Stone Solitude
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She smiled at that as love welled in her chest. Unable to help herself, she threw her arms around Dominic yet again and squeezed tight. Her heart ached as he hugged her back, his own grip tight. They had been inseparable for almost twenty-two years, twenty-three if they counted their time in the womb. “It isn’t forever.”
“I know,” he said in a cracking voice, holding her tighter. Sliding his hand around the front and resting it on her belly, he pulled back and grinned, “Besides, you know I’ll be back when this little one is born.”
Daisy’s eyes widened as she jerked her head around and looked at Roman. The beautiful jerk just shrugged his broad shoulders and offered a sexy smile. “Sweetheart, I can’t keep my paws off of you. Are you really so surprised?”
Roman had been diligent in his efforts to coax her wolf from her lair, including the use of some rather… unconventional methods. So far nothing seemed to work but Daisy wasn’t complaining. Maybe a little puppy would work… and if not, Roman had other methods he was willing to try.
A slight blush stole over her face as Roman’s expression grew heated. Clearing his throat, Dominic stepped back and wrapped his arm around Jeanette, “I guess that’s our cue to get going.”
Daisy bit her lip to keep from laughing, from crying, as she stepped forward and gave Jeanette one last goodbye hug. “You know you guys can visit any time, right?”
“Of course,” Jeanette said, her eyes bright with tears, a smile on her lips. With her lips next to Daisy’s ears, she whispered, “I’m glad you finally found him.”
“Me, too,” Daisy returned, the words sticking in her throat. “Thank you for everything, Jeanette.”
“Any time,” she said, pulling back and smiling at Daisy.
With one more round of hugs, Dominic and Jeanette finally boarded the puddle jumper to head back home. Daisy leaned against Roman’s chest as he held her in his arms and they watched the plane taxi down the runway and finally take off. “They’ll be back before long, you know.”
“I know,” she murmured, watching the plane grow smaller and smaller as it flew away. Pressing her hand against her stomach, she tilted her head back and looked at her beloved Roman, “When did you know?”
His smile was wicked as he bent his head and took her lips in a heated kiss. She was certain that if it wasn’t so damn cold outside, he’d strip her bare and have her legs in the air in two seconds flat. “It was the first night… the first time I took you.”
“You’re an Alpha through and through, aren’t you?” she breathed, leaning more heavily against him since her legs seemed to have disappeared. Strangely, he was the same Roman as he was before only… more so even if she sometimes wondered if deep down inside he ever missed being a gargoyle. There was no darkness in his eyes, no sorrow, just a certainty that he knew his place in the world despite being thrust into this life only a year before. His confidence was alluring and his kisses were distracting and she loved him more than she ever dreamed possible. Some day she might tell him about his life from before. She knew now that he was strong enough to handle it.
“I love you, you know,” she whispered, brushing her thumb over his damp lips. “Always.”
“Always.”
~THE END~
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