Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 71774 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 359(@200wpm)___ 287(@250wpm)___ 239(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71774 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 359(@200wpm)___ 287(@250wpm)___ 239(@300wpm)
His lips kiss my neck right below my earlobe, and my body trembles. Turning in his arms, I tell him I love him too.
He finishes undressing and we step into the shower. The hot spray feels good on my muscles, and I groan as Klaus slides his soapy hands down my body. “Relax, I’m going to take care of you.”
And he does just that.
Epilogue
Klaus
The Next Day
“Let’s go, sleepyhead.” I know she’s sore, but since the day she came back into my life, there’s something I’ve wanted to do with her and I’m not putting it off.
She groans, rolling onto her back. She’s naked, her curvy body completely bare for me to look at.
“Where are you going?” she mumbles to me.
I laugh. She’s definitely not a morning person. “You mean where are we going? Get up.”
I grab her arms and pull her until she’s sitting up. I sit down on the bed beside her and she tries to cover her bare belly. I pull her hands, lacing our fingers together and pull them away from her body. “Uh, uh, none of that. I like every one of your curves.”
I finally get a smile from her and I can’t resist leaning in to kiss her.
When she finally seems awake, I force myself to stand up. “C’mon, let’s go.”
She slides her legs off the bed and stands up, stretching her arms over her head, yawning.
She goes to the restroom and comes out looking refreshed. “Okay, where are we going?” she asks as she starts pulling on clothes.
I stop her. “Nope. No clothes.”
She looks at me questioningly, and I can’t hold back the excitement on my face.
“I want to run with you,” I tell her, hoping she doesn’t think it’s corny. But since she’s been here, I’ve dreamt of running with her, free across New Law territory. We are already connected, we proved that last night. But I want to experience this more than anything. I want to see her run, especially this first time, knowing she’s free from her past.
She smiles widely and without saying a thing, I can see from the look in her eyes she knows what this means to me. She reaches out, holding her palm up to me. “Let’s go.”
I grab on to it, squeezing it before pulling her outside and taking her for the run of our lives.
Epilogue 2
Ray
I hear the pounding before I see it. I’m on New Law territory so I know that I’m basically safe, but I still stand behind the trees. Only seconds go by and I see Klaus’ bear and Mona’s wolf running past me. They don’t notice me or if they did, they don’t act like it.
Once they’re past me, I keep trekking up the side of the mountain. I may be the secretary of the club, but I still do these expeditions sometimes. When there are things that need to be checked on and it gives me days away out in the wilderness, I volunteer.
And right now, I need this more than ever. There’s a shifting going on at New Law. The crew is questioning our leader, there are women joining as my brothers settle down. It’s a new day for New Law and it’s brought me a lot to think about. I can’t help but look at my brothers and wonder when I’ll meet the one, my mate. I’m getting older and the chances of that happening are getting slim.
Shaking the thoughts from my head, I take off my pack and pull out my jacket. The farther up the mountain I get, the colder it gets. It was brought to the attention of the club that there is a missing hiker. She’s been missing for a few days and my first instinct is she’s already dead. However, the area she is reported to be lost in is an area where the New Law have deposited the remains of some of the Eaters that we’ve done away with over the years.
I’m traveling up the mountain to make sure the graveyard isn’t going to be disturbed.
The farther I go, the more sure I am that she hasn’t survived. With the wild animals, the climate, unless she’s a seasoned hiker, or really skilled in survival, I don’t see how she will be found alive.
As I get close to the gravesite, I can see that she’s been on the trail. I track her movements and see from the dead carcass of an animal that she most likely had a close call on the way. At the opening to the graveyard, I look around. In the distance, I see a bright blue material beaming out at me. I walk over to it slowly, knowing for sure that I’m going to find her.
I unzip the tent. “Anybody in there?” I call out.
Peaking inside, I see her still body lying there, huddled in a bundle. I walk on my knees inside the small tent and stop beside her. With my hands on her neck, I can feel a faint pulse. She’s alive, but barely.