by Alanea Alder
Her mate smiled and wiggled his fingers at him. Aiden collapsed into the dining room chair next to his father.
"Holy shit," Jaxon and Adair whispered at the same time.
"It's why you volunteered to become a unit warrior isn't it? I never could figure out why someone as strong as you would take orders from me." Aiden stared down at the table.
Adelaide walked over and pulled Gavriel in for a hug and kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you for watching after my son."
"He hasn't been so bad," Gavriel teased.
Darian cleared his throat. "I thought you didn't want anyone to know."
Gavriel shrugged. "This isn't everyone, it's family. Besides, I have a feeling the ferals knew who I was, and that's why I was targeted. It may only be a matter of time before my age comes out."
"They don't stand a chance, not with you on our side," Keelan said smiling at Gavriel.
Her mate shrugged modestly, grinning.
Elizabeth felt her heart swell. Her mate had lived for thousands of years and had shaped the very fabric of their history. He had been fighting for so long and for the most part doing it alone. There was one thing she could give him that she knew he desired. The one thing that should anything happened to her, could possibly save his soul.
"I want to have a baby!" she announced.
Unfortunately she hadn't counted on her mate taking a huge gulp of wine at that moment. Sputtering and gasping for air, he turned to her.
"Do you mean that? Truly?" The joy on his face made her wish she could get pregnant that night!
"Yes, when the time comes, I want to have a baby!" she promised.
He pulled her into his lap and held her close. "Thank you," he whispered against her neck.
"We have all winter to practice making a baby," she said and winked when he pulled back to look at her.
"Another baby! Oh, I can't wait! I need to start on their blankets now!" Adelaide clapped her hands together excitedly.
"You're going to have a Jackalope!" Meryn said and collapsed against her mate giggling.
Elizabeth felt her jaw drop. "My baby will not be a Jackalope! Meryn, you take that back!"
Darian frowned. "Isn't a Jackalope a bunny with antlers?"
Elizabeth shot him a look of death. He held up his hands defensively.
"A bunny with killer saber tooth fangs! Awesome!" Meryn said, smiling.
Elizabeth thought about it for a second, that didn't sound too bad. "That's actually kind of interesting," she admitted. She turned to Gavriel. "If anything happens to me you'll need to stick around to make sure our little vampiric bunny grows up big and strong."
Gavriel rested his head on her shoulder. Around them the festivities continued as Adelaide got the men to help Ryuu and Marius carry the food to the table.
"You're always thinking of me, of ways to save me. I'm supposed to look after you." He pulled back and looked into her eyes.
"It's my job to take care of you, no matter what," she said stubbornly.
"My Bunny. My Protector."
"And don't you forget it," she said pulling him down for a kiss.
He broke off their kiss and looked at her with heat in his eyes. "We'll start practicing tonight," he whispered.
"Sneaky vampire."
EPILOGUE
Colton sat up in his childhood bed at his parent's house and fought back the bile trying to climb up the back of his throat. He had dreamt of his mate again. Her face had been contorted in pain and worry. The smell of sickness and death surrounded her.
He flung himself backwards and covered his eyes with his arm. Why would Fate be showing him his mate in so much pain when he wasn't able to be with her? He tried to hold on to the nebulous fading images from his nightmare. She had dark circles under her eyes and she had been too pale.
Everywhere his mate turned was sickness, blood, grief, waste, fear, and death. What kind of hell was she trapped in?
"Please. All I ask is for a chance to meet her, to show her some joy in this life before we join you," he whispered his prayer as two scalding hot tears escaped, racing down his temple to disappear into his hair.
"Please."
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Fearing that their future daughter in laws will end up dead before being claimed and providing them with grandchildren to spoil, they convince their own mates that something must be done. After gathering all of the warriors together in a fake award ceremony the witch Elder casts a spell to pull the warrior's mates to them, whether they want it or not.
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