Valentin sped up his fist on Zinn’s cock. After waiting so long to come, Zinn wailed as he unloaded all over their stomachs and chests. Valentin stilled above him, shaking with the force of his pleasure as his cock swelled and he released jets of cum deep within Zinn, into the womb he’d penetrated the day before.
Leaning forward, Valentin licked at Zinn’s neck, scenting him. “I love you,” he rasped as his knot popped. His head turned to the other three men. “I love you.”
After wiping his partners with a warm cloth, Wes lay down in the center of the bed, Assa and Calder on one side and Zinn and Valentin on the other as they drifted to sleep. Zinn’s heat still had hours to go, but they would always remember this morning.
Always remember the lovemaking they’d done to celebrate that the five of them would soon welcome another child.
Epilogue Two
Wes
ONE YEAR LATER
When Wes and Assa moved to Bellwether Province with Ryde four years ago, one thing they’d worried about was whether their house was too big for the three of them. They didn’t think they’d have more kids, and Wes wondered what they’d do with all the empty rooms.
But Assa had fallen in love with the den and the big backyard, and it appeared he’d been psychic when he’d said that they would “need the space eventually,” because now the house barely contained all the people who lived there.
With five grown men needing to sleep and dress, they’d expanded the main bedroom and bathroom. Ryde still had his bedroom, and Ked and Jordie had shared another until a monthago, when Jordie moved into college housing to begin his first semester at the university.
The baby, Bash, hadn’t moved into the nursery with Lachie yet. He spent his nights in a crib with the men since he still needed to chest-feed multiple times a night. Wes had never heard that baby alphas ate more than betas or omegas, but at least with their three-month-old son, that appeared to be the case.
He grinned thinking of how shocked they were when Zinn delivered a tiny alpha. With three beta sons, an omega son, and their two omega cousins constantly underfoot—technically Lanni and Bevin lived with Asher and Xan, but they were at the Pashuks’ house so often the men had put a set of bunk beds in Ryde’s bedroom—everyone had been expecting a tiebreaker, not an alpha.
Now, the big backyard Assa loved was crowded not only with their family but all the people they cared about. Wes stood on the patio’s edge, sipping a sparkling water.
Asher wandered over, holding hands with Xan. Valentin had recently made them partners in The Cracked Heart, which was a win for all concerned because it provided financial security for Zinn’s brother and nephews and freed Valentin to spend more time at home.
“How did Lanni and Bevin like camp?” Wes asked. He looked over at his nephews, talking with Ryde. The three boys scratched at their collars, grumbling at having to wear their matching suits.
“Great. We were worried because they weren’t strong swimmers going in, but it really helped being in the pool a lot this summer,” Xan said. “Still, they’re looking forward to playing soccer in the fall, back on dry land.” He chuckled.
“Lanni should be on Ryde’s team this year. Ked has been showing them some of his moves,” Asher added.
“That’s wonderful,” Zinn said, joining them. “It sucks that Jem was keeping them away from school and sports like our parents did to me.”
“It took them a while to understand that things here would be different,” Asher said. “But I think they’re there now. Resilient, like their uncle.” He pulled Zinn into his side and gave him a kiss on the head.
Zinn smiled, highlighting the mole on his cheek that he shared with Ryde, Lachie, and now Bash. The omega looked beautiful in his dark purple suit, and Wes’s blood heated imagining peeling it off later.
Asher gestured toward where Jordie stood talking to Kino. “Still going strong with those two?” he asked.
“Apparently,” Wes answered. He and Jordie had shared a special bond ever since the teen came to him for relationship advice, and now they spent even more time together since Jordie had decided to major in history. “They’re both at the university now, so we’ll see.”
Kino’s family stood together by the rose bushes, except for Ronan McGinn, who was talking with Valentin and Calder in the side yard.
“What do you think alphas talk about when they’re in a private huddle like that?” Zinn asked, his eyes twinkling.
“Alpha shit,” Asher answered.
“Who growls the loudest?” Xan said.
“Whosealpha voiceis cooler? Who smells the spiciest? Whose chest hair grows the fastest?” Wes joked.
Zinn pretended to frown. “And here I was hoping they were debating dick size or who has the biggest knot.”
Wes laughed and exchanged a conspiratorial glance with Zinn. Calder and Valentin were obsessed with handling the other’s cock and knot—touching and squeezing and licking and sucking.Other alphas were missing out, Calder often said. Valentin was less vocal about it, but it was obvious he agreed.
Assa came out of the house. “We’re almost ready to begin,” he announced.
