Page 68 of Alpha of the Pack

I wasn’t pregnant yet, but Ace had talked about wanting kids soon and this was his way of showing me he was serious about building a life together.

“Gunner is an amazing carpenter. He made this for us as an early pair bonding gift,” Ace explained with a deep smile.

Wares didn’t wed. Well, not in the traditional sense. They went through an age-old ceremony known as pair bonding. Ace and I were going to be bonded under the next full moon, and the entire pack was going to be our witness, after which there’d be a large party and feast.

“One day, as the other pack members become pair bonded, they’ll live alongside us and we’ll form our very own ware community up here. We’ll build the pack back up to what it once was,” Ace said with a proud expression on his impossibly handsome face. “All of our children will play together and be raised knowing who and what they are.”

His speech caused a tear to trickle down my cheek. Our children. They were going to know who they were from a young age. There would be no fear of finding out what they were later on in life, as I had done, because we’d raise them to know what a blessing it was to be a shifter. I was so touched, and in love with this man, I didn’t know how to express it in any other way than to throw my arms around his neck and give him a deep, sultry kiss.

Ace laced his strong arms around my back and smiled big when I looked directly into his eyes. “You like your gift then?”

“I love it. And I love you, Ace Aiden Montgomery. Now let’s sneak off into the woods and start making that family you’ve been wanting so badly,” I offered with a dirty wink.

“I thought you were still on the pill?” Ace spoke with a hint of confusion.

I shrugged. “Practice makes perfect. Right?”

“Damn straight!”

Tossing me over his shoulder, Ace carried me into the woods. Peeling off my clothes piece by piece as well as I could while draped over my mate like a sack of flour, I tossed them behind us like a breadcrumb trail leading back to the house that would very soon become a home.

The End