Epilogue

Cari

Magic is always in the air here in Moon Haven. It is a beautiful spring day with bright, clear skies overhead and a warm sun hanging in the blue skies. A warm breeze kicks up, fluttering my dress and making a certain someone laugh.

Mayhem stands watching me, his brow cocking as he tilts his head to sneak a peek beneath my skirt. Turning from the easel I am working on, I shoot him a look, pointing at him accusingly.

"Behave with that precious girl here," I chastise him, going to snuggle him and our daughter.

I was so alone before he came out of the darkness. My closeness with my sisters was struggling, I had no one to turn to, and I believed I might wind up alone forever. When Mayhem came to me, he changed my entire life.

Now I share an unbreakable bond with him. Nothing on this earth or any other can break it. I also found an all-new bond with my sisters. We're still figuring out the wonder of being Nymphs together, our power coming together in harmony as we grow and get stronger.

Mayhem also gave me something else. The beautiful little girl he is holding. He is so careful with her, so loving, so devoted to getting her little laughs and her sweet smiles. In those first months of being pregnant, he was afraid she would be more Demon than Nymph.

"It would not matter to me. She is part of you and part of me. Whatever she is, she will be our beautiful little gift."

"Yes, she is a gift. Just as you are, my love."

For being a Demon, he is very much a romantic. He takes me out on date nights—though we do not go to town much, he just creates something special for us—he picks me flowers, and we take dozens of bubble baths together that last for hours to.

While I was pregnant, I was hit with wave after wave of creativity. I could not stop painting. Bright, colorful scenes that featured the same dark shadow my work had for so long. The pieces started to feature not just Mayhem, but our little girl, my sisters, and their mates.

I thought I was alone for so long, but I was wrong. I have them now. I had them before I even knew I did. They were always there, waiting for me to need them, waiting for my magic to come to life inside of me so I knew my mate when I saw him.

"This one is beautiful. It is my new favorite," he exclaims as he hands me our daughter, cocking his head to look at my work.

"Come here, my sweet little Hale," I whisper to her as I gather her close, breathing in her sweet, earthy scent. "You said that about the last one."

"Because it was my favorite. Before you created this one," he teases, coming close to drop a kiss at Hale's head, then a sweeter one at my lips.

Hale was born just a few days after Luci's daughter, Thorn made her appearance. Bessi was upset she was the last to pop as it were. Her little girl, Grey sits on the grass now with Thorn, the girls cooing as they create magic with each other. Going to the blanket they're playing on, I set Hale with them.

"Come here, my love," I whisper to Mayhem as we spin from the girls.

Facing Azazel together taught us a lot of things. First, that we're all Nymphs, of course. Second, we're even more powerful together than we realized during those weeks we spent training to battle the Demon. And third, we want to be close to each other again.

With a little magic, Gareth and Luci made his cute castle on the hill suitable for all of us. We all have our own wings, but we're close again, the way we need to stay. We want our girls to be close the way we were, and we feel safer now that we know there are threats out there.

"You're beautiful when you make a mess of yourself," Mayhem teases as he walks me away from the others. I am most at peace in the woods, in nature, where my spirit is always rejuvenated.

Glancing at my paint splattered dress, I shrug. "It is when I am most myself. Besides when I am with you and Hale, that is. It's interesting, we cannot figure out if they're the same as us. Thorn seems to be drawn to fire. Hale to water. Grey is still making up her mind, I think."

"They're perfect. They will always have us, and they will always have each other."

Turning to him as we sneak away into the darkness of the woods, I smile as he draws me close. I tilt my head back, waiting for the kiss I see him craving. His big hands grasp my hips, and he picks me up, forcing my legs around him. Smiling, I start toying with his horns, knowing how much he likes it.

"Behave, little flame. Little eyes, little ears, they will know what mommy and daddy are doing," he whispers even as he kisses a hot path down my throat.

"No, they will not. Bessi just took them inside to bake cookies," I tell him, seeing it even as it happens. It's nice to have a built-in mom-dar. Seeing and hearing what they're doing what they feel, it has made being a mom a little easier.

"Oh, I love when they bake," he hums, his tail sliding between my thighs. He growls when he finds I have no panties on. His tail slaps at my pussy and I cry out. Gods, I love that tail. Having it tease me when he's inside me, licking at my tits or even pushing inside my ass, it's got a mind of its own. Not that I mind.

"Mmm, so do I, Mayhem. It's mommy and daddy time," I purr as I kiss his jaw, his mouth, lowering my mouth to his ear. "Because...mommy and daddy will have no time in about...six months. Daddy is getting his own little Demon."

Pulling back, Mayhem stares up at me. His dark eyes, golden today because he is happy, shimmer with tears. Yeah, he might be a Demon and have spent several lifetimes in Hades, but he is a husband and a father first.

"You're...we're...another baby? A little boy?"

"Yes. This little castle of ours will be full soon. Three boys, three girls," I whisper with a huge smile. It is just what we all want. Another generation, another set of Nymphs, of witches, of shapeshifters, even Demons.

"Three more babies. We're so blessed. A little boy. He will be my little Demon," Mayhem beams up at me before his eyes darken.

"Yes, my big Demon," I hum, knees pushing at the kilt he wears.

Growling, his chest vibrating with it, he pins me to a tree and sinks his teeth into my mating mark. I moan as it lights our bond on fire. He thrusts up as he pulls me down, sinking deep inside of me. I shudder as pleasure begins to roil over me, making my entire body shake.

"I love you Cari," he whispers against my mouth as he claims me, our bodies shaking as he thrusts again and again.

"Yes, I love you. I love you, Mayhem. My Mayhem."

We make love until we're sated, which takes hours. I lead him to the closest spring where we strip and get in. He is gentle with me as he rubs his huge hands over my belly, telling me how excited he is to have another baby.

"We're going to build such a beautiful family, little flame," he coos as we wade in the warm water as a breeze warms our skin.

"Yes, we're so blessed. Our babies will be so strong together. They will never have to be alone. Never have to ear anything. You said I was the magic, that it was always me...but I think it was always you."

"Impossible. I was a sinner. A killer. I would have never gotten out of Hades if not for you. For your magic. You're the magic, my little flame."

It doesn't matter whose magic got us here. We're here, living the most beautiful life with the most beautiful family. I am not alone. My sisters are not alone. We've got the sweetest, cutest babies in Moon Haven, the most devoted husbands, and on top of it all, we're magic.

Magic is what brought us together and it is what will keep us all together, forever.