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I close my lips around the tip and stroke his shaft just as Kendric and Raylan unravel like beasts and drill deeper inside me.
My soul expands as I come again, as my men fill me almost in perfect unison. Kendric is first squeezing my breasts so hard that it hurts so good as he unloads everything. Raylan bites into my shoulder as he shoots his seed deep within me while I swallow Sky wholly and unequivocally, feeling his heat roll down my throat.
The silence that follows is perfect.
The past is but a memory, all of our troubles left behind. The future is yet to happen, but I know we will make the most of it. We belong together, and we’re going to do everything in our power to stay together. The present matters the most. The here and now.
“I’m pregnant,” I finally say when the silence weighs the heaviest upon me.
One by one, their heads pop up from the pillows and turn to look at me, their eyes worriedly searching my face. I can’t help but smile as I realize that they’re genuinely happy. Shocked, but happy. Surprised but excited.
“Are you sure?” Sky manages, his hand resting gently on my belly.
I nod once. “One hundred percent.”
“We’ll need a new strategy then,” he says.
“Of course we do,” Raylan calmly replies. “We’re going to be fathers.”
“Respectable members of society,” Kendric chuckles and leans in for a kiss.
I laugh and welcome their reactions, relieved to be faced with such joy, such warmth, so much love that it almost feels surreal. But it’s not a dream. It’s not a figment of my imagination. And the reality of this entire moment hits me so hard, so deep, that I can’t stop myself from crying.
“We’re going to be okay,” Sky whispers, taking over from Kendric.
“I know, baby, I know,” I tell him.
“Then why are you crying?”
“Because I’m happy.”
I am. Despite everything, I am happy. An hour ago, I was watching my father getting arrested by the FBI. An empire of terror and corruption crumbling after they almost killed me, after they almost destroyed everything. Now, I’m melting in the arms of my kidnappers, my men, my partners… and I’m going to have their baby.
The future is ours.
“I’m so happy,” I say again. “I’m finally at peace.”
“Good. Consider it your default state from now on,” Raylan says and plants a soft kiss on my lips.
We’ve got so much catching up to do, and the night is still young.
We’ve got all the time in the world, though.
All the time.
Epilogue I
Ariana
“Damn, Ariana, you look amazing! Considering you gave birth, what, forty-eight hours ago?” Shiloh exclaims as she and Spike burst through the front door of our house.
Our house.
I still can’t believe it. Two months after it was all over, after every Black Hand member was arrested, the Steel Knights were cleared of all charges. With their paperwork in order and their legal rights fully restored, Sky, Kendric, and Raylan went ahead and bought this lovely two-story house in the Rose District of Everton City. It’s a quiet, residential neighborhood with easy access to downtown and at least one park within walking distance, making it the perfect place to raise a family.
“Yeah, she was a warrior,” Kendric quips as he helps me out of the car.
I’ve got baby Dylan in his carrier, sound asleep with his tiny fists flanking his cute, little pink cheeks, swaddled in white cotton and barely aware of his own existence. My heart is overflowing with the kind of love that consumes and fills me with the purest light.
