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“What are you thinking about?”

“How lucky I am to have you.How, despite everything that’s happened to the two of us, I couldn’t imagine my life without you in it.”

Noah kissed her and groaned when the sun peeked underneath the blinds.

“Silas will be here soon.”

Jade nodded and pulled Noah up so they could shower together.They made quick work of it, because after Xander had come home and killed two shifters outside his house, trying to get past Silas’s shields, they all stuck close to home.The danger wasn’t over.

As soon as they dressed for the day, there was a loud voice in their heads.

Noah and Jade.I want to see you.

Silas would turn one in less than a month and while they still didn’t want him to grow up too fast, every day Silas amazed them.Weeks after they had taken out part of the shifter group that had been after them, Silas had learned, by accident, that he was a telekinetic like Ara.

They opened the door and found Silas straining toward Jade, a laughing Xander trying not to drop his son as he squirmed in his arms.

Hey, little man.Don’t I get a hug first?

Noah liked to tease him, but Silas ignored him and sent out waves of happiness as Jade pulled him into her arms and cuddled him against her neck.Noah wrapped an arm around Jade’s shoulder and nuzzled against Silas’s neck, making the little boy laugh.

Any news?she asked Xander.

Xander shook his head.Well, they weren’t going to worry about it and they had their eyes and ears open.

“Let’s go get breakfast.Ara is showing Frost how to cook, so we’ll see.”

Jade punched Xander in the arm while keeping an arm around Silas.

“Yes, I’m starved,” Noah grumbled.

“You’re always hungry.”

Noah wiggled his eyebrows and Jade laughed along with Silas.

And although there was a threat hanging above all of their heads, they were a happy group, a happy family, and that’s all they could ask from life.

The End