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Charlene loved Ethan so much and was so glad he was perfectly healed up now.

She couldn t believe that the DEA raiding her rental home in Portland would have led to her finding a wolf she adored and ending up mating.

Returning to the Oregon coast where she had loved spending time with her grandfather had given her and Ethan the perfect place to start their own family and their own pack.

Though they would think of it as a pack within a pack because they cherished being part of the red wolf pack out of Portland.

And their own little family was going to be expanding soon, which she couldn t have been more thrilled about.

She and he had even managed to move into the new home, rent out the other, add wolf doors to all the rentals and their main home, and decorate them with the photos she and he had taken on the special trips they d made—during walks on the beaches, while on the whale excursion, viewing the sunsets off the ocean, visiting the iconic shipwreck of the Peter Iredale , and while at the parks in the area.

Their home was truly their home with a combination of his and her tastes and they loved it, but mostly they loved each other.

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Ethan adored Charlene. He couldn t be happier for the way everything had turned out after what had started as a disastrous first meeting—her naked in her shower, him with a weapon at the ready, and her shifting and biting him.

They loved their house that together they d turned into a real home, and he loved being retired and helping to manage the rental houses. He would never have thought that he would end up retiring on the coast, but with Charlene, it was just the most perfect place to live as wolves on the wild side.

Even the wolves of the pack thought so and the rentals were always booked.

Wolves had really taken over the rentals, and they loved that the homes all had wolf doors and safe places to run in their fur coats.

Word was spreading to other packs too. They d had some billionaire wolves from California rent them, and wolves from even as far away as Silver Town, Colorado.

And Arctic wolves from Ely, Minnesota, had rented a couple of them at one time for their whole pack.

Ethan and Charlene settled on one of the couches on the back porch to watch the sunset as they drank some hot cocoa. Oh, I didn t tell you, Charlene said. We have some jaguars coming from Texas who are staying in one of the rental homes.

Jaguars.

Yep. I can t wait to see them in their jaguar coats.

That would be cool. We ll have to have them over for burgers.

That was the thing about their shifter guests. They weren t just renters. They were like an extended family. Charlene and Ethan always offered their guests grilled hamburgers for lunch or dinner on one of the days during their stay, and everyone was always thrilled to participate.

Did Ethan miss the excitement of being a DEA agent? Not with Charlene in his life. They had testified against all the men and the woman they d taken into custody, and all the criminals were now serving long prison sentences.

And Mrs. Osburn? She had been a brilliant witness in court, even though it pained her to use tough love on her grandnephew.

But she d gained friends in Charlene and Ethan and at least once a week, they would visit with her at her place where she would make them chocolate chip cookies, or they would take her for walks on the beach or on hunts for berries and make jams with her at their place.

And once every couple of weeks, Ethan would drive her to the prison to see Oakley.

She didn t regret turning over the evidence she d had on all the players one bit and was delighted to have Charlene and Ethan in her life now.

Well? Ethan asked, pulling Charlene onto his lap to cuddle her on the back deck. He d found her pregnancy test kit in the bathroom, and he was dying to know if they were going to have little ones soon.

She smiled and kissed him. Yes! The baby or babies are due the first week in May.

He couldn t have been more thrilled. That means we need to get to decorating a nursery.

She hugged him tight. When we know how many babies we re having and what their sex is.

I so love you and our little ones. He rubbed her tummy.

I love you. She kissed him and shivered. Are you ready to run as a wolf and then…

Take you to bed? Hell, yeah. I guess we can t tell the pack yet about the babies.

Charlene smiled. After we know what we re going to have.

And Mrs. Osburn?

Charlene laughed. Yes. She will be thrilled.

Mrs. Osburn had been asking them weekly when they were going to have babies. They would be sure to share the news with her soon.

I still think she would make a great wolf, Ethan said.

I know, but at her age, it might be a little hard to take all the changes in her life. She would need to stay at Leidolf and Cassie s ranch for her own safety.

Maybe if someone around her age could help her along the way…

Charlene laughed. I never knew you were into wolf matchmaking.

They headed inside the house with their empty cocoa mugs and set them on the dining room table. They began pulling off their clothes and then they shifted, nuzzled each other in a loving wolf way, and then he chased her out the wolf door.

Life with each other couldn t get any better than this.

And one of these days, they would have little ones and show them the ropes too.

The pack had stretched its boundaries all the way from Portland to the Oregon coast and everyone had been thrilled about that, especially Charlene and Ethan, two red wolves in love.