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I open my mouth and close my eyes and everything just fades away.
All of the pain is gone.
All of the heartache is gone.
All of my past is gone.
All that remains is a beautiful future with the man that I love, and then I open my eyes in time to see him come, too.
Gaz looks incredible when he orgasms, and he fills me, marking me as his own, branding me as his beautiful mate.
I curl up next to him and drape my arm over him.
“I love you,” I whisper. “Foever.”
“Forever, Hayden,” he says in agreement. “It’s you and me.”
Epilogue
One month later
Hayden
Aliens have a bit of a problem with stealing.
Gaz, in particular, has a problem because he stole my heart, and I know that I’m never going to get it back. That’s all right, though, because as I stare at my Orchidian groom, I know that it’s in good hands. Gaz will do everything in his power to take care of me for the rest of my days.
He’ll do everything in his power to keep me safe, to protect me.
He’ll do anything for me, just as I will do anything for him.
The music begins and Gaz and I are suddenly covered with flower petals from every known planet in the universe. The flower petals drop over us, covering us and our guests as the celebration of our union begins.
The area fills with laughter as guests begin to push the petals off of their shoulders and clothes. I smile at Gaz as he brushes a few of the flower petals off of me and steps forward to plant a soft kiss on my cheek.
“I love you, beautiful,” he whispers.
“I love you, too, Gaz.”
My heart soars as I look at the man I’m about to marry. We’re here, on our wedding day, and the world couldn’t be more perfect.
If you had asked me before if I’d ever get married, I would have said no.
I would have said it was unlikely.
I would have said it was impossible.
I was far too damaged, too broken, for anyone to love me.
That’s the funny thing about love, though: it heals even the deepest wounds. I was scarred and broken when Gaz first met me. I still am in many ways, but each day we’re together, the pain fades a little bit more and my heart sings with joy.
He truly is incredible, and I am so lucky to have found him.
I glance at my brothers, who are sitting in the front row at the ceremony. Their wives are smiling and waving as they watch Gaz and I holding hands in front of them.
The chairs for our guests are set up in a circle with several rows. Gaz and I are standing at the center of the circle in our wedding clothes: traditional Orchidian garb for him and a Sapphiran blue gown for me.
Music starts to sound and we raise our voices to sing promises to each other. We sing of our love and of our future and of our dreams. We sing because sometimes, the strongest thing we have is hope for what comes next.
