Epilogue

Malakai's Point of View

Three Years Later

When I got home from being kidnapped as a child, I knew I would never be able to have children. They had stolen that privilege from me. Snatched it away like thieves in the night.

For many years I tried to make peace with it. Work through it.

It always stung.

Until I met my wife. Until I married her alongside two other men I now called my brothers.

Finally, I was able to fit into my own skin. Accept that I might not have biological children of my own but I will have children.

The first one took three years to make but it was well worth it.

Seeing Kamari with her little belly around the house was always the highlight of my day. It made my world brighter. Shinier. I adored it.

Every last drop was wonderful.

All four of us lived happily within Jagged Rock. I managed my pack remotely, giving my father some control from time to time. Zayan did the same thing, only his father held almost no control and the old man was pissy about it.

Nolan was offi