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“Nothin’ they don’t enjoy,” Henrik chuckled, and then turned red. “I, uhh... I might’ve asked him about... uhh... bein’ with—”

“Do you think I haven’t lived vicariously through others, getting experience from people who were enjoying sex when I could not?” Violet asked as she opened the bottle, and took a deep drink. Amazing. Water tasted amazing. She was never going to forsake water again. “I mean... I didn’t expect you to wait for me, either. You know that, right?”

“Why would I be with anyone else when I knew you were out there, waitin’ on me?” Henrik asked as he pulled out a thermos. He twisted the top on it and took a deep breath before letting out a long sigh. “Coffee.”

“You know,” Violet said idly as she reached down to pick up one of the pastries. “I wouldn’t have been with anyone else, if I could have touched others. I figured I would just... make sure that was clear. You’re it for me, Henrik. No one else could ever compare.”

Henrik set down both the thermos and another jar that was in his hands, containing what she had no idea, and reached out to her, pulling her close. Violet pressed herself against him, allowing the blanket that was wrapped around her to fall to the floor, and wrapped her arms around his neck. He was staring into her eyes, not at all moving to kiss her, and she stared back, waiting to hear what it was he had to say.

“Never once did I ever think I wasn’t gonna find you, Little Witch,” he whispered, his voice low and warm in his chest. She liked that, liked the feeling of his heart beating, of the deep vibrations, and even just sensing the air moving in and out of his lungs. “Took longer than I expected, but I knew that we would be together one day. And I think I’ve proven it, time and again, that I was searchin’ for you. And I always knew we would one day have this. Just took us a little longer to get here than we ever expected.”

She knew this, knew all of this, but it was still nice to hear, nice to have him repeat it, because... at the lowest points in particular, she had doubted. She had doubted him. Doubted them. She had more than feared they would never be together and happy. She had believed it. Believed that they would never have their happily ever after.

“You had faith, even when I did not,” she whispered back, tears filling her eyes at the thought. “I never thought I would fix it, never thought I would figure it out. I didn’t mean to not have faith in you, and in us, but I never imagined—”

“You were facin’ a problem you couldn’t fix because you were bein’ lied to about how it all worked,” Henrik reminded her, and brushed his thumb under her eyes to gather the falling tears. “Soon as you had the full picture, and it sounds like there’s still a lot of mystery to it, you figured it all out. Figured everythin’ out. And now look at us. That was all you. Us standin’ here right now? That was all you.”

It was all her... sort of.

“And that walk,” she added on, shaking her head a little. “I’m going to be honest, I have no idea whyexactlyintuition was leading me out there, because we didn’t really find anything, but it definitely helped to clear my head.”

“Then that was the reason for it,” he insisted, moving his hands over her hips as he spoke. “Gave you a fresh space to think. To get away. I always feel better out in nature. It’s the wolf in me. And you got a little wolf in you too. So—”

Violet sucked in a gasp as she pulled away from Henrik, the words triggering something in her brain. Her hand went to her stomach, one hand cradling the side. A little wolf in her... like...

She knew he hadn’tmeantit like that, because seeing as how they were soulmates and their souls were two halves of a whole, shedidhave the nature of a wolf in her, but—

It was possible, wasn’t it? Particularly if she was ovulating? His cum was drying on the inside of her thighs, or at least trying to, since her thighs were rubbing it together creating a sticky mess she ached to wash off, but it was also inside of her, filling her. How long would it take before she knew? That was one of the things her mother had never been involved in, as the change in a wolf’s scent happened long before any test would be able to tell. It always seemed as though her mother was the last to know of any pregnancies, given how everyone else could scent it, butwhenwould it become obvious?

“Uhh, you’re not—”

Henrik was looking at her awkwardly, and she could tell he didn’t know how to explain anything to her, but that was okay. A sense of relief actually slammed into her, one she hadn’t expected, given that she didwantchildren with Henrik... and preferably soon.

If she had never left town, they would have spent their twenties producing a whole pack of children. By now, she would have a teenager to teach her craft, and they could even be preparing for their child’s first shift.

She didn’t want to wait any longer... and yet—

Maybe a little wait. A month or two. Maybe even waiting until summer?

She just... wanted to enjoy him. And not have to share him.

“I know,” she insisted, saving him from trying to find the words. “I just... Another thing I never thought would happen. The possibility of having children with you. I can’t wait to see the beautiful children we’ll have.”

“We’ll have as many as you want,” he promised, and moved closer to brush his lips against hers. “But first, I’m gonna enjoy havin’ you all to myself, every single night.”

“I wouldn’t mind that at all,” Violet answered as she went onto her tiptoes to seal the kiss.

In only a few seconds, Henrik had her lifted up off the floor and sitting on the counter, the bag of supplies tossed on the floor. Violet’s legs spread to allow him entry, and he stepped between them before tugging her closer to the edge, so her ass was only just barely sitting on the cold surface.

“You smell like me,” Henrik murmured against her lips before moving his mouth to her throat and sucking on it. He hummed against her throat, licked where she could feel her pulse, then kissed across her collarbone. “Smell like me and sex and like you want me again, and I’m gonna build onto this house and make it our own and I’m gonna get us the biggest bed known to man and—”

“That was a change of thought,” Violet pointed out with a laugh as her head fell backwards.

“Gonna add onto this house so we can raise our family in it. So that bathtub upstairs can hold a whole pack of little wolves. And I’m gonna put the strongest lock on our bedroom door so I can fuck you against it.”

“You can fuck me right now,” Violet moaned as Henrik’s hand moved into her hair, grasping the back of her head with his large hand. He tugged slightly, forcing her to lean backwards, and she moaned as his mouth moved lower, to the top of her breast, and then to her nipple. He lapped at the tip, then sucked it into his mouth, his tongue swirling around her areola. The other received his free hand with her nipple pinched between forefinger and thumb. He tugged on it slightly, teasingly, and she moaned at the twin sensations, amazed at how the simple actions had her already on edge.

“I’m gonna do a lot more than fuck you,” Henrik whispered into her ear before licking the lobe. That, too, had her clenching around...nothing. She was empty, and that needed to change soon. “I’m gonna make you scream so loud the whole pack hears. Gonna fill you up again, so full that more drips out. Gonna take this salve and rub it into your thighs, and when you can’t take any more of me, I’m gonna take those handcuffs and—”

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