Page 117 of Knot Gonna Lie
“You are ours,” Seth swore as he kissed my hand.
“And we are yours,” Jaxom promised. “Forever.”
EPILOGUE
ELARA
Sitting on the edge of the pool, I watched Sylas and Tobias fight each other in the shallow end as Stella and Maia cheered on their partners. Xavier sat beside me, narrating the play-by-play of what was happening.
Every day with my clan was a new adventure, filled with excitement and love. I knew once our vacation was over, we would have to leave our villa and make deliveries for the company, but that didn’t mean I would allow it to ruin my time here.
“Omega,” Luca purred behind me. “What are these?”
“I thought you said you hadn’t bought anything else?” Jaxom asked, his voice filled with laughter. “You just love losing, don’t you?”
Swiftly, I stood and turned around, knowing exactly what had arrived.
Jaxom carried a metallic briefcase, grinning from ear to ear, as Luca stood beside him with his arms crossed.
“Oh, shut it.” I stuck my tongue out at Jaxom as I grabbed my order from his hands and carried it to the nearby table, where Seth was already sitting, reading his tablet.
“I need everyone to come here.”
“Why?” Tobias demanded from the pool as he struggled to keep his balance from Sylas’s jerking movements. “Can’t you see I’m winning?”
“Fine!” I yelled. “That means you don’t get any presents.”
Instantly, Maia and Stella abandoned their cheering and stood beside the table as Sylas flipped Tobias over his back and threw him into the deep end.
“I demand a redo!” Tobias shouted as he struggled to swim toward us. “I was distracted.”
“You are always distracted,” I muttered under my breath, making the others laugh around me.
Slowly, I undid the clasps on the suitcase and opened it.
Gasps sounded around me as they discovered what was within.
A complete set of clan rings glistened in the sunlight.
Each was the same design—two diamond Cs sharing the same backsides, like a curved white butterfly. One side ‘wing’ held a bright blue gem—the same shade as Luca’s eyes, and the other side had a color based on the relationships.
Emerald for Luca, Jaxom, Seth, and me.
A pale blue for Maia and Tobias.
A bright green for Stella and Sylas.
And an amber for Xavier.
I drew in a steady breath, my heart thudding as I reached for the bond that tethered me to my pack. Warmth stirred between us, pulsing with my emotions.“I love you.”The words weren’t only spoken—they rippled outward, threaded into the connections tying us together, so they felt what I couldn’t put fully into language.
My love, my gratitude, the sense that they were mine as much as I was theirs.
The answering thrum nearly knocked me from my feet—acceptance, devotion, pride, all rushing back through the bonds between us until my chest ached from the force of it.
I turned then, lifting my gaze to the others—our clan.
Maia, Tobias, Stella, Sylas, Xavier.
They weren’t bound to me by a claiming mark, but they were part of this family. Part of me.
“I love you, too,” I told them, my voice steady, certain. “All of you. Thank you for welcoming me into your clan. For making me yours.”
A hush fell over everyone, the kind of silence that hummed with weight.
Stella blinked too fast, Sylas’s jaw flexed, Maia touched Tobias’s hand without thinking. Xavier, usually unreadable, gave me the smallest nod—an acknowledgment that meant more than words.
Only then did I turn back to Luca. Lifting his ring, I slid it onto his finger as he watched me, stunned. I pressed a kiss to his lips, then brushed my mouth near his ear, my whisper meant for him alone.
“If I were you, I’d wear this ring to tell the universe you belong to the omega who made you risk everything just to be with her.”
