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"What did I tell you? Wives-in-law"

Kara shook her head, looking from one to the other "No Sisters"

Delaney nodded "Sisters it is"

As the wo openly now

Paenther swept her into his ar her like a child as she wept

"I hope those are happy tears"

Skye laughed and wrapped her ar wet, teary kisses to every part of his face "What do you think?"

Paenther grinned "I think I’m the luckiest man alive"

Skye pressed her hand to his cheek and pulled back where she could see his eyes "I intend to oal that you always feel that way"

The wicked glea Then he kissed her, and the outside world disappeared

Epilogue

One week later

Paenther stood at the foot of his bed, his arainst the high post, a s at his mouth as he watched Skye She sat in the s crossed in her brand-new fitted jeans, her slender fore in the soft purple shirt she’d donned that

On her shoulder, her cockatiel leaned forward to rub its cheek against hers In her lap, the black schnauzer puppy played with the tabby kitten Sweet laughter burst froht He’d never tire of hearing her laugh

They’d been officially mated exactly twenty-four hours, and the Ferals were still showering her with gifts Tighe, under Delaney’s direction, had bought her t outfits, including the one she wore noke had given her the cockatiel Jag had dropped the kitten in her lap during thefeast yesterday afternoon while Wulfe had left the puppy tied to their bedroo an intimate moment that had been quickly aborted at the sound of the anih-pitched cry As she’d held the puppy with tears in her eyes, he’d quickly forgiven Wulfe the interruption

Hell, every Feral had brought her sohting draden, usually alone During the day he rarely left his room Paenther had tried to talk to him, but each time Vhype had calmly, but firmly, turned hi "What’s thea bit of Feral persistence wouldn’t solve Vhyper would come around Paenther would see to it Meanwhile, he wanted the happiness back at full brightness in his rinned and shook his head at her

"What?" she asked, laughter in her voice

"I’ we may need to buy a second house just for the aniave hienuine "Do you mind?"

"Never" He sat on the bed beside her, leaned forward and kissed her "All I want is to see you happy, and animals will always be a part of that"

She reached for hi his face "All I need to be happy is you"

He kissed her again, a long lingering kiss that pro far deeper Until he heard a rap at the door

"Come in"

Lyon poked his head in the door "You ready?"

"We’ll be right there"

Skye looked up with confusion "Are we both going?"

He stood and held his hand out for her "Lyon’s gift to you is a little coone all day Kara’s offered to watch the ?"

"You’ll see"

Several hours later, the car Lyon had rented at the airport pulled up in front of Ezekiel’s house

Skye looked at Paenther with confusion and no small amount of trepidation Because they hadn’t cohe having flown them to the Outer Banks in his small, private airplane And all four Ferals were heavily arh as Lyon turned off the engine "Trust us?"

She pressed her head to his shoulder "I do But he’s Mage"

She felt Paenther’s lips press against her hair "Not all Mage are the enemy" When she looked up at hi sharp and expectant

"What’s going on, Paenther?"

"I’ll show you"

The four bigher out, and together they walked up the walk Belatedly, it dawned on her that the Ferals hadn’t asked her to lead the us," Paenther told her

At that moment, Ezekiel opened the front door and stepped out onto the stoop wearing fresh, modern clothes, his hair clean and pulled back at his nape As if he’d spruced up for company Behind him stood the Shaes of Skye’s calm But as she accompanied the Ferals up the stairs, she felt their tension mount, and her own followed

Ezekiel smiled at her and she went to hiht o on in There’s solanced at Paenther, who took her hand Lyon and Tighe went through the door first Not until Lyon nodded did Paenther lead her into the house

Three people stood in thedark hair, fine features, and tears filling her copper-ringed eyes flanked by two heavily are sentinels with looks of soft joy on their faces

Skye stared at the beneath her skin Her own eyes filled with tears as they found the woht of her joy

"Baby My Skye" Her mother’s voice fell on a sob "It’s really you" Skye rushed into her ar as the two sentinels, her beloved uncles, joined the tears and love and warle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>