The happiness that expands in my chest steals my breath away. I take my roll and stand up, searching for him, my heart slamming. He’s been gone for three days, and it’s been three days too long. She laughs softly, placing her hand on my shoulder.
“Good luck.”
I wander down towards the beach, but like a compass, I feel him and turn away, finding him standing in front of me with a bouquet of crimson roses.
I stare at him, feasting on him.
“You’re home?”
He nods.
“No more trips?”
He shakes his head.
I run to him and leap up, flying into his arms, knowing that he will catch me, and he does, holding me close, burying his face in my shoulder.
“I’ve missed you,” he whispers.
“It’s only been three days,” I protest, but I don’t mean it. I missed him, too.
“It’s been too long. I told you, even a minute is too long.”
He sets me down but keeps me pulled up against him.
“Katsu!”
I pull away and just manage to get out of the way before Fox slams into our alpha. Sebastian appears, too, summoned by the bonds we all share.
“You’re home,” he says.
Katsu dips his head. “I am. What are we writing about today?”
I smile. “I don’t know. Anything might happen. I feel like writing something new, something different.”
“Oh?” Sebastian says.
“Another love story, a happy ending. Maybe what happens after the happy ending?”
“Shall we go and rehearse the scene?” Fox purrs.
This time, I can’t say no. I glance from one to the other. Fox, Katsu, and Bas.
“Yes, let’s go practice happily ever after. It needs to be perfect.”
Chapter 37
Bonus Chapter
Raiders of the Lost D'Arc
Cordelia -aged fifteen
It was an idea that started in the middle of a chocolate overload while we were lying on the Sol’s carpet in front of their TV, screaming the words to a musical where a teen girl fell in love with the popular boy from school.
It was a ridiculously stupid idea.
We should have stayed in our makeshift beds, camping out in the lounge room.
