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“Really, Baby?” Mason asked, and I nodded.
“What did they say?” Sage asked. I could feel my emotions bubbling to the surface. Sage moved to sit on the coffee table in front of me.
“Ashlyn, it’s okay. You don’t have to answer. You can start at the beginning or you don’t have to tell us anything right now. We can tell you everything that happened after you killed Theo.” She said, wiping some tears off my cheeks.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered. Mason and Derek were rubbing my back and Sage was rubbing my leg.
“Hey, you died and came back. There is nothing to be sorry about. It’s a lot to process. You felt like you were gone for a few hours, while we had been here wondering what was happening for eight weeks. We can tell you what we found.” Sage said, and I nodded.
“Okay, what did you guys find out?” I asked them.
“Well, Susan, Grace, and the former vampire king are all dead,” Sage started.
“And Theo and Gregory,” Liam added.
“I killed Theo, but who killed Gregory?” I asked them.
“Ian did,” Mason told me. I turned my body so that I could look at him.
“What?” I asked him, stunned.
“He shifted and killed Gregory when he was exiting the council building after you died and your magic vanished.” Mason explained.
“Was Ian okay? He shouldn’t have shifted in his condition.” I rushed out.
“Ian was fine.” Mason said, and I let out a breath.
“Ian and Alex were both okay,” Derek confirmed.
“Okay, so all the bad guys are dead and I destroyed the council building.” I breathed out.
“Yeah, that sums it up,” Liam said.
“Okay, is there anything else?” I asked, looking around the room.
“Buttercup, what did you give up for my life?” Brad asked me.
“Tundra gave back the powers the goddess gave us, and she gave up the ability to shift.” I answered, looking at him.
“Why would she do that?” he asked me sorrowfully.
“Because she loves you as much as I do. She knew I could never choose between you two, so she made that decision for me.” I told him, with tears in my eyes.
“Thats why you didn’t shift?” Mason asked me, and I nodded.
“Ashlyn, let me take James,” Sage offered. She stood up, and I handed over my sleeping baby to her. Brad took Sage’s seat in front of me.
“Buttercup, I’m so sorry about Tundra.” Brad said, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into his chest.
“I don’t regret the decision she made to save your life, Brad. I just miss her.” I mumbled into his chest.
“She didn’t come back with you,” Brad said. I pulled away, wiping away my tears.
“Everything comes at a price. She stayed so that I could come back.” I breathed out. Mason wrapped his arm around me, pulling me to his side. I rested my head on his chest.
“And Donny, says hi?” Brad asked, making me giggle.
“Yeah,” I laughed. Donny definitely knew how to give a serious situation a laugh.
“That sounds like him,” Brad said, shaking his head.
“He was always a goofball.” I told Brad, and he laughed.
“You don’t even know half of it,” he said.
“I’m sorry about Grace,” I told him.
“Don’t be. Our relationship was always toxic, the bond just blinded the truth. And besides, without Grace, I would never have met you, or had the pleasure of raising you.” Brad said. I could feel the tears coming back to the surface.
“Stop being so sweet.” I huffed, trying to wipe away my tears.
“Lets go eat, Buttercup. I’m starving.” Uncle Ben announced, standing from his seat.
“Shotgun the seat beside Ashlyn.” Liam yelled out, running out of the room.
“I’m going to fucken kill him,” Derek huffed, making me laugh.
“You know he does that, because he knows it bothers you, right?” I laughed.
“Their bromance is so adorable,” Brandon said, earning him a growl from Derek.
“Hey, if you want to take Liam for a spin, I won’t judge.” Mason laughed out and Derek glared at him.
“A bunch of fucken bone heads.” Uncle Ben commented as we walked to the dining room.
“You guys are ridiculous.” I laughed.
After dinner, I was feeling more like myself again. It was so good to be around most of the people that I care so deeply for. I missed Tundra deeply, but she gave me so much and I couldn’t let her down. After dinner was all cleaned up, and everyone had lifted, my mates and I headed up to our room. It was located on the third floor of this massive house. I swear the kitchen alone was the size of our apartment and I can’t wait to explore more of our home tomorrow.
The first thing I did after entering our room was check on James. He was sleeping soundly, and I found myself just standing by his crib, watching him sleep. He is so perfect. I reached over and picked up the gold wolf stuffy that was on a small shelf by his crib. I held it to my chest while I watched him.
“Your momma wolf loves you so much, our little pup.” I whispered to him.
Mason
After our little get together, Derek went to shower and Ashlyn went to check up on James. I have a baby monitor that is linked to my phone so I can check up on him whenever I want, and it also alerts me to noises in his room.
I pulled up the footage to see Ashlyn watching over our boy holding the gold wolf that Sage bought for him. The wolf looked like Tundra and I was going to have to ask Sage where she bought it or I’d get a custom one made up for her. I knew she needed something to remind her of her wolf.
Derek came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his hips. I’m surprised he was actually wearing a towel. He’s been walking around naked for weeks now.
I motioned for him to come over to me. I was sitting on our bed, looking at my phone.
“Mason?” Derek asked, sitting down beside me. He rested his head on my shoulder while we watched Ashlyn.
“Your momma wolf loves you so much, our baby pup.” Ashlyn whispered to him and it broke my heart to hear her so heartbroken.
“Do you think she’ll be okay?” Derek asked me.
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