Epilogue

Lottie was crawling over the picnic blanket examining twigs and leaves and trying to put everything in her mouth. That was how she learned about the world at her age.

Tony had his eyes closed, and I was scrambling left and right after our daughter.

She must be a shifter, my wolf decided. She’s so fast.

Nah, she’s just a baby. They’re speedy. If I glanced away for a second, she was off, trying to pick up ants in her plump fingers.

Watch out, she’ll hurt herself.

“Do you need any help?” Tony lifted the hat covering his face.

“Nope, I got this.”

My mate had completed his thesis this week, and he deserved a rest.

We were sitting under what we now called Anthony’s and my tree, planted to commemorate my birth and where Tony had placed his father’s plaque.

Before I met Tony, I was all work and no play. Sundays I had lunch with the family, but before and after, my phone was in my hand, laptop open, always working, always looking over my shoulder.

But now I made time for my family. Ranger and Hunter were officially my Betas. And after what happened with Emilio, no one in the pack complained I was favoring my siblings. We’d made progress on changing the hierarchy of the pack. Yes, I was Alpha, but when I either handed over power or went to the goddess, the pack would vote on the next Alpha.

Our law had changed regarding mating with humans. It might not go as far as some wanted, but it was more progress. If a La Luna Noir pack member met their fated mate and that person was human, they could mate.

For now, the danger had passed about my role as Alpha and the uprising stamped out, though I wasn’t naive enough to think there’d never be another challenge.

Tony yawned and checked his watch. “What shall we do about dinner?”

Instead of going to Dad’s every Sunday, we alternated, and the family came to us every second weekend for the evening meal.

“Let’s get takeout. Even better, we can have Hunter and Ranger pick it up.”

“You can’t do that. Uncle Arnie would be horrified.”

But as if by magic, my phone beeped. It was Dad saying as Tony had had such a tiring week, they’d bring the food. I showed the text to Tony.

“Great.” He opened one eye and shot up. “Flint, where’s Lottie?”

Damn, in those few seconds, she’d crawled off the blanket and was heading into the woods. My wolf might not have understood babies, but he was fiercely protective of our daughter.

He didn’t ask my permission but ripped through my clothes and raced over to Lottie, herding her back to the blanket. I thanked him before taking my skin.

“Might want to put sunscreen on that.” Tony giggled as he stared at my cock. Thanks to my wolf, my clothes were shredded. “I don’t want it out of action.”

My mate had been so busy these last weeks, we hadn’t had much sex.

“Maybe we should put off the family, saying you’re ill. When Lottie’s asleep, we go to bed too.”

“No, we’re not lying.”

Tony was big on not telling lies. After us doing the falling-in-love, mating, and having a family in reverse—sorta—and the chaos in his life after finding out what his dad did what he did, he insisted we were always truthful. There was some wriggle room when it came to us having sex—and we had a lot of sex—but he considered the Sunday family meal ritual sacred. No lies would be told.

“Just as well the domestic staff have Sunday off or they’d be treated to you and your big cock prancing home.”

I loved when my mate commented on the size of my cock, and I puffed out my chest.

“There will be no prancing, my love.” I didn’t point out the security staff were always lurking around the estate. Lurking was how Tony described them, probably because he hadn’t grown up with them, whereas for me, they were always in the background.

I grabbed the picnic basket and picked up our daughter who was studying a spider. Tony trailed beside us, dragging the blanket over the grass and holding the cushions.

“Are you sure you don’t want to cancel? Everyone would understand ‘cause you’ve been so busy.” I was holding Lottie while my mate was showering. He was totally beat but insisted it was too late because everyone was on their way.

But he came out of the shower enclosure, water dripping seductively from his length, my cock swelled. “I love you.”

“Me too.” He wiggled his ass as he strode into the bedroom.

The peacefulness in the house ended when my family arrived. They could never creep in unannounced. Ranger roared up in his new sports car, Hunter in a huge SUV, my dad at the wheel of his car and Uncle Arnie hanging on for dear life, plus the assorted security guards

“Arnie made lasagna.” Dad blew me a kiss and took Lottie, while Uncle grumbled he’d never get to hold her.

“What do you think of my new car, Bro?” Ranger’s cars were his babies. I hated to think what would have happened if he became a father to real live children. He’d have them polishing the paintwork before they could walk.

“Darling Tony, you should be in bed.” Dad kissed my mate and sent me a look that said, “What’s wrong with him?”

My mate insisted he was okay, and while we heated the food, Hunter opened the basement door.

“Why don’t these lights work, Flint?”

“You’ll have to ask Tony. I think he put a spell on them.” The stair lights only responded to my mate’s voice now.

“Lights on,” Tony barked.

“Oh, I like what you’ve done with the place,” Hunter yelled.

My mate insisted the basement should be used for enjoyment, and we’d put a pool table down there.

“Uncle Arnie, I challenge you to a game after dinner.” Hunter flung himself onto a chair at the table.

“I’m a little rusty, but I can kick your butt.” Uncle grinned.

Lottie sat in her highchair, and Dad tried to feed her, but she grabbed the spoon and did it herself. Our little girl was growing up, and I needed her to slow down.

Tony and I shared a glance, and he tapped his glass with a fork.

“Something’s up,” Ranger noted. “Glass-banging time means big news.”

“Are you pregnant again?” Dad gushed.

“How did you guess?” Tony rubbed a hand over his face.

“You have that first-trimester look.”

There were shouted congratulations, hugs, and kisses. Uncle said when the new baby arrived, Dad couldn’t hold two at once, so he’d get his share of cuddles.

After everyone left, I got Lottie ready for bed, and I made sure the baby cam app was working. Tony sang her a lullaby, and we kissed her before tiptoeing out of the room.

My mate sank into bed, and I took him in my arms. “Thank you.”

“For what?” He snuggled into me.

“For being you.”

He snorted. “You didn’t think that when we first met. You were very shouty.”

“That’s what kidnappers do. They shout.”

“I was your first, right?” he giggled.

“Maybe.”

“Liar!

“What? No. Oh wait, I am lying.” I put my mouth to his ear. “Perhaps I should be punished.”

“I agree. When I’m feeling better, I’ll grab those handcuffs. Where are they, by the way?”

Check out the next book in the series.

I went undercover to break up an organized crime ring—not to fall in love with a mob boss.

Investigatingone of the biggest crime families is risky work. I knew that going in and am prepared for anything. If I get the story, it will all be worth it.

Only the story consumes my entire being and I decide to try a speed dating event in the hopes of meeting a distraction, and is the alpha I meet ever the distraction. He’s tall, smexy, and has eyes I can’t stop looking into. If only he were honest and let me know up front who he was.

Now I’m longing for a mob boss, trying to complete my investigation, being rescued from a different mafia family who sees me as the risk, and… oh yeah, getting stuck in a mountainside cabin with the hottie from round 7. At least my life isn’t boring.

Matched into the Mob is the second book in The Wolves of La Luna Noir, a sweet with knotty heat MM Mpreg Shifter Mafia Romance. Mated into the Mob features a sexy alpha who works for his family business (yes, that kind), the human omega who is supposed to be investigating the bad guys, not sleeping with them and ends up kidnapped, true love, fated mates, an adorable baby, and a guaranteed happy ever after. If you love your alphas hot, your men dangerous, and your omegas fierce read your copy today.