And I’ll by no means let anybody take her from me. Ever once more.

EPILOGUE

TWO YEARS LATER

Golden mild from the setting solar streams in via the glass partitions of our penthouse. Far beneath, the town spreads out round us like a glimmering sea of lights and stone and metal. I smile out on the view earlier than turning again to the place Jace and Rico are standing by our marble-topped kitchen island, chopping greens and mixing herbs.

Isabella, Eli, Raina, and Kaden are sitting on the barstools on the opposite facet of the island whereas Alina popped out to get the surprises that she and I’ve purchased for our husbands.

Husband.

The phrase ripples via my complete soul like heat sparkles, and I look down on the stunning ring on my finger. Nothing has ever felt extra proper than this. Than him. Than us.

From throughout the room, Jace catches me trying on the ring and flashes me a sly smile. He seems to be identical to he did when he walked into my father’s workplace that first time. A white t-shirt that enhances his muscular physique, his brown hair effortlessly messy like he has simply rolled away from bed, a smile on his face, and a brilliant sparkle in his eyes. The one distinction is that he seems to be steadier now. Like he has lastly discovered his place on the earth. Which is right here. With me.

I grin again at him as I shut the space to the kitchen island with the bottle of wine that I went to get.

Confusion trickles via me as I look down on the bottle and discover it already open. “I swear this wasn’t open after I put it there.”

All eyes slide to Raina. She continues ingesting for one more second earlier than she realizes that everybody is looking at her.

“What?” she asks, elevating her eyebrows as she seems to be from nose to nose. “I haven’t touched it since I gave it to Kayla.”

Isabella heaves a sigh and raises a hand. “It was me.”

All of us blink at her in shock.

“Raina introduced it,” Isabella says whereas stabbing a hand in direction of Raina for emphasis. “I needed to examine it for poison.”

Jace chokes out amusing whereas Kaden snickers into his glass of wine. Eli simply shrugs and nods as if that is sensible.

Raina, nonetheless, rolls her eyes after which shoots Isabella a glance of exaggerated affront. “Oh, come on. It was one time.”

“Yeah, nicely, I realized my lesson after that,” Isabella replies.

“And it wasn’t poison.”

“No, it was like smoking psychedelic mushrooms. On steroids.”

Rico chuckles whereas he continues grinding some herbs in a mortar. “I discovered her dancing bare in the lounge after I acquired dwelling.”

Whereas struggling onerous to suppress a smile, Isabella shoots Rico a glance that guarantees revenge earlier than she shakes her head in any respect of us. “You guys are nonetheless the craziest individuals I’ve ever met. And I grew up in a literal cult.”

Laughter ripples via the kitchen. Eli and Kaden even clink their glasses collectively as if that was the very best of compliments. Heat spreads via my chest.

“Aww, come on,” Jace says, grinning at Isabella. “You realize you like us.”

Her blue-gray eyes dance with mild as she as soon as extra tries to cover the smile on her face whereas she sweeps her gaze over all of us. “Sure, I do. Sadly.”

We chuckle once more. I high up her glass of wine earlier than I refill my very own as nicely.

“And talking of affection,” I start, and forged a look between Eli and Raina. “You two are the one ones left now. Which is unnecessary, since you had been the primary ones to get collectively. When are you getting married?”

“Ugh,” Raina scoffs, and rolls her eyes. “Marriage is for regular individuals.”

I arch an eyebrow at her. “You’re not getting married?” With confusion flickering via me, I maintain up my left hand to movement on the ring on my finger. “Then how do you cease individuals from flirting together with your vital different for those who don’t have a visual mark of possession?”

“I simply poison them,” Raina replies concurrently Eli says, “I simply shoot them within the head.”

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