OLD VERSION: Amendable (Book 3 in the Original SOCIETY Series) ✔

❦Epilogue❦

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❦Six Months Later❦

The breeze against my face was light, barely kissing my skin but it still felt as great. I could feel the breeze against my hair, lifting it slightly off my forehead for a second. The soft breeze felt better here than any other time in my life. Then again... everything seemed way better here in the Alliance than anywhere else. 

The corner of my lip twitched upward and continued to keep my eyes shut; seeing the orange-reddish hue behind my eyelids from the sunlight that warmed my skin. My fingers wiggled slightly, blades of grass in between them and though it was sunny the grass still felt cool. At least in this part of the Alliance. 

I took a deep breath and held it for a few seconds. I counted in my head, 'One... two... three... four...' and then let the breath escape. 

I'm not sure how long I've been out here but it's become a normal part of my day-to-day for the past months. By six a.m. every morning, I was making my way up this hill---the only hill in the Alliance---to lay next to the tall oak tree with countless leaves. I say countless because I've laid here before and attempted counting each and every single one. 

It was one of the much needed calming moments for me. Hence my need to start the day of getting up at five-thirty every day to make it up to the hill by six and watch the sunrise. It was always a sight to look across the expansive landscape of treetops; so far that I wasn't even sure that the woods actually ended, and then watching the soft orange-yellow beams of the sun fan across the treetops in every direction. In those specific moments, I felt completely at peace. 

Since last leaving Blood Moon Falls six months prior, a lot has changed. 

For one, Maddox, Sr. and Langley were expecting. 

The she-wolf was so eager to run over and throw her arms to the sides to announce her pregnancy to us all. While everyone was expressing how excited they were, Langley went over to kiss Maddox's cheek because of how teary-eyed and giggly he got when she blurted it out in the middle of a get-together we all were having.

I won't forget the wide-eyed, horrified look on Easton's face; one of his eyes twitching slightly. I wrapped my arm around the back of his neck and used my other hand to ruffle his hair as I congratulated him on becoming an uncle. The Moody-Asshat growled, sneering at Maddox, Sr. from across the way all while I leaned to kiss his cheek. 

Just thinking about Easton's grumbling until his sister walked over and whispered if he was happy for her. Those ice-blue eyes that matched his looked hopeful at her twin brother and though he looked down at her with a frown, her question was answered when he pulled her into a hug and kissed the side of her head before he whispered for her ears (though I could hear him), "Only the happiest, baby sister."

Safe to say that Maddox, Sr. was growing on Easton.

And while on the topic of expectancy, we all had another celebration to welcome the new addition to the Dennison family name just last month. Turns out that my Aunt Emeel had been keeping Thea's pregnancy to herself a lot longer than we were told. That always seemed to happen to them, didn't it?

Anyway... Oakley Aspen Dennison made her way into the world.

I still laugh to think of my Aunt Emeel's disappointment that they didn't name her 'Amelia' like she suggested. She made it a point to how honored she would have been because the name was pretty close to hers. Mr. Dennison rolled his eyes, shaking his head while the rest of us laugh a little at my aunt's expense.