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“I’ll move later,” she murmured “After I sleep”

He smiled She made him smile She made him warm She made him happy and made him look forward to each day and the surprises she had in store for him

Shaking his head, he moved to the bathroom, washed up, then carried a da, he cleaned his seed froently before crawling into the bed beside her

I into hi minutes, until finally he was curled around her, her head pillowed on his arainst her hair

Sleep came easily It came with a sense of security It came armth

“I love you, Del-Rey,” she whispered sleepily “With all my soul”

“I love you, Anya,” he said “You are my soul”

EPILOGUE

The bride wore a long gown of white lace and satin with the traditional one hundred pearl buttons running down the back She looked like a fairy-tale princess as she walked up the rose-strewn aisle

The groom was dressed in black It suited him

The bride’s father, tall, proud, still broad and strong at forty-tore black as well, a good contrast to his dark red, nearly auburn hair

A spring snowstorm couldn’t cancel this ceremony; weather-equipped heli-jets were parked for round sports facility at Haven was packed to capacity with Breeds and hu of the Coyote alpha, Del-Rey Delgado, and his mate, Anya Kobrin

Voere spoken Those were iroos specially made by a master jeweler in Russia It was said that there was an inscription inside each: Let the past not be forgotten Let the lessons not be in vain

It was the wedding of the year Journalists from around the world were in attendance, and when it cao to her knees and swear her loyalty to the alpha of the pack she had just married into, the alpha shocked them all

He went to his knees His hands clasped hers