Their collective attention turned to me. These witches would go to Hell and back for me, for Aspen, for my sister, and for each other. Goddess, if I wasn’t the luckiest witch alive. “Bless us with the desire to bring out each other’s dreams and let’s vow to always find the best in one another.”
Keeping our hands interlocked, we moved them to the center of our circle, Hazel coming next to me, holding out her palm to bless the union as our witness. Her eyes lifted to the Moon Goddess. “Four hearts entwined until eternity.”
“Until eternity,” Atlas vowed. A star-shaped rune appeared on his wrist, shimmering like a thousand faceted diamonds.
“Until eternity,” Lynx repeated, the same mark replacing his temporary one.
Saros’s lips peeled up in a grin, that gorgeous smile coming out to light the early evening. “Until eternity.”
His mark joined the constellation crawling up his forearm.
“Until eternity,” I said, wrist searing until my vow mark sat like a beautiful star perched in my Aspen tree. “And forever after that.”
I kissed each of them, the moon beaming down on us, its warmth blotting out the autumn breeze.
Spinning around, I grabbed Hazel, tears spilling down my cheeks as I hugged her.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled for you, sis,” she said, kissing my cheek before wiping away my tears. “Now get together for your first official family photos.”
She spent a few minutes taking pictures of us all together, some shots with Aspen before setting the timer and getting one of everyone. Afterward, I waved the guys inside, wanting a moment alone with her.
“I can’t believe it,” I said, looking around at the perfect wedding ceremony. “But I have to know… Did you see this?”
“IfI did, I can tell you that reality is so much more beautiful than anything my foresight could conjure.” Hazel put her arm around me, placing her hand on my heart. “Now go begin your life together as a family.”
“You’re my family,” I said, lip wobbly, more tears stinging the backs of my eyes.
“And I always will be.” She pressed a kiss to my temple, then nodded toward the house. “But ours just got a whole lot more love.”
I placed a hand on her shoulder. “Thanks for everything.”
“The best thanks you can give me is a beautiful life.”
I smiled, leaning my head against her chin. “I think I’m going to have just that.”
The guys were inside, laughing as Lynx pulled out a giant cup of dirt and a handful of spoons.
Arms wrapped around each other, we headed inside before we all took turns feeding each other chocolate pudding and enjoying Aspen’s giggles beneath the moon.
I didn’t know what tomorrow would bring for our family, but I was ready to spend every day fighting for them.
Until eternity.
Epilogue
OAKLEY
“Iwouldn’t be surprised if you were asked to host every moonluck, Oaks.” Hazel popped by the counter to grab a few more apple-raspberry elixirs to bring around to the neighbors while they scoped out Full Moon Emporium. There was still much to do to get the shop fully up and running, but we’d already had a bunch of preorders for the designs we’d displayed around the shop and sold out of every enchanted talisman in stock.
“Want another full moon reading, Oakley?” Ruby called from the table she’d set up in the lounge area.
I sighed, dragging Hazel over with me. “I’m good, though maybe you’ll finally tell me what was on those extra cards?”
She waved her hand over the deck and held up two cards. The Magician and Strength. “One for each of your husbands, it seems,” she said with a wink.
As I looked around at my witches, they were pretty accurate assessments of the three. The Magician represented having the power to manifest what you wanted into existence. Even the powerful-looking witch on the card with his green eyes and messy black hair reminded me of Atlas. Strength, the card with a silvery knight and her beast, actually had more to do with mastering physical emotions, and the Hermit pulled on his great life wisdom.
An eerily apt representation. I could have brushed off the cards. However, if I’d learned anything about premonitions from the last year, it was that they often weren’t wrong—but that didn’t mean there was nothing we could do to hasten them toward or away from the same outcome.
