My wolf huffs inside me, warm and content.Our pup.
I smile, carefully moving Mia’s foot off my ribs.She immediately kicks me again.Of course she does.
“Stop laughing,” Landry mumbles without opening her eyes.
“I didn’t make a sound.”
“I can feel you laughing.”
I grin and lean over Mia to kiss my mate’s forehead.“Morning, mate.”
Her lips curve.“Morning, husband.”
Five years, and that still hits me hard.Husband.I’m her husband, her mate, her family.
Landry Wilder is my wife.My mate.The mother of my children.The woman wearing my mark on the soft skin between her neck and shoulder.
I thought I knew what happiness felt like before, but I didn’t.Not really.Not until Landry chose me with her whole heart.Not until she stood with me under the trees behind our house, wearing a white dress and a smile that nearly brought me to my knees, and promised to love me for the rest of our lives.Not until I held Mia for the first time and heard Landry whisper, “She has your eyes.”Not until our son, Noah, came into the world two years later with Landry’s soft blonde hair and my wolf already obsessed with protecting him.
I glance toward the bassinet beside the bed.Noah isn’t in it.My body goes still.Landry’s eyes open immediately.“What?”
“Noah.”
She follows my gaze, then smiles.“Your son woke up early.I fed him and put him back in his crib because someone was growling at the baby monitor.”
I blink.“I was asleep.”
“You were growling in your sleep.”
“My wolf is vigilant.”
“Your wolf is dramatic,” she corrects.
I laugh.“My wolf heard our pup.”
“Our pup was sound asleep.”
“He might have needed us.”
Landry’s smile turns soft, and my chest tightens the way it always does when she looks at me like that.Like she loves me, like she still can’t quite believe how much.
She reaches over Mia and brushes her fingers through my hair.“You’re a good dad.”
My throat tightens.Even after all these years, she can still wreck me with a few words.
“I try.”
“You do more than try.”
Mia snuffles in her sleep and rolls toward Landry, burying her face against her mother’s side.Landry winces slightly and shifts.My hand moves instantly to her waist.
“You okay?”
“I’m fine.”
I narrow my eyes.
She laughs quietly.“Cooper.”
