Epilogue: Coronation Ball

A Year Later

[Knight’s POV]

“Daddy!”

The tiny voice reaches me before arms are wrapping around my leg. Looking down, I take in Octavia as she grins up at me. She looks adorable in her golden dress, with her hair done up into a tiny ponytail at the top of her head.

Since she began to walk, no one could stop her from getting where she wanted. She was a little escape artist, and I was certain her nanny would appear soon with a look of annoyance on her features.

“Up!” She insists, holding up her arms.

Nodding, I do as she says before turning to Desmond, whom I had been talking to moments prior.

“Typical,” he chuckles. “The minute your girls are involved, no one else exists.”

“As it should be,” I agree. “Why would I want to pay attention to an old fart like you when such a beauty is in front of me?”

This was the first time I had seen Desmond in months, and he was busy telling me about how things were going back at Crystal Fang. I realized that things were going back to normal after what ha