Epilogue - Killian

Four Months Later

“Do you have to leave your shoes right in front of the door every time, Sienna?” I asked.

“Have to? No. Will I keep doing it? Yes,” Sienna said.

She and Leah were sitting on the couch after our trip back from Sparkle Hollow, where we had met with Alpha Lex and Luna Grace about expanding diplomacy between our towns.

They both laughed at my sour expression as I moved Sienna’s shoes to the hallway closet.

“You’re lucky that my mate likes you, or I’d toss these outside,” I pointed out.

“ You’re lucky she likes you,” Sienna quipped, “or I’d turn you into a frog instead of a wolf.”

“I’m pretty sure you don’t know how to turn him into a frog,” Leah argued.

“Just because I haven’t turned anyone into a frog doesn’t mean I can’t turn someone into a frog.”

Over the past few months, Leah and I had been making regular trips between Sparkle Hollow and Pinedale. To Leah’s delight, her best friend often came to visit us here as well. As much as Sienna’s personality differed from my own, it made me happy to see my mate reunited with her friend.

Leah was on civil terms with her parents now, but there was no fixing what they had broken between them. Just like I had found a brother in Jasper, Leah had found a sister in Sienna. The loyalty between the two of them rivaled anything I had ever seen, and Sienna had become a sister to me as well.

“If you two are done fighting, can we decide what we want for dinner?” Leah asked.

“You already know I don’t get a vote,” I told her with a laugh. “Just let me know what you decide. I’m going to grab the bags out of the car.”

As I walked outside, I did a quick visual sweep of the area. There had been no reports of Franco or his pack so far, but the thought of him returning was never far from my mind. He would hold a grudge against me until his dying day. I just had to be prepared for whenever he decided to settle it.

“Did you decide yet?” I asked the women as I came back inside.

“Pizza,” they said at the same time.

“Your wish is my command,” I said with a formal bow.

“I could get used to this,” Sienna joked.

“Don’t,” I said.

“Touchy,” she replied. “Come on, Killian, why you gotta be such a spoilsport? You know that teasing you is my only entertainment while I’m here.”

“Help me out here, Leah?”

“Sorry, my love. Sienna says whatever is on her mind. There’s nothing I can do about that,” Leah said apologetically.

“It’s true,” Sienna agreed. “She’s been trying her whole life. Now, you two relax while I go get dinner. I need to see if that hot guy is working at the pizza parlor today.”

She wagged her eyebrows at Leah, who laughed in response. As annoying as I found my surrogate sister-in-law, I was secretly grateful for her presence in our lives. Leah was happy with me, but her exuberance when she was with her friend was something I could never give her. All I wanted was for her to be happy. If Sienna was a part of that, I would just have to deal with it.

It helped that Sienna always seemed to know when to make herself scarce. As she left to get pizza, I took her vacated spot on the couch next to Leah, who snuggled up next to me instantly.

Ever since the attack from Franco’s pack, she had been extra careful to make sure I knew just how much she loved and cared for me. Almost losing me had been traumatic for her, but she was handling it admirably.

“I love you, Leah,” I reminded her.

“I love you more.”

“Impossible.”

“Now that we’re home, I actually have a surprise for you,” Leah said. She stood up and walked to her desk, opening a drawer and taking something out.

“What’s this?” I asked as she placed a manilla envelope in my hands.

“I didn’t get a chance to get you a wedding present because we’ve been so busy with peace talks and planning,” Leah explained.

“You didn’t have to get me anything,” I protested.

“I wanted to.”

I opened the envelope and pulled out a booking for an all-inclusive resort in the Caribbean.

“A vacation?” I said excitedly.

“We didn’t have a chance to go on our honeymoon,” she said with a smile. “I hope it’s okay that I picked a spot for us. I just wanted to make sure we went somewhere we could spend as much time together as possible. We deserve a break from everything, I think.”

“You read my mind,” I replied. I pulled an envelope out of my pocket, placing it on Leah’s lap. She looked at me in confusion as she opened it, revealing two plane tickets with flexible dates to a location of our choice.

“I wasn’t sure where you would want to go, but I figured I could handle the transportation,” I said.

We laughed together, pleased with the fact that we had simultaneously purchased complementary gifts.

“I say we leave as soon as Sienna goes back to Sparkle Hollow,” I continued.

“I could kick her out, and we can leave tonight,” Leah chuckled.

I laughed. “You would never.”

“You’re right,” Leah sighed. “But the second she leaves, I’m dragging you to the airport, mister.”

“Deal,” I replied.

“Did you ever imagine we’d be here?” Leah asked as we settled back into each other.

“Every day, since the moment I met you,” I told her. “There has never been anywhere else I would rather be than with you, and there never will be.”

“Me too,” Leah agreed. “Forever and infinity.”

“Until my last breath,” I said.

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THE END