by Sonia Nova
Garr owed Zeriq his gratitude for everything he had done to help him and Shea, and he would have been willing to babysit his smelly baby so that he and Hazel could go on their date night even if he and Shea didn’t need the practice with babies.
Zeriq had explained to him that, while the Ezak-X could mate with humans, they couldn’t just mate with any human female. There was only one mate for each of them, a person who would trigger their pheromones.
That was why Garr’s body had reacted to Shea from the moment they’d met. She was the one for him. The one who could understand him even when he didn’t speak. The one who could see past his scars at the person he was. The one who supported him, and the one he supported in return. The one Garr could build a family with.
“Bottle in the mouth?” Garr checked, just to be sure.
Shea tried valiantly not to laugh, but her voice shook with suppressed mirth. “Yes, Garr, the bottle goes in the mouth.”
She waited for Garr to finish feeding Maya before putting her arms around him and pulling him in for a kiss. Garr’s chest expanded with warmth as their lips met, and he hugged her tightly against his body.
“I love you,” Shea said, her dark eyes sparkling.
“I love you.” It was the only phrase Garr said regularly. “We can do this.”
Shea pressed her hand to her belly again and smiled. “Yeah, we can.”
Garr wasn’t even bothered when Maya started to cry again, forcing him and his mate to break apart.
His life had turned out very different from how it had been less than a year ago, and it was all more than he could ever have hoped for. More than he’d ever even dreamed or thought possible for someone like him.
Garr had received a gift from Shea’s family at Christmas, but this… this was a true gift.
He had Shea, Lila, and their unborn child. Everything was perfect.
THE END
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