by E A Price
They wrapped their arms around one another; Kim, Christine, and Olivia made ‘awwww’ sounds.
Jonathan clucked his tongue. “Awww nothing, my nose fucking hurts!”
Harold snorted. “Get over it.”
Kim was happy that Jennifer and Arthur seemed to be back and track, although she was super-pissed about her lasagna. The darn thing had turned out perfectly!
“Ed,” Kim sighed, “let’s get some pizza.”
*
A few hours later, everyone was leaving. Well almost everyone. Jonathan had consumed so much wine drink that he was passed out on the couch, snoring with the intensity of a thunderstorm. But, those that were leaving were a lot happier than when they arrived. Some frank discussions and pepperoni pizzas were apparently just what they needed.
They had all congratulated Kim and Ed on the baby, and had been surprised when Christine announced she was also pregnant. Kim marveled that Harold was able to look both annoyed and joyous about becoming a father for the fifth time. They all also agreed to come to the wedding.
Harold spoke to Ed as he was leaving.
“Look, I’m sorry about what I said before. I was wrong. I’m pleased you’re happy with Kim.”
Ed couldn’t have been more surprised if his brother had just confessed to being abducted by aliens. “What’s brought about your change of heart?”
“You marrying Kim doesn’t change anything within our pack. It might be different if she were joining the pack, but she isn’t, so you are free to do as you wish. But I doubt Grandmother will give you her blessing.”
“I don’t care about the money, and neither does Kim,” said Ed hotly.
“Good, because you won’t get any. But, I don’t want you to leave the pack on bad terms.”
Ed smirked. “Do I hear the voice of Christine?”
Harold gave him a sheepish smile. “She might have told me what to say.”
“You’re lucky to have Christine.”
“I know,” he said with feeling as he bounded down the porch steps to his car.
Ed softened a little toward his brother. The Alpha was arrogant and bullish, but he did at least love his mate and children. It was one of the few arranged matings Ed had come across where both parties were actually happy and in love with one another. He should probably nominate Christine for sainthood.
Ed came back in the house to find Kim covering Jonathan with a blanket. He growled at her thoughtfulness; all of that should be reserved for him. She stuck out her tongue and pulled Jonathan’s shoes off.
She flipped off the light and led Ed upstairs to their room. Soon enough, they were naked under the covers and snuggled together.
“Will he be alright on the couch?” asked Kim. “It is kind of lumpy.”
“Oh, I’m sure he’s slept in worse places.”
“He told me he tried to go and see Ingrid; she won’t even talk to him.”
Ed felt a wave of sadness from his mate. His wolf urged him to make it better. “I’m sure she’ll come around. Jonathan can be very persuasive.” He hoped.
Kim propped herself up on an elbow. “We’re okay, right, babe?”
“Never better, gorgeous.” His wolf couldn’t agree more. He’d never imagined ever feeling this content.
“And you really don’t mind about losing your allowance?”
Her voice held a note of worry, and his wolf whined at him.
“Of course, not. I’m not 12-years-old; I can get by without my family’s money. I already have everything I need,” he reassured her.
Kim grinned and kissed him. She climbed over his body and started undulating her hips over his sex.
He groaned as his blood started rushing to his member. “Besides,” he breathed, “we still have my savings.”
She stopped moving and frowned at him. His wolf yipped in disappointment.
“You have those?”
Ed ran his hands up her thighs. “Sure, haven’t I mentioned that before?”
She shook her head.
Carefully, he sat up and his hands reached around her waist. “Yeah, I have enough for Jamie’s college fund, a new house for us, a college fund for the new baby, and whatever else we need.” He leaned forward and licked his tongue over her neck. “What would you say to a honeymoon in Paris? Romance for me and you, Disneyland for Jamie – it’d be perfect.”
Kim nipped his ear; she and her wolf did like the sound of that, however… “That sounds amazing, but you don’t have to spend your money on that. I’d be happy just staying home.” And happy as long as she never had to go to the Caribbean ever again.
His wolf grumbled at that. “First of all, it’s our money now. Second of all, whether you like it or not, I am going to spend the rest of our lives whisking you away to exciting new places, showering you with gifts and treating you like the goddess that you are. And I won’t hear any argument on the subject, got it?”
Kim pretended to mull that over for a moment, while hiding her delight over what he said. “Well, it’s going to be rough on me – I won’t deny that, but I guess I’ll just have to learn to live with your total adoration.”
“That’s my girl.”
Yes, she was. Mate. Mine.
Epilogue
Kim and Ed were married a couple of weeks later. It was a small wedding with just Ed’s siblings, spouses, nephews and Kim’s mom and closest pack mates. Jamie acted as bridesmaid. The three of them then went to Paris for a long honeymoon, which included a lot of trips to Disneyland. Jamie was obsessed with meeting every single Disney princess.
Arthur and Jennifer were still discussing their options over adoption. For now, they decided to take a sabbatical from work and go traveling. They wanted to spend as much time with each other as possible to make up for all the lost time recently.
Olivia and Will, in spite of their parents’ and grandmother’s objections, were tentatively striving to make their relationship work. It wasn’t easy. The rest of their pack also looked at them like they were committing an atrocious sin by being together. The pack members knew it wasn’t incestuous, but they considered the relationship to be too taboo to be right.
They decided to move away. Will transferred to a different college in Playa Lunar – a city where pretty much anything goes. Within a matter of weeks, they were blood bonded, living together and very happy.
Christine was delighted to find out she was carrying a girl. Harold absolutely put his foot down and said this was their last child. Christine agreed, but without much conviction. She was pretty sure that if she ever did want another baby, she could talk him round.
Jonathan cut himself off from the family money and took up a job as a high-end car salesman. There was something about him that meant he could sell anything to anybody. What was the old saying? He could sell ice to the Eskimos. Well, that. Especially if the Eskimo happened to be female.
Regarding his own female, Jonathan was still trying to convince Ingrid to come back to him. She was adamant she wanted nothing to do with him, but he was hopeful that she would change her mind.
Kim and Ed soon found a suitable house for their burgeoning family and were thrilled to discover Kim was carrying a boy. They were even more thrilled when Jamie started calling Ed ‘daddy.’ It just slipped out one day, but then it soon became the norm. The three of them were delighted, and couldn’t wait until it became the four of them.
Mate. Mine.
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