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I went on my toes and wrapped my arms around his strong shoulders. Shoulders that I knew would always be there for me to cry on, rest on, and rely on.
“I meant every word you know.” His voice was rough with emotion.
“I know it.”
“My whole world changed the morning after I met you. Standing on my deck with you in my bed…” He swallowed hard. “I was so twisted up because I’d never known peace until you were in my arms. I want that every day, Helena.”
“Me too.”
“Good, because you’re coming with me to my house tonight. I want you to make it a home with me.”
My eyes stung. “I want that too.”
He searched my gaze. “A family with me.”
This time, my eyes flowed over with tears. Happy ones. “I want that too.”
He swung me around in the sunshine with the apple blossoms of his orchard all around us. And the laughter replaced the tears as he settled me on my feet and kissed me.
My forever man in my forever place.
I couldn’t wait to see what happened next for us.
Epilogue
Beckett & Helena
July
I tugged at the cuffs of my shirt. Nerves sizzled up my spine.
The room was almost as familiar as my own house. I’d help build it from the ground up. From the old barn, to its new incarnation of dark stain and wrought iron, the Brothers Three Taproom was the start of a new legacy with my brothers.
Tonight it was swathed in pure gold with extra lights strung from the rafters and stars dripping from the fans and wrought iron scrollwork that held our decorative oak barrels high above the main part of the taproom.
Even the stairs leading to the back patio were decorated with twinkle lights and chunkier stars that glowed with promise.
Everything sparkled. Including the guests seated outside.
A new pergola had been built overlooking the orchard. I had the bruises and sore muscles to attest to how damn sturdy it was. Me, Kain, and Ronan had built it for today and for the promise of more parties and events in the future.
But today it was for her.
“Ready to do this?”
I turned and my throat thickened. “Damn, Key.”
“I know.”
Her dark curls were pinned back at the crown with a golden hair clip that her mother-in-law-to-be had made for her. Tiny blue chips were interspersed with the gold chains she wore around her neck. With a slight nod to tradition, she’d added a light, star-studded veil that trailed behind her and she carried a golden and sterling blue roses bouquet.
“I feel like a princess.”
“And you look like one too.”
She shoved me over a step. “Shut up.”
Same Kira, even under the glam. I laughed as she shook out her fluffy white dress decked out in an echo of the stars all over her place.
