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“Not you,” I corrected. “We.”
I approached the bed almost tentatively, like it was that of a stranger. But I realised that it wouldn’t matter even if he was a stranger: the pull I felt in my heart whenever I was near him now, it tugged me closer to him almost without my conscious effort.
“And my Koda rushed in where angels fear to tread, just to keep you safe, didn’t he, Natalie?”
sometimes, I was content to just let him light me up, because it felt like he was the sun incarnate and being in his glow made me feel pretty damn good.
“Whatever I want?” My voice sounded thin and shaky. “Whatever you want, love,” he replied, staring down at me. “Just tell us and we’ll tear apart the whole world to get it for you.”
“Finding your mate is one thing. Getting her to accept what you are is another. But the biggest thing? Holding back until she’s ready.”
“Was she cruising for a bruising? Because I’ve got crystals on my rings.” She flashed her big silver gemstone rings. “And I’ve got a mind to rearrange her chakras.”
“So we’re going snooping, bestie?” Holly said, slinging her arm around my shoulders. “Count me the fuck in.”
But if the royal family spent their down time doing what Lars and I had? Well, I was a lot more inclined to support Australia staying a part of the British Commonwealth.
“Koda’s fine. It’s Natalie,” I said. “Oh gods, not your mate…! What’s happened, Thorn? What did that man do?” “Take a breath, love,” Grant said, coming around and giving her a hug, but she shrugged him off, not able to relax until all her ‘babies’ were safe. “I will not take a breath until—”
“What the fuck was that?” she asked excitedly. “Was that a mum-on-mum smack down? Mumaggedon? A mumapocalypse? Damn, Meryl, that deserves the highest of fives because Nat’s mum is such a biii—”
Holly bounced closer, coming to sit in the chair next to me. “I’m sticking around because, if you’re going to have the Twilight life we both fantasised about in school, I’m gonna live vicariously through you. Maybe I can use this knowledge to write a best-selling paranormal romance series that will make me megabucks and allow me to boot Nicky out on his arse.”
“It goes beyond love, beyond all expectations of other relationships. It never stops and it never dies, not even when we do.” When Jane’s eyes met mine they were shining with tears, happy tears. “You’ll never know a feeling that can compare with it.”
“They’re gonna imprint on you harder than Jacob did with that weird baby thing in the movie.”
I felt like the sun and they were the planets orbiting me, coming closer and closer until finally I stepped into their collective embrace.
“I’ll want you until the sun dies in the sky, until the world goes cold and beyond. Gods help me, I’ll never stop wanting…” He swallowed hard, staring at me meaningfully. “I’ll never stop loving you.”
“I’ll love you until the world grows cold and the sun burns out,”
“I’m gonna be an aunty?” I nodded sharply, tears filling my eyes, closing off my throat and preventing me from speaking. “Oh my god, I can’t wait to start teaching it to run with scissors.”
