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EPILOGUE

H ere’s what happened next…

Justine’s new friend Gloria did, in fact, marry the basilisk she met at the Monster Match. He took her home with him after the event and she never left. She liked to joke that they fell in love at first hiss. They went on to have five kids and start the town’s first monster day care center, Monster Tots, which was wildly successful.

David served a very light prison sentence for kidnapping and annoying Justine. When he was released, he moved to Wyoming where he met his actual fated mate, a large-animal vet who, weirdly enough, looked an awful lot like Justine.

Lila, much to her family’s chagrin, decided (after yet another disastrous date) that she was perfectly happy staying single and fabulous. Every holiday, she ignores her family’s persistent demands that she settle down. Justine always defends her.

Jake…ah, poor Jake. Turned out Jake was embezzling from his law firm. His illegal activities were discovered thanks to a forensic audit performed by an anonymous do-gooder (*cough*Riordan*cough*) who turned the results over to the authorities. Jake received the maximum sentence for his crime. Fortunately for him, the maximum sentence was only three years. (After all, who really gives a crap about embezzlement?)

Van Gogh never made it to an adoption event. He went straight from his isolation kennel at the vet clinic to Khill’s couch. To this day, he still looks at Khill like he’s Superman. Justine can relate.

Khill ended up taking Justine’s last name because, as Justine suspected, orcs do not have them. And since he was raised in a matriarchy, he had zero alpha male hangups about such things. He grinned for a solid three days after legally changing his name and loves it when anyone calls him Mr. Willet.

Meanwhile, the newly minted Willets did indeed decide to live in Khill’s cottage because it was way better than Justine’s place, and also because Justine was a huge Tolkien fan.

They ultimately decided they did not want to have kids of their own. Focusing on the rescue and clinic and each other suited their needs just fine. Neither of them ever regretted that decision for a minute.

Other than that, the Willets are pretty boring by Sanity Falls standards. They’re happy just being alone together. Most humans still annoy them, but they’ll always have each other to complain to about it. And at the end of the day, what better foundation for marriage is there than that?

So, all in all, everyone (except Jake) lived happily—and weirdly—ever after.

THE END

But keep flipping pages for a sample of Monster Match , Lucy and Viktor’s story, and Caped and Dangerous , a superhero rom com.

(And if you loved how grumpy Justine was, you’ll REALLY love Greer.)

Happy reading!