The Royal Mate (Space Wars) (11 page)

Epilogue

Twenty-two years later...

Morgan looked at Lennox and laughed. “Holy crap, Len, you and I both know that he’s good for me and he loves me. We are soul bonded already, so you need to get off your high horse and be happy for me. You two have been friends for all of your lives, well, since his parents came on board Daddy’s cruiser. He loves me and you know it. Now, please don’t give him a hassle, not today?” Her hands smoothed down her white dress and she smiled once more. “I love him. I love you, too, Len, but please don’t take this from me?”

Grumbling, her brother finally blew out a breath. “Fine, I will not hassle him today. But only because you asked it of me, little sister. For the record, he will never be good enough for you. No one ever could be. You are one of a kind, a true gem among the rocks.” He brushed his fingers down her cheek and smiled for her, the crooked one that was the real one. “You’re beautiful, Morgan. Dad is going to, how does Aunt Sam put it,
flip his wig
when he gets a look at you.”

“He’s waiting outside the door for me. Thank you, for being here for me and helping me out.” That was her brother for her; he was always there for her. He was there to help her get dressed and she was thankful for that because she needed her brother today when she was so nervous. “The only thing that I hate is that I’m going to have to be on a ship where Mom and Dad aren’t. I’ve gotten so used to having them around.” She sighed, then added, “Although, you will be there, so there is that.”

“You’ll still see them. You know they would never completely abandon you.” He adjusted a chunk of her hair, then stepped back slightly. “I will be there, Morgan. It will be good to have you underfoot once more. Although I doubt I’ll get away with shoving you in a closet when you annoy me these days.” When she smacked his arm, he chuckled. Catching her hand, he lifted it to kiss her fingers. “Deep breath before I let Mother and Father in. And try not to burst into tears when Mother does.”

“You and I both know that won’t help,” Morgan said with a smile. “Now, let’s go and get me married, shall we? I’m glad that Uncle Markus agreed to be the one to wed us.” Although her soon-to-be husband was more than a little freaked out that the king of their worlds was going to perform the ceremony. It was actually amusing, truth be told.

“Like he could have resisted the request. If it had been anyone but you asking he might have found a way to wiggle out from the obligation, but you and I both know he has never been able to resist your charms. Few they might be, and they are rather limited.” He laughed and leapt away from her before heading to the door. “Behave yourself, sister.” Opening the door, he waved their parents in. Right on cue, their mother looked her way and burst into tears. Over her shoulder, Morgan could see Lennox rolling his eyes.

That rolling of the eyes was all that it took for Morgan to start to giggle. She hugged her mother, then her father. It was exactly where they wanted to be and what they wanted to do.

****

It was the wedding of one of the first children of their innermost circle. Paisley watched as the young woman and her father did the daughter-father dance and smiled. Fintan had been beside himself when the woman told him that she had a soul-bonded mate and that she wanted to marry him. Paisley looked to Markus and smiled, laying her hand on his and giving it a squeeze. “You did great today, honey.” Time had been good to them, but they’d also had their issues more than once. They had to fight against people from time to time, but now they had peace. They had full peace. There was no Imarian and there was no Craegin. They were now one people.

“Are you okay, Markus?” she asked softly. She then looked at their children and smiled. Their children were quite a bit younger than Morgan and Lennox but they were having a blast at the party of a lifetime.

“Absolutely,” he assured her. Dragging her chair in closer to his, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. “I didn’t think we would live to see this day, but here we are. Our worlds are working in harmony together. Everyone has adjusted to the new way of peace, and we are celebrating the marriage of the cutest little girl I have ever known next to my own sweet child. We did good, Paisley.”

“It was meant to be, all of it. We were meant to be,” she told him quietly. “As for our children, they are far too young to even think about marriage.” They had waited a while before trying to have a child. Then they had issues getting pregnant after that, the first time. “It’s nice to know peace, isn’t it? To know that our children and our children’s children won’t ever know what it is to see their friends and family cut down by war.”

“That it is, little one. They deserve to never know the pain, but they will learn what came before so that they never repeat the mistakes of the past. I won’t allow all the hard work everyone did to be torn down by ignorance. We gave up a lot to get here, everyone did, and to lose it would be horrific.” Squeezing her closer to kiss her, he lifted his head when his name was bellowed. “Oh, have to go dance with the bride. Keep my seat warm, little queen.” Grinning, he gave her another kiss before hopping up and dashing off to take Morgan’s hand from Fintan. A few words were exchanged that had Morgan laughing and Fintan looking like he couldn’t quite decide what response to give.

Paisley watched Markus dance with Morgan. She leaned back and smiled. She rubbed her hand over her belly and spoke to the child within. “You will know peace and love. Life is good and so much better than it once was.” Paisley started to think about all that they’d had to overcome, the effort it had taken to bring all of the rebels against the crown to justice, but they had finally done it and now that they had, life was good for them. “You will only know love,” she told the child and looked at the friends and family that filled the room. She was happy. It had taken some time, but they had finally gotten to where they needed to be.

The End

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