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“No, we’re going to take it home with us.”
“Really?”
“Yep. It’s ours now.”
“Will it survive in my realm or do we have to leave it here in this realm?”
“I’ll make sure it will thrive inourrealm,” she said.
He grinned.
They carried the plant back to the edge of the lake. Ren set the bag on the ground while she took off her shoes and socks and cuffed her jeans up to her knees. He followed suit, rolling his pant legs up.
“Make a cup with your hands,” she said.
When he did as she asked, she gently plucked a bloom from the plant and peeled the petals off, setting them in his cupped hands. She removed two more blooms, until his hands were full of the pretty pink petals.
She cupped her hands under his. “Now we walk into the water.”
“How far?”
“Just a little ways.”
They walked together, their hands touching, until the warm water rose to the middle of her calf. She wiggled her toes in the sandy bottom and looked up at her mate as she let loose of her wings and they extended from her back to increase her power.
“First I’m going to cast the blessing spell.”
“What do I do?”
“Just concentrate on the words of the spell. You don’t have to do anything else.”
The words flowed out of her in the ancient fae language as she cast the spell, blessing their unborn child in a way that was wholly unique to the fae. The blessing was for a long and happy life for their child, that he or she would grow up strong and honorable, and that no foe would ever stand against him or her.
She held Ren’s gaze when the spell ended. “Now we throw the petals into the water,” she said. Together, they tossed the flowers into the water, and they immediately glowed. She linked one of her hands with his and said, “Now we’ll scoop up some petals with our free hands and lift them out of the water.”
He followed suit as she dipped her hand into the water and moved it around to catch some petals. They lifted their hands from the water and the petals burst like fireworks and turned to ash, lifting into the air and swirling around them. The ash settled over them as they faced each other and linked their free hands together. The ash glowed as it settled on their exposed skin. Her vision dimmed and then brightened suddenly, and in her mind’s eye, she saw the future.
Two children raced through the backyard of their home toward a towering oak. They were twins, one boy and one girl. The boy had Ren’s blond hair and the girl had Kismet’s dark hair. Wings the same pure white with copper tips as her own erupted from the girl’s back as the two reached swings hanging from a low tree limb. The boy helped his sister onto the swing and gave her a good push, and then took the free swing. His lips were parted in a wide smile, and Kismet could see his eyes were amber, a telltale sign he was a wolf.
The vision disappeared slowly, and before she knew it, she was crying. Ren pulled her close. “Oh, sweetheart. Twins?”
She sniffled and lifted her head, cupping his face and drawing him down for a kiss. “Yes, twins! A wolf and a fae. Can you believe it?”
He grinned. “You know it! We’re both amazing. Of course our kids would be, too. Are you happy, sweetheart?”
“So, so much.”
“Me, too.”
They stood embracing in the water for a long time. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed during the quiet, sweet time, only that she was certain she’d never felt closer to her truemate.
When she’d come through the portal on the full moon, she’d never imagined she’d be in this place with her mate so soon. But here she was. Deliriously happy and ready for the next chapter of their lives together.
“Love you, sweet fairy,” he whispered roughly.
“I love you, too, my wolf mate.”
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