Kaenon makes Zak sigh when he steals Heidi next, adjusting until he’s spooning against her back while she’s facing me. While her ancient shifter kisses all over her new mating mark, she grins at me.
“Hi.”
“Hi,” I smile back, basking in her rosy, well-fucked glow and the lingering pleasure.
This moment just feels perfect.
Except I’m a greedy jackass, and I still need one more thing from her.
Scooting even closer to kiss the tip of Heidi’s nose, I whisper. “I adore you. I can’t wait to be yours in every possible way.”
“We’re bonded,” she points out contentedly. “What’s left?”
“Marry me.”
Her eyes widen. Her shock, mixed with more hope and desire, immediately draws the others' attention.
“Us,” Asher corrects.
“Yeah, us,” Zak agrees, sitting up to smile over Kaenon’s shoulder at her. “No choosing, remember?”
Heidi’s excitement is only growing as she sits up to see how fucking serious we all are about this as we look at her expectantly. Her face breaks into a bright smile.
“Yes. Gods, yes, I wouldlovethat.”
Happiness blossoms in the bond once again, all of us excited. That excitement easily turns into arousal once again when Kaenon’s fingers slip between Heidi’s thighs. He begins to tease more excitement and pleasure out of our girl as the rest of us watch.
When she gasps and lets her head fall back, mouth parting in pleasure, I can’t resist moving to kiss her birthmark.
“Another round, Sunshine?”
“Anotherround with my future husbands? Yes, please.”
EPILOGUE
HEIDI
Four MonthsLater
I love running with Kaenon.
My doe barely makes a sound as her hooves blur across the forest floor, bounding and leaping and rushing through the fullness of summer all around us. Scents of the warm world all around us are comforting as they glide across my senses—sugar maple trees, damp soil from last night's summer rain, spring onions, wild geraniums, sunflowers…
But it's my ancient warrior's scent that pulls me forward faster.
I can sense exactly how much he's loving this, too.
He's just ahead of me, running in his magnificent, huge stag form as we race home together. By now, I've seen him shift into every one of the animals living under his skin—the sabre-toothed tiger, the massive golden eagle, his wolf, his black dragon, and this beautiful stag. I'm always blown away by how graceful and powerful he is in every form and the harmony he has with each of them.
Finally, he slows as we reach home, shifting back into his human form. When I shift back and grin up at him, he leans to kiss me, soft and slow.
"Thank you," he murmurs, his voice a bit more accented than I've heard it in the past. He's been weaning himself off the translator Asher gave him over the last few months, so he won't be reliant on it, and now he's learning English on his own. "I needed that with you."
"So did I." I kiss my sexy shifter again. "I'm going to go shower off and get ready. Asher said we'll transport at four, and I don't want to be late to the Amatos' place."
He nods, his gaze dropping to my ass and staying there as I hurry in through the back door. Pausing since I know he's watching, I give the tiniest little shimmy, wiggling my ass so he breaks into a huge smile.
"I want that on my face later," he calls.
