Page 156 of The Warrior
Laura’s small laugh was the sound of pure joy, and she pulled me back in for a kiss that tasted salty.
“What is it, babe?”
Laura didn’t dry away her tears. “I’m just so happy.”
A smile grew on my face. My wife was crying with happiness, and I’d never felt like a bigger man.
We made slow love and when Laura came in my arms I felt like the richest man in the universe. I had a family now and my wife was as mad about me as I was about her.
“Maybe making love twice that close together will give us twins,” Laura joked when we lay naked together, her head on my chest and her fingers playing with my wedding band.
“That would be a bonus. What was it you wanted to name our child if it’s a daughter?” I asked.
“Aubri if it’s a girl, and you wanted Mason if it’s a boy, right?”
“Uh-huh. And what if we have more than two?”
“We’ll let Mila come up with a name. It’s her younger siblings after all.”
I turned my head and placed a kiss on Laura’s soft hair. “Thank you for adopting Mila with me.”
“I would adopt Mila any day. She’s the kindest girl in the world.”
“Yeah. She’s almost too kind and pacifistic,” I pondered out loud. “Good thing she has us as parents now. We’ll have to toughen her up a little.”
Laura lifted her hand and looked at me. “I don’t think we should try and change Mila. It would break my heart to see someone as pure and innocent as her grow cynical.”
I nodded. “All right. That’s true. But we’ll have to make sure she marries someone as fierce and strong as me. Someone who can protect her.”
Laura grinned. “That’s a given, Magni. With you as her father no young man is going to look at her unless he’s either stupid or very brave.”
“That’s what I’m hoping for, but we should still keep an eye on the boys at the school. Which reminds me, now with Shelly gone they need an assistant teacher to Kya. I hope you don’t mind, but I suggested that you could stand in until they find one.”
Laura looked stunned. “Does that mean you’re okay with me working for real?”
“Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“Yes.”
“Well.” I let my finger trail over her collarbone. “Kill me if I sound like a Motlander, but I’ve been thinking.”
“About what?”
“About how miserable we were when we tried to mold each other into what we thought we wanted. I wanted you to be an obedient and submissive wife, and you wanted me to be a Momsiman who worships you.
Laura laughed. “I never said that I wanted you to be a Momsiman.”
“The point is that I’ve changed my mind. I see the strength in you and I don’t want you to play small, Laura. I want Mila to have a role model in you. She should trust her own instinct and not follow some foolish boy onto a slippery roof.”
“I want that for her too, but you do understand that it means I might say no to you at times.”
“Youshouldsay no to me if I’m being unreasonable.”
“Youunreasonable!” She laughed. “Never.”
I tickled her. “Hey, I can still spank your ass if you’re being naughty.”
“Ooh, then I’ll think of ways to say no to you in naughty ways.
