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“Is he…” I almost didn’t want to hear the answer to that question. Could I still love Wes knowing that he robbed my girls of the chance to know their father? Or could I love myself knowing that I played a roll in it?
The look in Wes’s eyes was unreadable. He was going to keep what happened to himself. Although I felt like resisting, I knew that knowing wouldn’t help us move forward, which is what this was all about anyway. “You know that as the leader of the pack, it’s my job to protect you and our babies?”
“Is this your way of telling me that you won against Jared?”
“Something like that.”
“Are you going to tell me what happened?”
“Maybe someday.”
“So, what do we do now?”
“Anything we want.”
I liked the sound of that. For the first time in too long, I felt safe. Wes had taken care of my past, as difficult as it was to face. And he confronted his brother, which I’m sure was more painful than I could imagine. He might not have brute strength, but he was resourceful and would do what it took to protect our family. And I had a feeling our family was going to grow pretty quickly. I was already bigger than I was with both of my girls. I had a feeling there was more than one child on the way. Full of possibilities. And love.
“You ready to move on with me?”
I kissed Wes deeply and put his hand on my belly. “Ready or not, here they come.”
He tucked me into him and wrapped his arms around me. We held each other until we drifted off, ready to dream of the future.
*****
THE END
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"Though dragons covet and value gold, jewels, and gems, it is their Mate that they solely, desperately desire."
That's the sales pitch I got after being rescued by the tribe of dragon shifters that live in the mountains above my town.
I suppose it was my fault for being kidnapped in the first place, wandering alone at night, destined to be sold into slavery or worse.
My name is Alice, and it turns out that Mishael, Galen, and Rhys share the True Mate bond with me.
There are certainly worse things for a socially awkward girl like me than to find herself being courted, wooed, and loved by three of the most gorgeous, powerful dragons I've ever seen.
CHAPTER ONE
ALICE FORREST
The night seemed darker, under the cover of heavy clouds. It was threatening to rain, and smelled like an oncoming storm as I pulled my hood up tighter around my face and ducked my head, hurrying through the narrow path that led from the tavern to my house.
Everyone else had remained, sharing drinks and the leftover food that the kitchens had cooked, laughing to themselves over inside jokes I wasn't invited to. It had been that way since I started working there, since I moved from a smaller town on the edge of the mountain range.
I wasn't good at making friends. Never had been. I had been a big fish in a small pond back home, much smarter than everyone around me, and honestly it was still true here. And I was good at reading people, but in a way that tended to make them uncomfortable.
People didn't like being around someone that could see right through the social constructs and meaningless platitudes and get to the heart of what they were – or weren't – saying. And yeah, I probably could do more about keeping my mouth shut and playing nice, but it didn't seem worth the effort for something as plebian as a social group who would rather drink their intelligence away than anything else.
The trees swa
yed above my head as the wind began to pick up, and I pulled my thick clothes tighter around my body, hurrying along. It was a near half-hour walk back to my home on the edge of the forest, which grew in thick clusters at the foot of the mountain.
The forest was almost whisper quiet, aside from the creaking branches and rustling leaves. Storms tended to hit this part of the world hard, and everything was hunkered down to wait it out. If I didn't hurry, I would certainly be caught in it, and end up with mud caked up to my thighs and soaked through.
