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She gave me a half-hearted huff. “I never win these fights with you.”
“And you never will.” I pulled her closer, and she tucked her head against my neck.
“Maybe I should be glad about that. You’re right; I needed this,” she mumbled.
“I know you well.” My fingers caught her hair, beginning to unravel the complex braids one of the other females had crafted for Ezra.
“Do you think we should be worried about the girls? Or about our guys? Nothing is happening as fast as the pack hoped it would.”
“No. Our men are still holding strong, and none of them battle immis anymore. That’s what matters.”
“You’re right.” She let out a soft sigh. “You’re always right. I love you.”
“I love you too.” My lips brushed her bare shoulder.
Veil, she was so damn gorgeous.
I finished unraveling her braids and washed her hair, then persuaded her to eat a few of the chocolate pastries she had grown obsessed with making. It was still morning, but she tended to run herself ragged, so she needed all the food I could get her to eat.
I kissed her shoulder again, after I was satisfied that she’d relaxed, had her hair washed, and eaten enough. “Ready to face them again?”
“So ready,” she whispered.
I chuckled.
Her lips curved upward against my neck. “You’re a good friend, you know.”
“The best,” I agreed.
Her laughter filled the den, and joy swelled within me.
I had waited hundreds of years to find her… and I would wait every minute of it again if it meant having her in my arms, wearing the mark of my claim, and loving me so perfectly.
epilogue
EZRA—A FEW YEARS LATER
The wind rushedthrough my fur as Ivaylo and I wove through the Woods together. My jaws felt permanently parted in a wolfy grin, and I didn’t think my happiness would ever fade.
The final single member of our pack had sealed his mate bond with one of our humans.
We were done.
I mean, technically we were still the alphas.
But, our jobs had gotten so damn much easier as everyone paired up.
There was no immis to worry about anymore. Hell, the only thing left to worry about, was the kids.
Alllll the kids.
A dozen of our women were pregnant, and a handful had infants and toddlers. When the first one announced her pregnancy, Serae had “blessed” us with magic that was supposed to help even out our population.
How did it do that?
By ensuring that all the ex-humans could only have daughters, to balance the shifters from the Peaks only being able to have sons.
Words were had, when we found out about her magic.
