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I flip to the next page to find a letter.
To our mate,
Reid and I got into our first big fight last night, and it was over you. Can you believe it? I don’t even know who you are or what you’re doing right now, but I have to believe you’re out there.
I hope you are because if not, Reid is sleeping on the couch for no reason. Mostly, I hope it’s true because I feel this deep ache for a person I’ve never met. How can I miss you when I don’t know you? But I do.
We’ve been looking for a house. Reid thinks he found the one that should be our first. He wants this little bungalow on the other side of town. But I’m not looking for our first house. I’m looking for the right one, the one we keep.
He thinks I’m being a diva. Maybe I am. But why shouldn’t I be about something this big?
The one I want is a dream home that needs some serious repair. It’s a beautiful craftsman in the same neighborhood as one of my sisters.
Okay, so maybe it’s more about its potential than the way it is now, but I can see it, you know? What it will be. It’s gonna take some serious omega TLC and heavy lifting by Reid, but I think it’s worth it.
Besides, Reid can’t be off work as much as a firefighter is and not have something to do besides bug me in the studio.
A no-brainer, right? We have the skills. The time.
But it’s a pack home. And it’s just me and Reid going on five years.
Reid doesn’t like for me to know, but he’s afraid. He’s afraid he isn’t enough and afraid that I think I’m not enough. He’s afraid we’ll build it, and you’ll never come, and I’ll be heartbroken.
I fear those things too. But I’m trying to convince him that we should build it anyway, build it for you and the babies we’ll have. I think we should restore the house with love so it lives in the walls and when you arrive, you’ll know you’re home.
That sounds so sappy and stupid. I’m much more suave in person (I hope!). The point is, I’m dreaming of you, and I hope you won’t keep us waiting too long.
And when you get here, we can tell Reid I told you so.
It’s signed with little hearts in his loopy cursive and by the time I’m done, my tears have made new watermarks on an already tear-stained page. I laugh through it, thinking how very Finn that letter is.
In the bond, I feel Finn’s nervous anxiety, and I realize this must be the fight that started Reid’s Finnisms. My hand goes to my heart, and I take a moment to feel his words. The heartache and longing—I had them too. I’m so grateful for that extra dash of hope though. That was all Finn. He believed enough for the three of us.
I flip to the next page and see sketches for the house. Things that I recognize have their roots in the pages of this book. It’s a book of wishes filled with drawings and letters that will probably take me weeks to go through.
I want to memorize every part of this time capsule. I want to live in it and learn how to be the best mate for the two men who have given me so much.
Reid left a letter on the last page, but this one is dated weeks ago.It’s simple, like Reid is, but the words are strong.
Cammie,
You’re here, and you're more beautiful than I could have imagined. I hope you like the house. We rebuilt it for you.
The tears are uncontrollable, leaking from me faster than I can wipe them up.
Finn finds me first, but Reid is right behind. The two of them scoop me into a big hug.
“I’m mad at both of you,” I sob. “How am I ever going to fix my face?”
“If you think you’re not going to cry the whole ceremony, I’ve got a surprise for you. Payton made a video, and it’s a sob-fest,” Finn says. He’s so serious that I know it will wreck me, and for some reason, that makes me hysterical.
My laugh shakes all three of us. “I better get at least one pack photo before then.”
Reid skirts his nose along my neck before kissing my bond mark. It shoots a wave of desire through me that causes Reid’s alpha to answer with a rumbling growl.
“No!” I say on a laugh, shimmying from their hold and holding out my arms protectively. “I’m not going down to that ceremony with our families there smelling like sex!”
Reid mashes his lips together to hide a smile. “I would never dream of it.”
