I feel her pleasure building in tight coils, mine gripping my scrotum and unleashing when I give one powerful thrust that leads us into ecstasy. My vision bursts with glittering stars that surround Cecelia like a magical aura, and my lips meet hers as we ride out the high together.
When we finally manage to catch our breaths, I pull Cecelia on top of me, ready for the next round when my cock already starts to harden inside her. She looks down at me with amischievous smirk, biting her bottom lip as she steadies herself with palms flattened on my chest.
“We're not going home tonight, are we?” she giggles.
“No,” I groan when I feel her walls contract around my girth. “But in the morning, we're going home together,” I say with a smirk that suggests we're doing things differently this time. “I have another surprise for you.”
“You're full of surprises, aren't you, Alpha Dominic?” Cecelia titters as she leans down and kisses me.
“You seem to love them…” I purr with a powerful thrust that brings her back to my lips. As I kiss her and guide her into a rocking motion on my cock, I realize that more than my surprises, Cecelia loves me.
I can see it in her eyes.
I could always see it in her eyes, but now I recognize it.
Epilogue - Cecelia
One Month Later
“Oh, my Goddess!” Donna exclaims when I turn from the vanity chair and take Delphine's hand to get to my feet. My best friend walks over to me, her mouth agape as she stares at my face in awe. “You are so beautiful, Cece!” She gasps as she reaches for my face, but Delphine swats her wrist.
“Don't ruin my hard work!” Delphine scolds her daughter, then turns to me. “Although it didn't take much effort when you are so beautiful to begin with.”
“Oh, my Goddess!” I blush profusely, fanning my face with my hands when I become teary-eyed. “You're gonna make me cry.”
Delphine clicks her tongue. “No crying! Today must be perfect for our perfect bride!”
I smile as Delphine leaves the room to check that everything is prepared downstairs. Donna holds her hand out to me, asking if I'm ready.
My hesitation lasts only long enough to glance at the photograph perched on the dressing table. When I see my parents’ joyful smiles, I nod and slip my hand into Donna's.
“As ready as I'll ever be.”
Donna and I walk down the flight of stairs in my new home that I share with Dominic. After we'd left his swearing-in ceremony and he surprised me with a beautiful date he'd planned, we returned to town, where he surprised me again and showed me an old building beside the harbor that he was planning on having renovated. We'd just moved into our newhome a few nights ago, and today is the day we exchange vows in front of the pack.
Life is…perfect, if such a thing exists. Some days, I still struggle with the reality that I'm living a dream I never dared to dream of before. Taking a deep breath behind the front doors, Donna steps in front of me with her hands on my shoulders, smiling encouragingly at me.
“In just a few moments, you're gonna be my sister. Officially,” she chuckles, giving me the courage to giggle wholeheartedly and let any remnants of my inhibitions subside.
I roll my eyes playfully. “How's that gonna change anything? It's not like it's gonna change your mind about moving to the city.”
“The alpha shouldn't have suggested it in the first place. That's something you need to take up with your husband,” she snickers.
“You still have free will, Donna. I thought you wanted to practice in Nightmist. What about all these wolves who need help?” I haven't been able to accept that my best friend will be leaving Nightmist once she graduates from college. She'd been set on practicing psychology in Nightmist when she heard her brother was coming back home, but he's the one who suggested that she remain in the city, among the humans who could use her skills out there without exposing her werewolf identity.
I'm far from convinced that she's making the right decision, but she seems happy about exploring the world outside of Nightmist.
Donna shakes her head as she returns to my side. “You're deflecting, Cece. Today isn't about me. It's about you.”
Sighing heavily, I turn to the doors as the music begins, taking a deep breath. Unlike Donna, Nightmist is the only place I can consider “home,” since home is where the heart is, and my heart is standing at the altar, waiting for me to walk down the aisle.
As the doors part, opening up to the burgundy aisle that leads to the altar, my breath catches at how beautiful the scene is. Log benches on either side of the aisle are filled with members of the Lunaris Pack as fairy lights hang over their heads.
It's hard to imagine that I would smile as they stand up, or that the pack members would stand up at all when they saw me in a white wedding gown, my ripe belly showing off my pregnancy as I carry the alpha's heir. But ever since Dominic's swearing-in ceremony, when he cleared my father's name and declared me his fated mate, most of the pack members have been treating me better. While there are still a handful who look at me with scorn or turn their faces in disgust, my livelihood in Nightmist has greatly improved, and I've made some real friendships through the volunteer work I continue to do at the pack center.
Despite becoming the luna and wearing Dominic's possessive claiming mark like crown jewels, I decided that I would still work in the pack center, at my own pace and whenever I feel like it.
Agatha has been forced to accept this, just like most of them have.
