Page 50 of Dark Flame

Juan was bitten big time. Kelly loved him as well, but they knew she needed to make her way through school in order for them to have a life together. Uri watched the young man every day, pining for his daughter, and he knew that one day they would be together, have a life, but today, they would just be friends.

Regan packed on the muscle, working out every day with the rest of the team. Before her very eyes, Ivy saw the young man she had fallen in love with change into a very different man that set her blood on fire in a variety of new ways. He was intelligent, handsome, kind, and, more than ever, sexy as hell.

Spook and Valentina were still working out their relationship, but there was no doubt the two were madly, deeply in love. For her part, she was able to calm Spook when the noise became too much. For his part, he gave her a love like the one she never knew existed.

Flip watched Nat walking toward him, and his stomach did that funny butterfly turn it always did when he saw the blonde waves swaying behind her. She was breathing heavy, but that was no surprise. She was carrying his child. A child that, by all accounts, was normal, healthy, and they hoped possessed no special abilities at all other than to wrap his or her parents around their fingers.

“Hi, baby,” she said, breathing heavy.

“Hi, honey,” he leaned forward and kissed her lips. “You look beautiful, Nat.”

“You always say that, Flip, but I’m as big as a house right now and feel like it.” She rubbed her big belly and smiled. Only a few more weeks and this little one would pop its head out and chat with everyone. “But I know in the end, it will all be worth it. You and me and this little guy or girl will be a family, along with our extended family.”

“We are indeed, love. We are indeed. One big, crazy, dysfunctional, mystical family.”

Taking her hand, they walked toward their cabin into the summer night, watching for fairy dust and the occasional elf.

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