“When are you going to call your parents?” Amelie asked. My phone had been dead for days and when I finally had it charged, there were so many missed calls I lost count.
I taped up another box and sat down on her bed. “I’ll call in a minute. Right now I’m just worried about you. You’ve been quiet since we got back.”
She boxed up her books and sat down with me. “I’m fine, I promise. I just miss my parents more than anything. But I feel free now that Jaret’s gone.”
“Do you miss him?”
She shrugged. “Only the person I thought he was. When we’d first met, he’d been so charming and loving. It’s crazy how people can hide who they truly are.”
“One day, you’ll find a man who makes you happy. There are a lot of eligible bachelors in Wyoming,” I said with a wink.
Laughing, she hit me across the head with a pillow. “Don’t you dare try to set me up with anyone right away. I’m not ready for all that crap.”
I smiled and took the pillow. “I won’t. But you seriously could meet your true mate out there. I know I did.”
“And you said his brothers look just like him?” she asked.
“Yep, and you’ll meet them soon.” My phone started to ring and I looked down at it. “I should probably answer that.” Taking a deep breath, I answered the call. “Hey, what’s up?”
“What’s up? That’s all you have to say to me?” my mother exclaimed.
“Umm . . . I love you?” I added, stifling a laugh. Amelie smiled and shook her head.
“Why haven’t you returned my calls? We’ve been worried sick about you.”
I laid back on the bed. “It’s been a hard couple of days.”
“What happened?”
I glanced over at Amelie. “Well, we found Amelie, but we also happened to find the Sierra Pack—they were the ones who had her. Needless to say, we were captured, tortured, and a battle ensued, but at least now it’s over for good.”
She gasped. “Was anyone hurt? Tell me everything.”
My eyes burned as I went through the whole spiel, telling her everything from start to finish.
“Oh my God, Tyla. Why didn’t you call for help? We would’ve been out there as fast as we could.”
“There was no time, Momma.”
“And Finn?” she asked.
“He’s alive, but he left. I don’t know where to. I tried to get him to join our pack, but he wasn’t ready for that.”
She repeated everything I’d just said to my father and he snatched the phone away from her. She huffed, demanding for the phone back but he refused. “Baby, are you okay?”
“I’m fine, Dad. We’ll be home in a couple of days. We’re packing up Amelie’s stuff now and starting the drive back in the morning.”
“Where’s Sebastian?”
I heard the car pull into the driveway and smiled. “He’s here. I’ll call you when we’re almost home so you can get everyone together. There’s so much I need to tell you all.”
“Just be careful coming home.”
My mother hollered that she wanted to talk to Amelie and ended up grabbing the phone. “I want to talk to her,” she demanded.
Amelie folded the shirt she was holding, threw it in her suitcase, and held out her hand with a smile. “Even without my wolf hearing, I could hear her all the way across the room,” she whispered low. I held out the phone and she took it. “Aunt Soph!” she squealed.
“Tyla?” Sebastian called out from down below, his footsteps coming up the stairs. I waved at Amelie and met him out in the hallway.
He pulled me into his arms and kissed me. “How’d it go today?”
“Um,” I glanced at all the boxes in the hallway, “we’re going to need a moving truck to haul this shit to Wyoming.”
Chuckling, he lifted me up and carried me into the guest bedroom we’d be using for the night. We had just one more day before we headed home. “We can get some of the other pack members to come out and help with that. I’m just ready to get you home.”
He laid me on the bed and I snuggled into his side. It was the first time we’d been able to really hold each other since the fight. “What are we going to do when we get there, you know, now that we’re mated?”
His fingers drifted to the hem of my shirt, tickling my skin. “That’s up to you, love. I’d like for you to move in with me. We can always sell your house.”
Amelie and Laila could be heard talking quietly downstairs, and then an idea popped in my mind. “I might see if Amelie and Laila want to live there. I don’t particularly want them staying with us, and I know they aren’t going to want to live with my parents.”
Sebastian kissed my head. “That’s a great idea. I’m sure they’ll appreciate it.” He moved over and turned me onto my back, placing his hand on my stomach. “I don’t know what I would’ve done if I’d lost you both.”
I covered his hand with mine. “You don’t have to worry about that. I’m right here and so is . . .” I stopped and looked down at my stomach, “our son or daughter.”
He lifted my shirt and kissed my belly. “I bet it’s a girl. I want her to have your curls.”
“And your eyes,” I added. “But I wonder if she’ll be a gray or white wolf?”
“Not sure, but we’ll get to find out soon enough,” he said, lifting my shirt higher. Making his way up my stomach, his lips landed on my breasts.
“What are you doing?”
Reaching behind me, he unclasped my bra and slid it up, closing his lips over a taut nipple. I sucked in a breath and trembled. “I’m going to make love to my mate,” he whispered low.
“What about Amelie and Laila?”
He kissed his way up my neck and chuckled in my ear. “They’re big girls, they can handle it. And if they don’t want to, the outdoors is wide and vast.”
I would’ve normally protested, but I needed him right then and there. After discarding our clothes, Sebastian crawled up my body, smirking in a way that made my body tighten. Closing his lips over mine, he reached down to slip a finger inside me. As soon as his fingers found me wet, he growled deep in his chest.
“You’re killing me.”
I bit my lip and smiled. “You know what to do.”
He stretched my legs wider as he got into position. Licking his hand, he rubbed himself and then pressed his tip against my opening. Gently, he pushed inside. I loved how he filled me. Holding my hands above my head, he made love to me while keeping eye contact. My body trembled and I could feel my orgasm building. He rocked his hips more vigorously, his fingers tightening around mine.
“I love you,” his voice echoed in my mind, making me smile.
My whole body tightened and I moaned. “I love you too.”
Digging my nails into the back of his hands, I screamed out his name as he released inside me. Still connected, Sebastian let go of my hands and kissed me, his lips warm and smooth. “You have no idea how amazing that felt.”
“I know what would feel even more amazing,” I whispered. I thought about what I wanted in my mind.
He bit his lip and smiled. “You sure that’s what you want?”
Tilting my head to the side, I blew out a shaky breath. “Yes.” I was scared about us simultaneously taking each other’s blood, for fear of what I’d see in our vision. But if we didn’t do it, I’d always wonder. “I want to taste you too,” I murmured. He licked his lips and slowly edged closer to me, his mouth on my neck. Breathing me in, I felt his fangs press against my skin. “I’m ready, Sebastian.”
His teeth sank into my neck, as my own found purchase in his shoulder; the sweet taste of his blood flowing down my throat. Everything around us changed and we were thrust into a magical world of swirling mist. Only this time, it was a real place, and Sebastian was right beside me.
“This is weird,” I said, glancing around the field. There were mountains everywhere, but we weren’t in Wyoming. “Where are we?”
Sebastian intertwined his fingers with mine, a twinkle in his eyes. “Canada, my home.” He pulled me with him and pointed at a house in the distance. “That’s my house down there, or what used to be it. It’s changed so much. I haven’t seen it in so long.”
We walk toward it and I could feel the cool breeze sweeping across the landscape. “It’s beautiful here,” I said in awe. If I didn’t have my family in Wyoming, I’d move there in a heartbeat.
Sebastian nodded and I couldn’t help but notice the fascination on his face. He’d lived his life protecting others. It made me wonder if he missed the kind of life he could’ve had, one of freedom.
His gaze met mine. “I had freedom, love. Freedom is choice, and I chose to protect my kind. It was what I wanted to do. In the end, it brought me to you. I wouldn’t change a thing.”
“Nothing?”
He leaned over and kissed me. “Nothing.”
The closer we got to the house, the faster my heart raced. “What do you think we’ll find in there?”
That was when I heard it . . . laughing. We were almost to the house when the door burst open and an older version of me came running out. I barely recognized myself. My skin was wrinkled and my long hair had lost its blonde in favor of a bright white.
“Holy shit, that’s me,” I whispered.
Sebastian chuckled. “And you can still move too.”
I smacked him on the arm. “Let’s see how you catch up to me, old man. You’re a lot older than me.”
The old me held up her hand to shield the sun from her eyes, her chest rising and falling with her rapid breaths. “Sebastian? Where are you, old man?”
I burst out laughing. “She actually said it. This is crazy. I wonder where you’re at.”
Sebastian smiled and pulled me close. “Don’t worry, I’m coming.” I searched around the land, not finding him anywhere.
“Don’t tell me you’re scared?” The old me laughed. She started walking back to the house and that was when I saw a blur out of the corner of my eye. The old Sebastian came out of nowhere and lunged for her, taking her down to the ground. She laughed as they rolled down the hill.
Sebastian and I rushed down after them and found them holding each other in the grass, still laughing.
“You’re still as beautiful as ever,” Sebastian murmured.
I finally got a good look at the old Sebastian and my heart raced. His hair was white with wisps of dark gray, but no amount of wrinkles could take away the handsomeness of his face or the brightness of his blue eyes.
“And you’re still sexy as hell,” I replied back with a wink.
The old us started to kiss and when they stopped, they just stared into each other’s eyes. It felt strange spying on myself many years from now, but it gave me the closure I needed. We had a chance to live a long, peaceful life together.
“Do you think all visions will be like this?” I asked.
He brushed the hair off my face. “I don’t know, but I look forward to finding out.”