Page 14 of Howliday Match

My pussy. I’ve claimed her and she’s all mine now. Forever.

“I love you, mate. I will never leave you. You’re mine now and forever.”

She smiles as I roll over and pull her onto my chest. She shivers and tugs a leaf out from underneath her ass. Her brows lift. “Next time, a bed. And not one made of leaves.”

I wiggle my brows. “Animals love the wild, mate.”

“I’m not an animal,” she laughs.

I hold up my arm and turn so she can see my ripped-up back. She flushes. “My body begs to differ.”

We both collapse, laughing and sighing, closing our eyes. I tug her on top of me so that she doesn’t need to touch the ground. Her hazy blue eyes open and she yawns.

“I still have questions.”

“And I’ll answer them. But not now. Sleep.”

And she sighs, relaxes and her breathing goes soft and huffy.

My arms tighten around her and I can’t believe I never saw this feeling coming. Never even knew it existed like this.

My parents were a mess because of poor choices but mine? I think I made the best one I’ve ever made. She’s a firecracker, she’s a worthy mate for my wolf and me.

She’s perfectly mine.Ours,my wolf snaps.

I close my eyes and my own breathing slows although my wolf stays alert, watching.

Neither of us will ever allow something to hurt our mate. Together, forever, we’ll protect and care for her and any pups we may have.

Epilogue: Helena

“Are you sure that we should come back here? After everything you said, it seems like we should stay clear.”

Raphael shakes his dark head. “This war needs all of us to win. Magic is where it will be and therefore that’s where we must go.”

I roll my eyes. “I don’t even know what you mean by war. It doesn’t make any sense.”

“I’ll make sure that nobody ever touches you, mate. But my cousin and the other shifters in Magic need all the help they can get. There are so many people for you to meet and all of them will protect each other and you with our last breaths. Magic is where the world will either end or rise up in a brand new world. Hell can’t take over if we stop them.”

I shake my head. I don’t understand what’s going on but I know it’s important and if it’s not done, something may destroy the whole world as we know it and considering that I may already be carrying our first pup, I’m not losing my mate. Not in this lifetime.

Demons and Hell. It all sounds crazy. But then again, shifters didn’t exist for me until I met my mate.

So if he says Hell’s coming to Magic and demons want to take over the world and all that’s standing in the way is a band of shifters and a dragon witch that is a prophecy come true?

I believe him.

I see another tall, dark man wearing a cowboy hat and this one smirks at my mate as we walk through the woods.

“About damn time you showed back up! It’s been weeks, asshole!”

“Do you not remember what first mating is like?” Raphael grins at him and he growls under his breath, his craggy face flushing.

“This is my cousin, the sheriff. Lobo, this is my mate, Helena.” I shake hands with the man while Raphael glares at him and then rips my hand away.

“Enough! Now I need to go home and fuck his scent off of you!” Lobo pushes his hat back and laughs.

“See you in another week, cousin!”