Epilogue Cordelia
The weather has turned warmer, flowers are blooming, baby birds are everywhere, screaming shrilly for food, and I am celebrating the release of book three.
“I still can’t believe you had Bastian Sun join their pack,” Yolanda says with a laugh.
I wink at Bas and sip my coffee.
“And where are you?” Sebastian demands, leaning towards me. “When does the pack meet you?”
“That’s book four.”
He huffs. “It had better be. There is no world, fictional or real, where we aren’t together.”
He drags his seat around and kisses my lips hard.
When he pulls back, I show him the photo I posted two days ago. It’s me, with Katsu, Fox, and Sebastian standing in the spot where Lynn Marino always takes her pictures. Every month, I go out and take another photo. I have three photos now of us standing on that spot, three posts on social media.
To my surprise, my fans have been amazing. Our love story is almost as well known as Cat and Wolf’s. If anyone starts gettingtoo carried away, the town interrupts in the typical Sunshine Cove way. But it’s all settled down now that we are a pack.
People are just happy for us.
And surprisingly, they love Bastian Sun, and love that he’s part of the pack now.
Everything worked out, and I know I’m lucky to be so fortunate.
“What are you thinking about?” Sebastian murmurs, his hand covering mine.
“You. I’m always thinking about you.”
He kisses me hard, in public, on Main Street in Sunshine Cove with all our friends and family around us.
“Do you want to break up?” Sebastian whispers.
“You just want to fight with me.” I laugh and pull him in for a kiss.
“I want to make up with you.”
I shake my head, but his phone pings. He checks it and groans.
“Devil horse!”
“Where are you going?” I ask as he leaps up.
“Got a message. Gale is on the beach.” He blows me a kiss, while I’m still trying to get my brain around that. My horse is still managing to escape, and no one can figure out how. He’s a regular Houdini, but luckily, the town looks after him.
I blink. “I put on a bike chain. How did he get a bike chain off?”
Fox plops down in Sebastian’s seat outside the café and smiles widely. “Katsu’s parents are all settled. They want everyone to go over for dinner tonight.”
“Sure,” I say, but I huff sadly. Katsu has been gone for three days. He’s been packing up the last of their belongings and sending them here. I just want him home.
Fox leans in close. “Or we could, you know, run away again. Go MIA. Find a beautiful reason to be alone and…”
“I don’t need a reason to be alone,” I protest. “Not with you.”
“So, you want to run away with me?”
I put my hand behind his neck and drag him down to me. “No, baby. We’re going to go and have dinner, and you are going to learn patience.”
