“Yours, it’s all yours,” she says with a little gasp as I finally sink my cock into her hot cunt.
“Good girl,” I growl and fuck her slow and hard against the wall until I get to finish inside her tight heat.
We collapse on the couch together, sweaty and satisfied. She’s mine now. Finally. Safe in my arms. My sweet beautiful mate.
EPILOGUE
PIPER
“There you are, Mercutio!” I praise the large orange cat as he emerges from one of the shelves that Ant has installed along the high ceilings of his apartment. I open a can of cat food. Mercutio yells at me a few times as he makes his way along the custom shelves and down to the little shelf where we feed him.
It’s only taken Ant a couple months to fill his home with every cat toy, scratching post, and pet bed that he could find on the internet. He’s spared no expense, making every single inch of his home cat-friendly. The cherry on the cake was a cat walk installed high in the ceiling, with bridges and carpeted shelves and cute places for him to hide. We’ve already started talking to Bailey about fostering some kittens. It’d be great for Mercutio to have some friends now that there’s so much room for them in his home.
Ourhome.
The final moving boxes in my car make it official. My lease isn’t quite up on my apartment. But after two months of keeping my stuff in two separate places, I finally pulled the cord and asked to move in. Ant, of course, agreed immediately.
I am a bit sad to leave an apartment I really loved, but I’m exchanging it for a mate I love even more. Ant didnotfit in that apartment. He could barely spread his wings in my bedroom, and wereallyneed space for him to spread his wings in the bedroom.
The bedroom is one of the few places that we haven’t cooled down.
Work is going well. It’s busy, without being too stressful. Teaming up with Cryptech has been a godsend for resources, we’ve doubled my employee roster, hiring three new people over the summer.
Things also gotsignificantlymore chill with Colin.
Ant told me everything that happened between the two of them at the duck pond. I’m only a little surprised that Colin dropped his lawsuit against me. He’s always been a bit of a chicken, so of course he ran the moment that he was truly threatened. He left town, yet again. This time to Chicago, or Los Angeles, or Atlanta, it could be the fucking moon, for all I care. He’s gone. Out of my life. Hopefully, I never have to see him again.
For his sake, I hope that Ant never sees him again either.
I’m grateful to Ant for all of that. I probably could have fixed it myself eventually, but it’s nice to occasionally let someone else take care of me for once.
“Is that the last of your stuff?” Ant asks as he walks into the house and drops his work bag at the front door.
“That’s the last of it!” I grin, taking him in. He’s wearing his work suit—a custom Brooks Brothers. It’s a deep violet. He looks so handsome, a proper businessman. He kicks off his shoes at the door, revealing socks covered in a Triforce pattern, showing that nerdy side I love so much, lurking beneath. “All of my boxes are here, and they are unpacked! You are living with me, for real. Regret it?” I tease.
“Never,” he says, but there’s hesitation in his eyes.
“Something wrong?” I ask. He’s been excited for me to move in for weeks now, there must be something else upsetting him.
“Nothing, it’s just—” He sighs, like the weight of the entire world is on his shoulders. “They found another abandoned Mothman egg. Alone, in an empty factory, a couple hours west of here.”
“Oh no!” I cross the room so I can wrap my arms tight around him. “I mean, I’m glad they found it. Is it okay? I can’t believe they are still being left to fend for themselves.”
“It’s okay. Safe.” Ant shakes his head sadly, “Some cryptids are still stuck in their ways. I’m sure it would have grown up safely all by itself.”
“Of course, but it will be better if it has someone taking care of it, right?”
“That’s the thing—” Ant stops talking in a way that makes me nervous.
“Does it not have anywhere to go?” I look around the apartment in a mild panic. “We have room here, don’t we? Do you think we could take care of it? We might need to build some privacy walls. Would you be alright with something like that?”
His shoulders sag with relief. “I am so glad you suggested it. I was nervous to ask.”
“You really want to?” I can’t help how excited that makes me. I bounce on my feet. “Adopt them?”
“It’s just one.”
“Well, that’s where we’ll start, obviously.”
