~*Ten Years Later*~
I sit on a porch swing on the porch of my house and watch 5 children run around the yard. Elizabeth and Cole each sit on the steps of the porch. Dante sits next to me and wraps an arm around me. Wiley and a young girl by the name of Nicole walk up and take a seat on the bench. We each watch the five children as they play tag.
The two oldest, Milly and Miles, hide behind a large tree. Miles and Milly look completely different from each other and will turn ten in 6 months. Miles looks identical to Cole but with Liz’s eyes. Milly looks like Liz but has Cole’s eyes.
A little boy of age 7 runs out from behind a different tree and scares the twins. The boy, Damian, tags Milly and then takes off running in the other direction. Damian has dark black hair with purple eyes.
Little girl at age 5 shrieks as Milly starts to chase her. The little girl, Shyan, has long black hair but her bright orange eyes are brought out by the dark curls.
Finally the last child, age 4, a little boy named Will, laughs as he watches the others run around. His shaggy blonde hair and bright mischievous eyes label him as a trouble maker. But his mother’s genes mark him as a leader.
Nime walks up with a gallon of lemonade and smiles as she sees the kids. She turns to Nicole. “Has my grandson been respectful?”
Wiley laughs. “Always is. But he still has me in him.”
Nicole laughs and smacks at Wiley. “Behave. You still have to respect Beta family.”
Wiley shakes his head. “Well we still haven’t decided is he will follow your beta or my gamma.”
Dante rolls his eyes. “Well with how may grandkids Nime’s kids have popped out I think you better stick to gamma.”
Nime gives Dante a go to hell look.
Cole laughs. “Let’s all chill out. Let’s wait till they find mates before we hand out jobs.”
I smile. “Lord knows that it will be the end of the world if we label the kids with their jobs and find them mated way out of touch.”
Everyone on the porch laughs. A cry rings out from the yard and every adult looks out to see Shyan lying on top of Milly. Liz and I are the first out to the girls as I pick up Shyan. Liz helps Milly stand up and we both dust our daughters off.
A loud voice rings out over the property. “Snack time!”
I look up to see a wrinkled up Kyle standing with the door open. I smile as I look at my dad as he invites the kids into the house. Shyan gets up and runs in the house with the rest of the children without another thought.
All the parents follow the kids into the house and we each take a seat in the living room. Dante stands up and gets every one’s attention. “We all know that it’s been ten years since we finally settled down and became a pack. Tiffany and I have been talking about having a celebration this month and have one every ten years. It would be a great tradition and would help bring the pack together like the family we are.”
Cole nodds. “Sounds great. How is going to handle the food?”
Nime’s hand is the first in the air. “I can get my kids and grandkids to help out.”
Nicole groans. “Really? I wish you hadn’t have had so many kids before me.”
Nime rolls her eyes. “You can thank your father. I’ll get Bella to help too.”
Wiley smiles. “It’s still hard to believe you’re a grandma even after all these years.”
Nime gives Wiley another go to hell look. “Nicole happens to be the second youngest; my oldest is 38 for your information. And I am nearly 50. So watch yourself boy.”
Wiley snickers and Nicole slaps him. Elizabeth speaks up. “Enough with you Wiley. Back to the party, we have more than enough people to help plan and set it up so it is a done deal.”
I nodd. “Dante had one more announcement everyone.”
Everyone falls silent. Dante clears his throat. “My dad will be joining us as well as some of Willshay’s pack. I have talked to them and Willshay thinks it would be an honor for us to have our neighboring pack to join us.”
Everyone agrees with this. Finally Dante sits down with me and we pass the time by talking about different things.
Late that night I sit in a room reading from a book. The room is pink and Shyan lays in a princess themed bed almost asleep. Finally her eyes close and I leave the room. I peak in on Dante to find him finishing up on putting Damian to sleep.
I head to our room and get ready for bed. By the time I’m in bed, Dante has come in and changed as well. He crawls into bed next to me and sighs. “Long day.”
I nodd. “I agree. Just imagine that in a few months they will be even busier again.”
Dante smiles. “What are we going to name this one?”
I shrug. “After we lost Naomi, I don’t want to think of names till we have her in our arms.”
Dante frowns. “We both know our first child was a miscarriage. It’s not something we can blame on ourselves. We have two beautiful children and a very happy family and pack.”
I nodd. “Well after this one I don’t want anymore. I’m not going to be like Nime and be a grandma in my 40s.”
Dante laughs. “Ok. How about Natalie if it’s a girl?”
I growl a little. “I said not right now.”
Dante laughs again. “Alright. When are we going to tell then pack?”
I tilt my head a little. “How about a surprise this time? Let them guess for themselves.”
Dante nodds. “That’s fine.”
Dante leans over and kisses my head. I snuggle up against him and wrap an arm around him as we both slowly fall asleep.
My last thoughts is that my life is finally the way it needs to be.
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