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Epilogue IV - All Grown Up

"Hey beautiful." Zaryn smirked his famous smirk, looking just as sexy, if not more, than the first day Nova had come home from training to be a warrior all those years ago. In her eyes, he would always be the sexiest male on the planet.

Nova turned around, her long waves flowing down her back as she turned her bright green eyes up at her mate. A smile pulled at the corners of her lips as Zaryn placed his hands around her waist and pulled her into him, letting her feel how much she still excited him.

"Zaryn!" Her mouth fell open with a smirk as she gazed up into his beautiful blue eyes. "You can't still be hor-"

"Oh, but I am." He snaked his hands around to her back as he leaned down, putting his face in her neck to where her mark rested and without hesitation, let his teeth come out to sink into her skin. She locked her arms around his neck and her whole body went limp as she gave into him with a small sigh.

"Ewwww! Daddy! Not again!" Drac's little voice shouted from somwhere behind them.

Zaryn rumbled into Nova's neck, annoyed, before removing his teeth and licking Nova's mark. He placed a kiss there and smiled down at his mate's glassy eyes before he jerked his head up, narrowing them on Drac who stood there with a look of disgust on his little face. His blue eyes, just like his fathers, narrowed right back on his parents who were still caught in an embrace.

"Drac, what have I told you about interrupting mommy and daddy." He scolded his second twin.

Nova chuckled heartily, turning around in Zaryn's arms to stare at her little man who now sported a pout on his adorable little eight year old face. "Sweetie, you will understand when you get your mate one day. You will want to hug her and kiss her all the time. You shouldn't say 'eww' when you see something like that because it's a very precious thing." She smiled down lovingly at Drac who seemed to be deep in thought.

Drac's blue eyes reminded her so much of Zaryns. The only thing about the twins' looks that had been different, were their eyes and their facial expressions. Drac had blue eyes and Ace got green ones.. just like Nova's.

While Drac always had a confused or mischeivous look to his face, Ace had a more serious and thoughtful one. Those were their boys. Their twins. Her dark headed, olive skinned twins. Both beautiful in their own ways..

But goddess were they such a mess.

Zaryn kept his hold on Nova, not wanting to let her go, but with a sigh, he did so reluctantly as the both of them went toward their son.

The barbecue was in full swing and all the packs had come to join. It was time for mating season again - the time when Crescent moon, Dark Moon, Blue Moon, and Moon Stone, mingled to let their unmated wolves sniff around to see if their mates happened to be here. They had done this every year since the first time - only this time, now it wasn't held on neutral ground. Since Moon Stone's ex alpha, Reynold, had attempted a slaughter of all the packs, they had decided that each pack would host each year. This year was Crescent Moon's turn. Thankfully, with Zaryn and Nova being in charge now, things ran much more smoothly and more land had been utilized so there was far more space. A hotel was built on the property to be able to house hundreds and hundreds of wolves, because that's how many would come. A lot were weeded out those nine years ago, but over the years, they had filled back out with pups.

Nova bent down to Drac who was still thinking about what she had told him about mates. Then his face scrunched up in confusion as he stared at his mommy really hard. "What if I want to not have a mate? I don't have to do i?" He asked with so much seriousness.

Nova was surprised by this and turned her head up to Zaryn for help. .. but as usual.. he was too busy looking at how his mate's asss looked when she was bent over like that.