Series: Unforgiven Country Series by Jenika Snow
Total pages in book: 13
Estimated words: 11952 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 60(@200wpm)___ 48(@250wpm)___ 40(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 11952 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 60(@200wpm)___ 48(@250wpm)___ 40(@300wpm)
I wrangle up the girls and bring them inside. Once they’re seated at the kitchen table with their lunch in front of them, I go out to the porch and call for Colt. He’s already making his way toward the cabin, and I can hear Adrian squealing when he sees me. I lift my hand and place it over my heart, feeling so much love in that moment I could cry.
I’ve become a huge sap, it seems.
I don’t even know if I can blame it on hormones anymore, because it feels like my happiness is just so profound, I’ll break down at any moment
“Hey, baby,” Colt says gruffly as I take Adrian from his arms.
“Hey, you.”
Colt leans in and gives me a deep kiss on the mouth, but its short-lived when Adrian pushes him away. Colt laughs and ruffles his hair.
“Jealous, buddy?”
I give our little boy a kiss on the cheek, and the three of us head inside. I hear the girls fighting over the handful of chips I gave each of them for lunch, and give Colt a look that silently asks him if he can deal with that. He leans in and gives me a quick kiss on the forehead but pulls back before Adrian can push him away again.
I can hear him talking to the girls, not scolding or disciplining, but talking with them so they understand they need to be better, behave more maturely for their age. I go into the kitchen once things have calmed down, put Adrian in the highchair, and give them his food. And then I make Colt and myself some lunch.
Once we’re all seated, I just take a minute to look at each piece of my heart.
Colt, my wolf shifter, my unexpected mate, the love of my life.
I look at the girls, the ones who made us completely whole for the first time, started off our family.
And then there is little Adrian, strong like his father, but quiet and observant like his grandfather.
I love each and every one of them more than I could ever explain or imagine, and every day I tell myself how lucky I am to have this life. Because things could’ve gone so differently if I hadn’t fought for what I wanted.
This right here, everything I hold dear.
My family.