Chapter:-42

15 years later (after Ashly leaves everyone)

Flashback:-

Their soft giggles filled the night's calm, quiet air.

"Alex!" Ashly reprimanded in a whisper, but it fell short due to the blissed-out smile on her lips: "Alex, stop it, you big goof." She swatted at Alex's hands, but those two colossals she loved so much just kept teasing her overly sensitive skin.

The Omega always got ticklish after a particularly good orgasm, which Alex always loved to indulge in. And Alex had successfully drawn three out of her. Which was a new record for them.

And the Alpha was damn proud of himself.

"How are you feeling?" Alex finally stopped sickling and laid one of his hands flat on Ashly's side, stroking her still clammy skin. "Any regrets?"

Ashly's smile softened as she recognized her Alpha shift in mood as self-doubt. She laid her own palm on Alex's cheek. "I feel fine, no regrets," she promised. "It was perfect; you were perfect."

Up until that night, Ashly and Alex had yet to go all the way,