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“You were right.”
I hugged her gently. “It’s good to hear that, Ginny darling. It’s good to feel you with me. I’m so sorry I sent you that stupid text message.”
“I’m sorry I kept your kids from you for ten years.”
“Things were complicated.”
She sighed. “Are they still complicated?”
I chewed on that question for a moment. “In lots of ways, sure. But I think we can handle complicated. We’ve handled it before, right?”
“We sure have.”
“Then it’s settled. We’ll plead with our alphas to let us be mates.”
She snuggled right into me, giving herself over to me completely, totally trusting me to hold her without causing her any harm. Love like that was hard to find. It was a love that prevailed.
“Thank you,” she whispered. “I knew you’d understand.”
“If you’d come to me sooner, we would have gotten mated sooner.”
She pushed my chest playfully. “I didn’t know how you’d react! And then every time I tried to tell you something, you always kissed me or bit me or got me turned on.”
“Oh, so it’s a problem that I turn you on?” I teased while stroking her arm. “I’ll log that away to remember for later.”
“No, wait, I didn’t mean it likethat.”
Everything about touching her felt right to me. It didn’t make sense that anybody would think it was wrong. If our pack could accept members who had once aligned with the Gilberts and Myrtles, then couldn’t they end a ten-year resentment between two families?
There had to be hope for it. Because I didn’t want to live where hope didn’t live.
After spending a few more minutes cuddling, I stood up and helped Virginia to her feet. I tucked her wild hair behind her ear and smiled. “You go on home and rest. I’ll start getting a good petition together.”
“What about your parents?”
“What about them, Ginny darling?”
She frowned. “You’ve always been close with them. I don’t want you to lose them too.”
“If I lose them, it’s because they’ve chosen to stay angry. That’s not my vibe anymore.”
“Thank you, Slater. Seriously.”
I kissed her forehead. “No, thank you for coming to me and telling me the whole truth. It means you care.”
I didn’t want to part ways with the love of my life, but I knew I had to for just one more night. I was going to write an amazing proposal for the alphas pleading our case—and I was going to get a ring for the other proposal I was going to make too.
Chapter 18 - Virginia
Monday morning came too quickly for my comfort. School would be starting in about an hour. I had the twins with me in the kitchen where they were quietly eating their breakfast, but I knew they were communicating with each other in the twin way that they did. They wanted to go to school. I could tell by how they eyed their backpacks.
I sighed while checking my phone. Francine had sent a picture of the petition for the twins to be treated fairly. She was going to present it to the alphas today when they visited her classroom. She said it would be great to have the twins in attendance too.
Fear had kept me from responding. But the texts were listed as read. She could see that I had seen them. She was giving me space to think.
If only I had more time to think. A weekend simply wasn’t enough. And after everything I had experienced with Slater, I was running on empty.
Plus I owed Fred that favor.
