“I love you,” Iro replied with a soft laugh.
“I know. I love you, too,” she said and kissed her on the nose.
EPILOGUE
Zara
“Zara, baby, yes!”
Her head was between Alexia’s legs, and she could tell that Alexia was ready to come. She waited because she knew what Alexia would do next.
“Please,” Alexia begged, pressing Zara’s head down.
“Me too,” Zara added before she sucked again.
“No problem,” Sarah said from behind her and pushed her fingers in deeper.
Zara came first. Alexia came next. Sarah had a vibrator pressed to her clit, so she came shortly after both of them, and all of them collapsed in a mess of limbs on the massive bed, catching their breath.
“That was really good,” Alexia said at some point.
“It always is,” Sarah agreed and rolled into Zara.
Zara smiled at her before she kissed her.
Alexia moved in closer to her from the other side and pulled her onto her side. She took Zara’s leg and wrapped it over both of her own, rolling her hips into Zara.
“Again?” Zara asked, knowing the answer.
Sarah kissed her this time, and her hand went to Zara’s breast while Alexia’s hand went to her clit. Zara knew, how she always did now, that all those years ago, as much damage as ithad caused in the beginning, she’d made the right decision in becoming a vampire.
“I love you,” Alexia whispered in her ear.
Zara smiled into Sarah’s kiss and then came again.
“I love you, too,” she replied when she rolled on top of Alexia. “And you,” she added to Sarah.
Sarah gave her a wink and said, “I’m going to shower. You two continue, if you want, but grab us something to eat when you’re done, maybe? I’m starving.”
“Happily,” Alexia said and pulled Zara down into her. “She’s giving us some alone time since she and I had some this morning.” She kissed Zara’s shoulder. “I’ll make myself scarce for a bit after we eat so you can have some time with her, too.” She kissed Zara’s lips. “Happy ten-year anniversary, baby.”
Zara smiled at her and replied, “You too. God, I can’t believe it. Ten years?”
“Yeah, it’s crazy. Do you think it’ll feel different once we have lived out our natural lives? Like, once everyone we know dies, and we’re in that second lifetime, celebrating our fiftieth and then our hundredth anniversary.”
Zara smiled wider and said, “Probably, yes. In a good way, though. I’d love to be able to celebrate that many years with you.”
“Me too,” Alexia replied.
Zara leaned down and kissed her, thinking about how ten years ago, she’d walked out of Cassia’s house and driven away. Amy had been in the passenger seat, Alexia and Sarah had been in the middle row of seats, and they’d hadthingsto deal with in the back. Zara had looked up into the rearview mirror at one point, and she’d noticed them both looking at her in a way she hadn’t seen them look at her before. She’d smiled back at them, and when they had finished what they needed to do, Alexia and Sarah had gone to her place since neither of them had had aplace to go in DC. Amy had gone her own way, but the three of them had talked at her apartment for hours and hours, waiting for any announcement of what had gone on in that house to hit the news.
Once it had, and it had seemed like the police had concluded what they’d wanted them to think, it had been a relief for all of them, but it had been Zara who’d asked them both to go have a drink. Drinks had led to sex. Sex had led to more dinners. After dinners, there had been breakfasts, and they’d stayed with Zara instead of finding a place of their own. Then, there had been texts when they would be apart for work, talking about how they missed each other. Declarations of a desire for commitment had come after that, followed by declarations of love. Ten years, they’d all been together, and Zara had never been happier. Her feelings for Arwen hadn’t just evaporated, of course, but once Zara had seen her with Iro, she’d known there would be no hope for the two of them to go beyond friendship, and that had helped her process those feelings and move on. Now, she had two beautiful women, and she loved them desperately.
“Yes! Yes!” Alexia came at Zara’s touch. “Fuck! Yes!”
In a full week of anniversary celebrations, they’d been in bed almost non-stop, sometimes making love and other times, fucking like crazy because they wanted to, but each day, they took some time to themselves, time with just one person, and there was time reserved for the three of them to be together, too. It worked for them, and while they fought occasionally, it was never anything that seemed to get in the way. Some days, Zara would read in a corner of the room, and when she would look up at the two of them snuggled up on their balcony overlooking the city, she’d smile because she could see Sarah laugh at something Alexia was saying, or she would watch them kiss slowly and love how they loved each other. Other days, she would be on that balcony with one of them, doing the same thing. She knew theirparadise couldn’t last forever, and they would have to move on soon, but she took solace in the fact that they could return here one day, maybe in a few decades, and that was fine with her.
“Okay. So, we have a list to review,” Sarah announced as she came back into the bed with them.
