SEALed Embrace (12 page)

The
alpha’s sons, what was left of them, gathered around. Henry’s two eldest sons
had been killed by Garren’s team, obviously having been in on the attempt on
her life. Sean looked heartbroken, yet resigned, almost as if he’d expected
this very outcome.

“You’ll
have to decide what to do about the pack,” Garren told Sean. “You may not be
the eldest, but I believe you were born to lead. You either claim this pack, or
you send them on their way and you start afresh. Either way, Isi won’t be here.
I have a chopper on standby. We’re out of here tonight.”

Sean
nodded. “Thank you. I hadn’t realized how bad my dad had gotten until tonight.
The thought that he could have caused Isi harm makes me sick.” He gave the
bodies of his two brothers a baleful glare. “And they were no better. They were
blood, and I’ll miss them, but even I can acknowledge that the world is a
better place without them.”

“Lead
the pack, Sean,” Isi said. “Bring in new wolves and start again. Make new laws,
teach tolerance. This is what you were born to do.”

He
gave her a smile and nodded. “Maybe I will.”

Garren
lifted Isi into his arms and began striding toward the waiting vehicles. He set
her down long enough to pull a pair of pants from the back of the vehicle and put
them on quickly. Once his team was secured in the Hummer, he pointed it toward
their temporary home.

Within
two hours, they were packed and loaded onto the chopper, headed toward
Galveston.

Epilogue

A
glorious month filled with nothing but sand and surf, and some of the most
incredible lovemaking Isi had ever experienced. All right, so lovemaking with
Garren was the
only
kind she’d ever
experienced, but something had changed between them. He was still her ever-watchful
mate, cautious when it came to her safety, but there was something different
about their intimate moments. He hadn’t said anything about his feelings, but
his kisses were sweeter, his touch gentler.

She
reclined in the chair, watching as her friends splashed in the Gulf waters. Lee
reclined not too far away, keeping an eye on them. And it might have just been
her imagination, but Isi would swear his eyes tended to linger on Grace. Could
the rough SEAL want her friend? Were they possibly mates? It was something to
think about.

A
shadow fell over her and she looked up at her sexy mate. She’d talked him into
letting his hair grow and it was already getting shaggy on top and growing out
on the sides. No more military cuts. She wanted to see her lion’s mane in all
its glory. If she had trouble keeping her hands off him now, she imagined it
would be even worse once she had something to sink her fingers into.

“Is
there something you want to tell me?” he asked softly, his eyes never straying
from the horizon.

She
bit her lip. “Not that I can think of. Is there something you
want
me to tell you?”

He
growled softly, his gaze dropping to hers. She shrieked when he tossed
something at her. Giving him an innocent look, she picked up the home pregnancy
test. “What makes you think it’s mine?”

He
pointed to his nose.

She
wasn’t sure if she should be grossed out or not. “Okay, so it’s mine.”

“It
has a plus sign on it.”

She
nodded.

“Were
you going to tell me you’re pregnant?”

Isi
couldn’t hold back her smile any longer. “I’d actually arranged for us to have
the house to ourselves tonight. I had an elaborate dinner planned with
candlelight and everything. I was going to tell you then. I wanted it to be
special.”

Garren
came around the side of her chair and knelt beside her, his palm settling over
her belly. “Isi, you’re carrying my cub. Nothing could be more special than
that.”

“You
know what this means, don’t you?”

His
brow furrowed.

“It
means we need our own home. I’m not raising my children in a house with three
other men underfoot.”

Garren
smiled. “I’m already ahead of you on that one. I’m tired of the smirks in the
morning after I’ve spent a night pleasuring you.”

“So?”
Isi tilted her head.

“We’re
going house hunting this afternoon. When I found that test I was on my way out
here to tell you to come in and change. We’re meeting with a realtor in half an
hour. She’s pulled four houses for us to look at today. And we’ll keep looking
until we find the right one.”

Garren
bent down and pressed a kiss to her exposed stomach. “Can you hear me in there?
This is your daddy. You’re going to be the most loved baby in the entire
world.” His gaze sought hers. “Much like your mommy is the most loved mate in
the world.”

Her
heart kicked in her chest. “You love me?”

“What
the hell do you think I’ve been telling you every night since we met?” His
eyebrows lifted.

“That
you like sex,” she muttered.

Garren
threw back his head and laughed before kissing her soundly. “You are too
precious. No, my luscious mate, mother of my child, I’ve been telling you the
only way I know how, just how much I love you. I’ve never been good with words,
Isi, so don’t expect them from me. But I will show you every day, for the rest
of our lives, just how much you mean to me.”

She
curled her hand around the back of his neck. “I can live with that.”

With
a smile, he leaned down and claimed her lips once more. As heat built in Isi,
settling low in her belly, she wondered just how long that realtor would wait.
Some things were more important than looking at houses. Right now, she wanted
to hear once more how much her mate loved her, and this time she’d be speaking
his language.

The
End

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