Page 74 of Blinded

EPILOGUE

Brett

I skidded to a stop, my wolf panting after the long run we'd taken. We hadn't been in human form for three days, but we were due to head back to Montana in a few hours so our freedom to stay as wolves had run out.

Turning, I licked over Bayne's snout a couple times, then stepped back and sorrowfully shifted. I'd never stayed in wolf form for so long, and now found it hard to step back into my human form and face the responsibilities of my human life.

Bayne shifted and sat back in the dirt, staring at me for a moment as if trying to get his mind to catch up after being in wolf form.

"I had fun." I dug my fingers into the dirt, enjoying the last bits of nature I'd have for a while. Once we got home, we'd have other things to worry about and would only be able to steal an hour here and there to run.

"I did too. We need to make sure we do this at least once a year. I don't think my wolf has ever felt better." Bayne stretched out his legs.

"Me too, but I can easily see how someone can let their wolf take over after a lot of time in that form. There was a part of me that didn't want to shift back and face human life again." I slowly stood, stopping to look around us.

We were on pack land, but just a few thousand yards from the small pack cabin where we'd left our clothes several days before. We hadn't meant to stay in wolf form so long, but after hunting, we'd napped, and then hunted more. It had been so relaxing and enjoyable that neither one of us wanted to come back.

"I love you." Bayne came up from behind me and wrapped his arms around me, splaying his hands over my chest.

"I love you too." I leaned back against him, enjoying our last bit of alone time.

"I'm guessing it's just after noon." Bayne looked up at the sky.

"Yeah, me too. Figure we better get going if we're going to catch that flight." I turned in his arms. "I'm going to miss this."

"Me too, but we'll have plenty of other times. Just think, being wolves, we have a good two hundred years or more to explore all the quiet corners of the world. Maybe next time we can head to Iceland. I have a friend who lives there we can stay with." Bayne kissed my temple.

"You have friends all over."

"I never thought about it before. Never had a reason to want to go places, see things, but now with you, I want to see everything, explore the world."

I smiled. "We're lucky. Not long ago, there was a chance I'd never get to see anything again. I faced a world of darkness, never getting to enjoy the beauty I'd always taken for granted." I cupped his face in my hands, glad that Fate had brought him into my life, and glad that I was allowed to see again. Kissing him softly I whispered against his lips. "I was blinded to all but one thing… Your love." It was the one thing that was always strong, always bright. It was the one thing I held onto when everything else was dark. My mate. No matter what life took away, I had him, and with him by my side, life was going to be an adventure.