Broken and Shifting (book 2) #wattys2016

Epilogue

Dante is a lone wolf. it took him and Augi a whole month to settle here after helping rescue laurel, who is now one of my closest friends and who took me in so I had a place to live, and that was why he said it took them so long to join us at school. He told me how he tried so hard so many times to tell me he would always protect me, be there for me, and love me. That I was his mate. I feel so bad about all of the pain I put him through by pushing him away and I wanted to make it up to him somehow. I went back to school and caught up after I had been saved and I felt like I was finally becoming human again.

Senior year begins in 2 weeks and I felt the need to thank him for giving me back my
life, my hope, my dreams. I had Dante meet me at a clearing in the woods we frequent for picnic dates. I took a steadying breath before approaching him and began my spiel.

"Dante, with you, I can forget all my problems. With you, time stands still, with you there is and never will be anyone else. I feel like you are so much more than just my boyfriend. You're the person I need to talk to when I've had a bad day, the one person I can rely on not to judge me. You're my rock, my sweetheart, my best friend. To call you just my boyfriend, would hardly give you justice. You see the nightmares I have, the evidence of what happened, and you don't recoil, you hold me closer and tighter, you are not just my boyfriend. You are my love and my mate and I would be honored if you would go as far as becoming my life partner. My husband. I know it isn't conventional for the woman to propose but I feel like this was one thing I needed to do. I'm ready to move forward. With you.... if you will have me?"

Dante grins wide, his beautiful blue eyes lighting up before he swoops in and plants a kiss on my lips. He accepts and we make plans to pick out a ring tomorrow. I gaze at him, a smile on my face. "The broken girl and the shifter. Who would have thought?"

"No love. The beauty and her tamed beast for everything about you is stunning and warm and kind even when you were never shown any kindness. Your love has tamed my wolf and I am yours, and only yours, forever and always my Sky."