All because Kylie’s and my bond has a foundation of the three most important factors—I’m elite, Kylie’sblood of the three, and we’re fated mates.
I look down to find a beautiful baby girl with big blue eyes and a head full of dark hair.
The doctor places her—our daughter—gently on Kylie’s chest, and the sight of them together hits harder than anything else ever has. The instant mother and daughter are united, our baby girl’s cries stop, but her eyes stay open as she gazes up at her mama.
Kylie looks down at our baby girl, tears in her eyes and her expression soft in a way I’ve never seen before.
Beautiful doesn’t come close.
I press a kiss to Kylie’s forehead, letting it linger for a second before I shift lower and brush my lips gently against our daughter’s head.
She’s tiny. She’s perfect. She’sours.
And something inside me settles in a way I didn’t know it could.
“I know what we should name her,” Kylie whispers, looking up at me.
“Yeah?”
She glances down at our daughter again, then back up at me. “Naomi.”
My mother’s name.
For a moment, I can’t speak. I just look down at my mate, at our daughter, at the life we created, at everything this means.
Everything it fixes.
Everything it restores.
My throat tightens as I finally find my voice. “Naomi,” I say, softer than I’ve ever said anything in my entire fucking life.
And it fits because that’s her name—Naomi, our beautiful daughter.
Movement at the doorway pulls my attention, and Kane and Calloway step in first, followed by their mates Blair and Romy. Gammy comes in behind them, and I can tell by the tears in her eyes she’s already emotional.
Everyone who matters is here.
I gaze down at Kylie, leaning in to kiss her again. When I pull back, I rest my forehead against hers, letting myself take it in for just a second.
All of it.
We burned the old, corrupt world of elite vampires and built something new in its place.
And clearly, we got it right.
I look at Kylie and Naomi again.
My fated mate. My daughter.
My entire fucking world.
PART THREE
Kane
Five months later
“Are you guys tired or some shit?” I tease as I skate past one of the guys on Blue Steel.
