Page 390 of Alpha Mates

The night passes quickly, and before I know it, we’re saying goodbye to everyone. I take a sleeping Sammy home and return in time to find the rest of the house empty and quiet. Only Levi and Aiden wait.

I glance at Aiden, and he nods.

“Okay, now that everyone is gone,” I say as I saddle up to my little guy. “It’s time for your last gift.”

“I already got enough,” Levi protests as he looks between us. “It’s fine, really.”

“Oh, shut up and follow us,” Aiden grumbles and Levi giggles as he follows his dad down the hall and up the stairs with me behind them. We stop at the furthest door at the end of the hallway that was our storage room, and leave the path clear.

Levi looks at us, confused, until we hand him the key. Hesitantly, he slides it in before he carefully opens the door. We follow him inside the dark room, and switch on the light behind him.

Levi gasps as he spins around, his dark eyes sliding over every inch of the makeshift art studio we’d made for him. He opens and shuts his mouth several times as he looks around the place in a sort of daze before finally turning back to us.

“For me?”

“No, for Satan,” Aiden retorts as he shakes his head. “Yes, it’s for you, Levi”

Levi squeals with his hands to his chest before he hugs us both again. “You guys are the best! Thank you soooo much!” he squeaks into my chest, making me smile as we hug him back.

“I’m happy you like it,” I reply as he pulls away.

“I love it!” he says before his lips wobble and his eyes fill. “I love you guys.” Tears spill down his cheeks, and Levi quickly wipes them away. “I love you both so much, for everything.”

“Levi, stop or your father’s going to start crying,” I warn as Aiden’s lips wobble a bit, but he bites it defiantly. “We love you too, pup.”

“Now go to bed,” Aiden says as he lifts his head so the tears can’t fall. “It’s still a school night.”

“It’s not,” Levi retorts, but he runs off before Aiden can get his hands on him.

“Now let’s get you to bed, big guy,” I say as I turn to my mate. He scowls viciously at me, and I laugh as we make our way to our bedroom.

“You areneverfucking me again without a condom,” he grumbles, making me laugh as we slip into our room.

“We are both getting vasectomies after this,” I declare as we fall onto our bed. I’m already half asleep as exhaustion finds me. “We already have three kids and now we have two more coming. This is going to be a shit show.”

“It’s going to be fun,” Aiden corrects.

“We have two very different meanings for the word fun,” I say, making him laugh as I pull him into my chest. “Love you.”

“Love you too,” he whispers, smiling at me before his eyes slowly flutter shut, and I’m right behind him.

Epilogue 2

Aiden

Another six years later

“Didn’t I tell you to take out the trash, Damon?” I growl as I barge into his room to see him clicking away on his game console.

“I’m going to,” he grumbles, eyes glued to the TV.

“Now—or you’re losing the game for a week,” I growl.

Groaning loudly, Damon pauses the game and drags himself upright. His long hair swinging into his face like his dad’s.

“Using children as your own personal slaves. What has this world come to?” he mutters as he slips past me and stomps down the stairs.

I sigh, following after him, slipping into the kitchen where Julian’s prepping lunch, Peter tucked close to his side like always. I swear to Goddess that child looked more like Julian with every passing day. Same hair, same blue eyes, and identical face. He looks like a child Julian had after he had sex with himself, not me.