Beauty and the Beast

Epilogue

Here it is everyone!! Sorry it took so long. I know some of you said there wasn't enough love in the book, I tried to make it as loving as possible. I hope it's good enough for you all!
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4 years later

Flowers now surround the path to the mansion. Pinks and purples, reds and golds, swirl around in the green grass that looks so soft I resist the urge to stop right there and take a nap in the middle of the forest. I bend down towards a perfect red rose, run my fingers over its soft petals before plucking it from its thorn-filled bush. Lifting it to my nose, I inhale its beautiful scent.

"This will do." I mutter to myself as I place it in the basket around my arm.

Chuckling startles me, but before I have the chance to turn around strong arms wrap around my waist and someone's face is buried in my hair. "For someone in a hurry to get home, you sure are taking a long time." A smile breaks across my face as I lean against the man's hard chest.

"Leo." I whisper as he kisses the top of my head.

He chuckles once more and I close my eyes to revel in the sound of it. Was there really ever a time I lived without the heavenly melody of his laughter in my ears? If I did, I sincerely doubt I could actually call it living. "Yes, it's me. And I think I've been pretty patient for a man who hasn't seen his wife for the past three weeks, but you walking down this pathway so long has been driving me insane. I couldn't wait any longer."

My smile grows as I lean back and plant a soft kiss against his neck. "Have I really been out here for that long?" He groans as I continue to kiss up his neck and along his jaw.

"You've been on the pathway for two hours."

I raise a brow and turn around. "And how would you know that?" I ask as I put my hands on my hips.

Although, most of what I've asked is soon forgotten as I take in the man in front of me. A white button shirt covers most of his perfectly sculpted chest except for the three buttons he's kept popped open so I can see his tanned skin. He has on one of the pairs of jeans I had sown for him before I left to see my brother. When I look up at his face, a gasp escapes me as I find his piercing blue eyes looking right back at me with a smile on his lips that is way more dangerous than he'd ever been as a beast. That smile alone could be the death of me just by its beauty.

A growl, that once scared me only sends sparks of excitement through me, rumbles in his chest as he pulls me back against him and smashes his lips against mine. I gasp in shock from his urgency. He takes full advantage as he plunges his tongue in to explore my mouth. I moan against his lips as I brush my tongue against his.

"You are never going to your brothers again." He whispers against my lips as his hands run from my hips to my ass. I run my tongue against his lower lip before kissing him once more. He sighs into my mouth. "I've missed you."

I open my eyes and look into his sincere, stunning blue ones. "I missed you too."

"Rory heard you coming." Leo said nonchalantly.

My eyes widened. "From all the way over here?"

He grimaced. "It seems her hearing is getting better as well. She's been jumping off the walls since you closed the gate."

I groaned and leaned my head against in chest. "What are we going to do?"

I could feel more than hear his laughter as he buried his head in my hair and inhaled.

"If I knew that I wouldn't be trying to ask you the same thing."

I rolled my eyes at him. "Wonderful, I'll get right on it."