Epilogue
Lincoln rubbed his thumb over my hand and I sighed contentedly, leaning back against the rocking chair. We were back at the cabin in the woods, and though it was the place where I learned that we were both to die at the hands of Lilith, it was also the place where Lincoln and I first joined our souls together, ending the torment of being apart, yet so close.
I smiled as I recalled the memory with fondness. We had just moved into the cabin about a month ago, but it already felt like home. Of course, I was home whenever I was with him.
"Hey Linc?"
He looked over at me with those gorgeous green eyes, the ones that were filled with nothing but love, and which were now inquiring.
I was definitely nervous, but this was something I had wanted to say for a few days now. I swallowed. This was something we had been planning for a while now. It was now or never.
"Not that I don't already know the answer, but — how would you feel about an addition to our family?"
Shock registered on his face first, followed immediately by happiness that overflowed through our bond.
"Vi, I — that's —" I smiled as he stumbled over his words, unable to contain my joy any longer.
I leaned over and kissed him — softly at first — just under his lips, when he pulled me onto his lap and kissed me fervently, combing his hands through my hair.
After a minute he broke away and said "You're going to be a wonderful mother, Vi."
I smiled, still unsure, and looked away. For the first seventeen years of my life, I had no one to call "mom". Even though my mother had come back all those years later, I didn't exactly have the most knowledge about the matter. How would I know what to do? What to say?
Sensing my doubts, he sent a surge of love through our bond and cocooned me in the safety it provided, effectively erasing any worries I might have had. "You never cease to amaze me," he said, green eyes sparkling with pride.
I leaned my head against his chest as he traced his fingers across my back. I felt my eyelids grow heavy as the moonlight shone down on us. "I couldn't dream of a better father…" I breathed as I drifted into contentment.