVANDER
“Didn’t we just have a party here?”
Iris and Briony both shoot me an identical glare as other pack members move in the background, each one of them tasked with setting up a different aspect of the décor. “That was the Blue Moon Bash, Ev,” Briony says like I’m stupid. “This is the Harvest Moon Gala.”
I frown. “That seems very similar.”
“It isn’t. It’s a whole other thing, a party to celebrate the last full moon of the summer… You know this. Honestly, did you not live in the same pack that I did my whole life?”
I swoop in and press a kiss against Briony’s lips. “I sure did. But I was an idiot who didn’t notice shit unless it was right in front of me.”
“Even then, you miss it about half the time,” she grumbles.
I grin. “But now you’re here to be in front of me all the time. So I can’t miss it anymore,” I beam.
Briony rolls her eyes, but through the bond, I feel her affection.
Damn. I love the mating bond.
Not having to guess how Briony feels is just downright amazing. From the awesome sex to the fact that I can pretty much fix everything when I fuck it up because I know exactly what she needs, it’s perfect.
She’s perfect.
