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Epilogue - Perry

Mars was born onlytwo months after his cousin Malcolm, so Arthur and I would take turns switching off with Tresten and Loch on babysitting duty. Stella and Basch helped out a lot, too. Arthur and I had decided not to leave the Luna estate like his siblings, and our family lived with his parents. They were thankful to have the company, and it was nice to have theirassistance.

Jupiter especially loved the house.She could spend hours on her own, exploring the different wings, having all sorts of little adventures. And of course, her cousins came to visit often. She and Alexis were so close, they were practicallysisters.

In the yearsince the race, Gregor had only attempted to reach out to me once, via phone. The call reached the Luna house, but I refused to take it. I found out later that the publicity generated by the challenge had put him and his clan in a negative light as people found out about the reason for the challenge. Then, it was outed that he'd had children with at least four others besides me, both women and omegas, while we were married. Apparently it became a scandal in Elclaw, and his clan had voted to remove him from their ranks. He'd also badly injured his leg in the crash, and couldn't operate a wolf-cycleanymore.

Life moved on.Unable to entirely quit the racing life, Arthur decided to open up a training school for hopeful racers, where we both became instructors. Many of the students who came to the school were familiar with who we were, and they wanted to hear about the challenge for love first hand. We were always happy to retell thestory.

Love had guided us.It had brought Arthur victory. Love was the power that could move mountains and save souls. It was the most powerful force in the universe. In the thirteen years apart, our love had never died. We knew that even if all the time in the world had passed, it still would've remained as an ember deep in our hearts, just waiting to be litagain.