Jezebel's Lion(42)

“I’ve demanded a lot from you when you do so much saving us all from the creatures,” she whispered.

“You deserve everything you asked for and more, Jezebel. I should have wooed you. Not mated you and expect you to fall in line with everything. Learning shifters exist is a lot to take in, but to learn the way you did was even worse. You got bombarded with everything.” He cupped her face. “I love you, Jezebel Pride. I will make sure your life is perfect, how it deserves to be.”

Jezebel moved to straddle his lap. Her fingers came up, and she stroked his cheek. “You silly lion. Things won’t always be perfect, but as long as we can work through it, we’ll be okay.”

He grinned as her voice turned sultry and her fingers trailed down his body. “Oh? And how do we work through things?” His body was growing hard, and he was eager for his mate.

She smiled coyly. “I’ve got a few ideas you may just be amenable to…”

He leaned down and brushed his lips over hers. “Do tell, sweetheart.”

“Tell you what,” she said, easing from him and standing before him. “If you can reach me before I make it to the bedroom, I may just share my ideas.”

They both knew she didn’t stand a chance of beating him, but that wasn’t the point. He laughed as she ran towards their bedroom flinging her clothes to the ground as she wiggled and jumped out of them in her awkward run. Smiling, he stood and went after his mate eager to work through a lot of things.





Epilogue



Brandon sat across from Jezebel’s father. They were in a staring match. Brandon knew he was going to have to let the man win. Sighing he turned his head away. “I’ve come here today to ask you an important question.” Brandon looked back up and caught his gaze. “I would like the honor of marrying your daughter.”

“Why? She already lives with you, and from what you told us about you shifters she is already more than what marriage is to you.”

“Yes, she means more than anything to me. The mate bond is stronger and more powerful than any human marriage. But I want to make your daughter happy. She wants a human wedding, with you walking her down the aisle and a white dress. I will do anything for her to make her happy.”

Jezebel’s father nodded. “What about her schooling?”

“What about it? She will finish and go to college. She was going to the local one, and I won’t stop her. Anything she wants, I want to give it to her.”

“You’re going to spoil her, aren’t you?”

Brandon didn’t even hesitate to answer. “Yes.”

“Good. My baby girl deserves to be spoiled. I look forward to seeing her in her white dress.”

Brandon smiled and stood. He had a lot to do to get ready for what he had prepared.

****

The park was filled to the brim as everyone waited for the countdown to the New Year to begin. All her family and friends were around laughing and talking.

It had been a crazy couple of weeks. She’d moved in with Brandon, and she loved it. She fell more in love with him every day. Jess’s whole life had changed, and she knew without a doubt it was for the better. After everything that happened with Travis, Jess cut him out of her life. She didn’t need people like him. She saw Zeck very rarely, but even he didn’t have anything to do with Travis. Jess’s life now was with Brandon. She had been spending more time hanging out with Britney, Sasha, and Mac. A couple of their friends came over and joined their little group, and Jess now had some great friends. She’d started college next year and was really looking forward to it. Her life was better than anything she could have imagined.

“Quick, hide me.” Jess smiled as Britney ducked down low.

“Who are you hiding from?” Jess knew, but she loved niggling at Britney.

Jess bit her lip as Britney glared up at her. “You know who. I turn eighteen in a couple of minutes, and the bossy dog hasn’t left my side.” She sighed. “I’ve tried begging him to give me more time, but he says he waited too long. That if he doesn’t claim me soon the next time Mac come home with my scent on him he’d kill him. I still don’t think he’s even my mate. Surely I’m not that unlucky. I mean, Carter is an overbearing, way too good looking for his own good, Alpha Jerk. I have way too much of that around me as it is.”

Jess giggled. She knew Carter wouldn’t appreciate Britney calling him a dog or thinking fate was being a bitch giving her Carter as a mate. “Have you rolled up a newspaper and whacked him on the nose and told him, no, to leave you alone?”

“Ha-ha, very funny. Laugh it up. I came over here for some sympathy, and what do I get?” Britney shook her head and squealed as Carter grabbed her by the waist and dragged her to the other wolves.