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She bit her lip, thinking for a moment. “That does sound like a good idea…”

“We’ll look into it tomorrow. For now, we’ve got… well, I don’t know what we’ve got.” I laughed, looking around at all the friends and family milling about. The rest of our pack and most of Kennedy’s was surrounding the slip Slip ’N Slide, and a few of the firefighters had even joined them. Gil and several of the older guys were surrounding the grill, debating on how to cook meat. Apparently, there was a lot of detail that went into that.

“Chaos and family, that’s what we have.” Sunny sighed wistfully.

I couldn’t help but smile at her perfect description.

“Chaos and family,” I agreed.

As the sun was starting to set, Kennedy gratefully took her son back off Sunny, thanking her profusely.

My sweet omega insisted it was her pleasure.

It was my pleasure watching her hold the little one as well.

“Okay!” Sunny declared, standing up and stretching. “Are we going to slide?” she asked, looking at me, hands on her hips.

I grinned at her. “You want to slide?”

She cocked her head to the side. “It would be a shame to miss out. I can feel Rune’s glee through the bond.”

I narrowed my eyes at her. “What are you wearing under that dress?”

She smirked. “A bikini.”

“In that case!” I jumped to my feet, scooping her up into my arms, her beautiful giggles spurring me on as I ran as fast as I could to the splash zone.

Sadly, she didn’t take her dress off, but she got plenty wet as I dragged us both down the slide while our pack mates cheered. Sunny almost strangled me with how tight she was holding on to my neck, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

The cool late afternoon air whipped by us as we slid, the soap and running hose making us glide down the slide shockingly fast.

It was only a few seconds, but it was an amazing rush.

“Holy fuck, that was fun!” she shouted as we got to the bottom, looking around and grinning at Rune, who was standing to the side, dripping wet himself, with a soggy but very happy toddler in his arms. Luka couldn’t stop giggling, waving his fists around or touching Rune’s facial hair.

“Again?” I asked, cocking an eyebrow.

Sunny beamed at me. Her dress was soaked, and the ends of her hair were dripping. She was a beautiful mess.

My beautiful mess.

She nodded enthusiastically.

Chapter 40

Rune

It was late when our friends finally left and we all collapsed onto the lawn furniture to catch our breaths. We were all exhausted, but happy.

Watching Sunny interacting with all our friends, our bond marks on her neck proudly on display, had made me feel a whole host of things.

Joy. Excitement. Anticipation.

Contentment.

“I had no idea we knew so many people,” Blaze grumbled as he finished the last of his beer.

Luka was upstairs in bed. After missing a nap from all the fun on the Slip ’N Slide, he was exhausted and didn’t complain at all when Sunny laid him down to sleep in his new bed. He was conked out before his head even hit the pillow.

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