Page 32 of HIS MATCH

"Goddess I'm so tired, that last order, was it for me.

" I complain as Julian opens the door for me, chivalry shall never die.

"I'm sorry babe, but Zaya needed those cakes, apparently her client is picky.

" He explains and I roll my eyes, picky my bubbly ass.

"If they were close, I'd wring their necks, I'm so tired.

" I complain even more as Julian just chuckles leading the way to the large kitchen of my dreams, a couple of years ago after I gave birth we finally left the house Riley and I first bought and moved a street away from him, the house had been designed to the highest standard possible, mine, I deserved it, I worked hard for it, it had a lot of open floors, and a lot more rooms since it was three stories, yes, I had a three story home, deal with it.

"Yoghurt, eat up and I'll run you a bath.

" Julian exclaims as he hands me the bowl of yoghurt, placing a kiss on my cheek before walking out the kitchen.

"Thank you alpha!" I teasingly called out and he growled back.

"Naughty husband." He replies through our bond as Camie walks in with my baby boy.

"Hello you two, where have you been?" I greet them with a wide smile.

"Hello River, say hello to daddy, tell him we went to the park and visited grandpa and granma.

" Camie replies as she hands over Arman who giggles as he latches on to me, he was two yet he was bigger for his age like the rest of his siblings, and he was my fourth child with my mate, he wanted either a soccer team or rugby, I wasn't onboard with either, but he'll knock me up anyway.

"My beautiful little boy, did he make things move again, I didn't siphon his magic this morning.

" I expressed and Camie turned to look at me with a face that spoke everything.

"His grandparents need about two new vases, new breakfast bar seats and a doorknob.

" She states and I burst out laughing, unlike Kalder my third born who was a hybrid witch and wolf, Arman was fully a witch and his magic manifested in the most destructive of ways if he didn't get what he wanted, or if things didn't go the way he wanted.

"You've been naughty, huh, you little rascal.

" I tickle him and his laughter took away my tiredness, my family had gotten bigger, and each day I thank the Goddess for them because they were all I had, and I would always love them.

"Come, eat yoghurt with daddy before papa comes down.

" I walk back to the breakfast bar where Camie is already there with his yoghurt, I swear Arman was the most spoilt child I had, he didn't overshadow the twins, though, they were now beyond spoilt, ofcourse they knew respect and restraint but if you fell for their charm, you'd buy those two a yatch.

The little devils barrel roll into the kitchen just then.

"Dad!" They both yell not caring about how dripping wet and naked they are, and just jump onto me.

I steady myself like always because it was a common occurrence.

"My babies, how in the world—why are you wet, and were you swimming?

" I question as Julian walks into the kitchen looking angry, he directs his narrowed eyes on the twins who shrink behind me.

"What did you do?" I look to them both and they nervously chuckle.

"Nothing." Thalia the older one by two definitive minutes replied still hiding behind me.

"Then why is your papa angry?" I ask again and Farrow bites down on his bottom lip, giving me those pretty puppy eyes, it would've worked on me but their papa not really, he didn't tolerate thier mischief.

"I'm counting to two, both your little feet should be shuffling toward me, we'll go to mister Rodgers and apologize, after that you'll get your punishment.

" Julian asserts authoritatively and I didn't say anything, the key to good parenting is not trying to impede on your husband when he's disciplining your children, he knows what he's doing, defending your children when he's trying to enforce rules will cause your children to not obey, and that's where most of the problems stem from, so I took my baby boy.

"Constò." Whispered a spell to keep the twins in place, grabbed our yoghurt and walked away.

"Ranjela." I lift my spell once I was out of the kitchen.

"Thanks." I hear the whisper around me as Julian has the naked twosome in his grip walking to the door.

"Don't be mischievous like your older brother and sister, daddy will put you in time out.

" I mumbled to my two year old whose jaw drops before he starts giggling again.

"Dad, dada, pap—." Those were his favourite words, I sigh into the couch thinking about how my life had changed, kids, marriage, I was crushing it there, the bakery had grown, so did the town, we were nearly a city now, the pack had significantly grown and my mate had been challenged again but because tradition had changed the lycan was given a choice, live in the pack, peacefully, proud and happy, or take a hike, but not before Riley showed him all the benefits of being a pack member, they were enticing.

They ended up just being part of the pack and a lot more rogues did too, diplomacy worked to a certain degree though, sometimes people weren't willing to embrace a new ideology, those who wanted to be alpha, and challenged Julian, he never killed them though, just showed them why he was alpha, and why he would defend this pack, his uncle had been our greatest threat, and even now some of the scars he left haven't healed, he killed people in the name of power, good honest people that shouldn't have been collateral at all, tore families apart and never cared, I tried to fix the damage but some of it couldn't be reversed, we could only help by moving forward and healing.

I watch as my baby sways then gently falls to my chest asleep, it was his nap time, and with his stomach full ofyoghurt he would sleep like an angel, his grandma had specifically made it for him, he had a sensitive stomach, like his papa.

I wait for a few more minutes then stand to move, he would nap in the nursery downstairs during the day, at night that's when I'd take him upstairs, it wouldn't be a hassle going up and down the stairs with him if he were in the nursery.

"Oh finally, I struggled to get him to nap yesterday, he was so hyper.

" Camie exclaims making me chuckle. "You should probably know that his papa gave him what I believe could be excessive sugar, he had sugar rush.

" I tell her with a chuckle and an oh escapes her lips.

"You have to get going don't you?" I ask her and she nods.

"Yet I don't want to, your home is always, I don't know, homey.

" She whines making me laugh again. "I know the feeling, if you don't want to go you can stay longer, I'm sure your uncle will understand.

" I suggest and she nods happily.

Camie was human, she was adopted by a couple in the pack when she was three, so she's grown up knowing of the existence of lycans and everything else in between, unfortunately her father died in the first attacks by Mahadhiv, her mother couldn't handle loosing her mate so she died of a broken heart, it was sad really, they left everything to her and her older siblings, their uncle is the one taking care of them now, but like any lycan he's protective of her and her siblings, because even though she was adopted, she took after her adoptive parents, I'm sure he sees them in her, ofcourse he'll be overprotective.

"Stay for dinner, and uncle Jules will drop you off at home.

" I offer again and she grins happily. "Okay.

" She happily conceded.

I make my way upstairs after telling Camie what to prep for dinner and the children's snacks, Kalder would be home soon, he had spent the day with Riley, for some unknown reason, the kid was attached to my brother, it was sweet as it weird at times.

I strip down and lower myself into the warm water with infused bathsalts, my husband knew me best, I moaned as I felt it make my joints feel better.

"I see you're enjoying yourself." I hear Julian state as he stood by the door to the spacious bathroom.

"My husband made the bath, and I'm sure he's more than welcome to join me.

" I retort and without a thought he ripped his clothes off and joined me, whose naughty now.

" I tease him as his tongue trails down my neck.

The things that followed could only be described in one word, euphoria, euphoric experience, he still knew how to make me knock out into subspace, things may have changed, but I would still do anything for my love, he was my everything, and nothing in this world would change that, fate had always been mine to see and course correct at times but I would never want to course correct my fate, the ups and downs, the fights, the love making, the compromises and our children, that's who we were, that's life, so there's nothing I wouldn't do to still have this outcome in my life, I would always want to make my family and husband happy, make their dreams come true, there was absolutely nothing I wouldn't do, my love they would feel always.

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I'm sure River as a dad is doing great, as a husband welp, I believe he's doing great too, and my dears this is it, the curtain finally falls, I don't know, maybe I will make another epilogue, or an ever after, dunno, what I do know though is I love you guys, the support for my work, the interaction, it makes my day always just knowing someone was impacted in some way by my books, it's special.

Adele ' Make You Feel My Love

SYML ' DIM

Elaine ' You're The One

Sleeping At Last ' The Safety Dance

These were sort of on rotation as I wrote the last two chapters, maybe you'll like them too.

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