Chapter 100: Change

LeviRather than returning home, we decided to stay and have lunch with Nigel and his daughters. Lily brought Nigel to join our group after getting Audra settled in the hospital. She let us know that the doctor looked Audra over and what she needs most is rest.For the first time in my life, I felt like an outsider. Amber and Nigel have the shared experience of having been in the laboratory, while Hope, her sisters, and their sisters were all products of the experiments that the scientists did on their parents and to them. Once they started talking, the group had a sense of camaraderie.I watch as my mate relaxes in a way that I’ve never seen before. She laughs easily, talking about babies and the difficulties of growing up as a hybrid in a pack. Here, she’s not an outsider. She’s with people who are like her and it’s making a difference. I saw it in her face when she raced into my arms earlier. For the first time in our lives, I saw acceptance rather than resistance.She’s always been

Chapter 101: A New Life

HopeI meant what I said to Levi. I’ve made up my mind and now that I have, I want our lives to begin right away.The next morning, I snuggle against him until Matthan begins to wake.“Have you pumped? I’ll get him. I missed our sons while I was away,” he says.“Yes, I did. If you want to feed him, I’ll go shower before LJ wakes up. Then I can nurse him and we can meet the others for breakfast. I’d like to offer Nigel and his daughters to come live with us and then I’d like to see Dr. Traeliorn before we leave.”He tips my head up from where I’m lying on his chest.“You’re really serious about giving me more pups?”“Yes. I meant everything I said last night, Levi. I’m going to ask mom and dad if they will take the boys tonight so we can complete our bond. I don’t want anything else standing in our way. I’m ready and I want to make you mine forever.”“I am yours, but I’m glad you’re finally ready to accept that we are meant to be together.”“We always were. You knew it, Malcolm knew it,

Chapter 102: Finally

LeviI can’t wait to mark Hope tonight. As happy as I am to be back with my pups, I want tonight to be special for Hope and me.I carried LJ home like I planned and he was awake long enough that I had time to play with him, moving his legs and rolling his arms around while Malcolm alternated between purring and growling at him to make him squeal, laugh, and coo. There’s only one sound in the world that is better than the sound of my boys’ happy cries, and that’s my mate cries of pleasure.“Did you talk to your mom before we left?” I ask when we’re nearly home.“I did. I’ll need to pump this afternoon so she can feed them, but we’re set.”As soon as we walk out of the forest, I stop short.“Holy Mother Moon Goddess,” I whisper.“I told you. It's incredible,” Hope says.“You weren’t kidding. They did this in one day?”“Less than a day. I’m not surprised they want to move here. Even Fanella said the forest here felt magical and special. Wait until you see the inside.”I stop again once we

Chapter 103: Forest Glen

HopeFeeling Levi’s love flood my heart, mind, body, and soul when our mate bond kicked in was something I never could have expected. I know he loves me, it’s obvious in everything interaction we’ve ever shared, but to feel just how strong and passionate his love is for me, is incredible.I could feel him protectively wrapping his mind around mine. My mate is an Alpha male and his need to protect me and anyone else he loves, is powerful. I’m only just beginning to understand how hard it’s been for him to let me leave him for months at a time like I did when I went with Tanya on tour and how much worse it was for him when he couldn't find me.It makes me love him even more knowing much I've put him through, and yet, he still loves me.Qadira takes her time pushing her venom into Levi’s neck. She’s waited two long years to get here and she has no intention of rushing it now. Malcolm seems to feel the same and while the two of them keep Levi and I connected, keep our bodies in a constant

Epilogue 1: A Place to Heal

LeviSix months laterSo much has happened since Hope and I accepted our roles as Alpha and Luna of Forest Glen.Once Audra woke up, she was completely healed physically, but like all the people affected by the laboratory, she needed to heal emotionally. Araphyra felt too crowded for her, so she agreed to move to Forest Glen. Nigel and their three girls moved with them. While Audra wasn’t immediately willing to accept Hope and I as her leaders, Nigel, Mel, Charlie, and Mandy did. So, within two weeks of becoming Alpha and Luna, our pack practically doubled.Bjorn’s mates were wonderful in helping Audra get settled. They showed her around the forest and just like they said, the magic of the forest seemed to heal her. Every day she looks and feels stronger. Having her daughters here seems to make her stronger as well. Artis visits often to see us but she’s enjoying her role in helping Buppig in Araphyra’s library.Bjork found her mate, when he came to Araphyra on an errand for King Ninle

Epilogue 2: Life

HopeOne Hundred Years LaterQueen Lily once called it a price, a cost to being mated to a near immortal. The cost of living a long life is that you have to watch your loved ones die around you.For Lily and for werewolves mated to other werewolves, that is true.What none of us realized when Dr. Traeliorn found King Aolis’ DNA in our blood was that having his essence meant that all of us would live longer too, and not just a little bit longer. At one hundred and twenty years old, I still look like a woman in her late twenties. King Ailduin is nearly four hundred years old and he and his mate, Queen Anastasia, are still alive. None of us have any idea how long we may live.When I realized I wasn’t aging, I was terrified that I would outlive Levi. After sealing our bond, there was never a day that went by when I didn’t need or want my mate in my life. Thankfully, as the years went by, we realized that he was aging as slowly as I was.We did have to say goodbye to our parents, though. We