Epilogue

HAZEL

Three Years Later

It was the triplet’s third birthday and everyone had gathered in the royal garden. Gabe carried Kane like a purse and spun him around, the two were inseparable. Kaitlyn was Kiera’s new doll, she dressed her and did her hair—not that she had a lot of it but it was growing out, and Kaitlyn adored her older sister. Kai was becoming the spitting image of his father, and he loved nothing more than sticking to his side like a shadow and following him wherever he went; Darian kept toys in every office and room of the palace now, so that even if Kai wanted to sit in on a meeting or be close to his father when he worked, he’d still play and be a kid.

Mathilda was the center of all of it, the one they all gravitated toward, and the only one who got those little Lycans into bed or to eat their food when they were being fussy.

Nora, well, she was the cool aunt. The one who played the most and laughed the hardest, the kids loved her to piece