Epilogue
Three Years Later….
"Woof! Woof! Come on dad. Do it again. I wanna see the awesome moves that Papa Paul said you did when you saved Mama and me from the bad fire lady!" Jacob shot a look over at Paul who was currently sitting on the porch swing with a very pregnant August's feet in his lap. Holding up his hands in a mock surrender, August giggled as he looked at his Alpha with wide eyes. "What? Those moves were cool, okay? It's important for Kai to know about the battle. It's now part of the tribe's history." Jacob rolled his eyes and grinned as his little russet colored pup bounced up and down amongst the green grass. "Yeah dad! Pop Pop Sam said that one day I'll get to hear the tribal legends from Granddaddy Billy and I'll find a pretty girl like you all did with Mama!" The pack chuckled as Sam who was currently manning the grill while Skyler, Kai's little sister tugged on his pants. "Daddy will I find a wolfie like Kai Kai? I wanna find a wolfie too!" The little pigtailed 2 year old whined making everyone laugh. Sam sighed and flipped over another burger as he looked down at her with a hesitant look. "One day when you're thirty and very old you will find a wolfie like Kai Kai. And you are NEVER allowed to date, okay?" The little girl giggled and raced over to where Embry and Quil sat playing cards at the picnic table. Embry caught her as she launched herself into his arms giggling like a little mad lady. "Geez, Sky! You're too big. Can't you just be small again?" He cooed as he pulled gently on one of her pigtails. Quil got up and made his way over to where Paul was rubbing August's feet and pressed a sweet kiss to his mate's temple before giving her an adoring look. "It's my turn next, Augs. I'm really hoping for twins ya know." He murmured making her playfully scowl for a moment before grinning from ear to ear. "Twins huh? I don't know Q…That might be a lot to handle what with how many little ones we're all going to have running around here." Quil shook his head with a chuckle as he brushed a piece of her long black hair out of her violet eyes. "It won't be too much to handle, Tehya. You know you've got all of us to help you raise them. Besides, now that the Cullen's have gone off to live in New York with Bella; we don't have to worry about any more stress from them." August nodded as she and the boys exchanged a look. A few days before the battle with Victoria happened, Bella took off and ran away to New York where she decided to get an apartment and study fashion design. The Cullen's had decided to follow her and make the Big Apple their permanent home. Quite frankly, they were not missed and life on the La Push reservation had calmed considerably since the vampires had left. August was broken out of her thoughts as Sam's voice called out to everyone. "Lunch is ready! Come and get it guys!" Paul helped her sit up as her 5 month pregnant belly made it difficult for her to move on her own. After she had Kai, a year later she had gotten pregnant with Sam's pup, Skyler. Now she was pregnant once again with Paul's little pup who if the size of her belly was anything to go by; would be the size of its father making her slightly nervous for the delivery. The pack planned on having a lot of pups together and looked forward to having a large family running around the reservation. They had bought a house near First Beach where not so long ago they had found August laying amongst the debris in the hurricane that shook Washington State. As August waddled over to the table with Paul's help, she caught all of her husband's eyes and smiled as the memories of when they first met flashed before them. Once they were all seated at the table together, Jacob raised his glass of fruit punch and spoke in a playful tone. "Here's to our beautiful mate August, our children who are here already and to the pups that will come later, and for being together and living it up as much as possible! To the wolves!" Everyone clinked their glasses together as a murmur of here here's and yeah buddies echoed across the picnic table. Because as they had learned, life and love; was better when it was shared together.
