Hello everyone... I'm back. You all knew this was coming. This is... The final chapter to "Secretless"... But do not fret! For I have a surprise for you at the end... I apologize for talking SOOO painfully long to update, but... I honestly just didn't want this to end. It hurts me to say this is the end of "Secretless", but I will fight through it for you. So, without further ado... And as I always say... READ ON!
Chapter: 33
She didn't say a word... I saw her jaw drop, and heard a gasp. She was speechless... I smiled. Believe me, I responded the same way. You wouldn't believe what was in this room... Beautiful geodes, spread all over the cave... Geodes, if you didn't know, are stones with crystals inside of them. All of them were amethysts... An amazing purple that might have matched Lilly's eyes. Amethysts must be the most common type of gem, considering there was so many of them in one place...
"C-Cole I... This is... How did you...?" She studdered out, trying to speak.
"It's yours..." I said, interrupting her.
She looked over at me, completely shocked.
"W-What...?" She asked.
"Happy Birthday Tori..." I said with a smile, making her eyes tear up again.
"T-This... This is m-mine...? She asked.
"All yours my Love..." I said to her, cupping her cheek in my paw, and kissing the tip of her nose.
Her lower lip started to quiver, and tears started to stream down her face, making me wipe them away. She was trying so hard not to cry... I decided it was time for her last present...
"C-Cole... I-I..." She started, but was silenced by my finger.
"Shhh... Not yet. You have one more gift. If you would consider it that..." I said, kneeling down before her.
"Tori..." I started...
"C-Cole... W-What are you d-doing...?" She asked, making me smile again, and take a deep breath.
"Tori, I would give up anything and everything, even my own life, just to walk by your side even after the trees of this world fade away and make you happy... From the moment I laid my eyes on you Tori, I could feel my heart being stolen right out of my chest... You had me from the start. You didn't even have to try, because you're just that perfect... I didn't think we would ever fall this far in love and... Tori... Would you marry me...?"
She stopped... But only for a brief second. Then she broke down, crying like a pup... But I caught her.
"Y-Yes Cole! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! For the love of all that is living yes!" She said, absolutely lost in her happiness.
I hugged her tight, feeling tears prick at my eyes, causing me close them and smile.
"You have no idea how happy you've made me by saying that My Love..." I said, feeling one tear escape.
She kept crying, but I knew she heard me. Everything I said in my small speech was true, every last word. I never wanted to leave her side, and I believed my purpose in life was to love, protect, and respect her like the Goddess of Beauty she is!... And now I could, because she said yes. We stayed like that for the longest time. Just her in my arms, me rubbing her back while she cried against me... It was almost perfect... But it was missing something... But I dare not speak of it now.
After about an hour of cuddling in the cave, we decided it would be best to leave the cave before someone realized we were gone for this long... The first thing others would think is why we were gone for so long, in a cave alone... I'm pretty sure you can imagine what their first guess would be... Once we got back to the pack, we didn't have anything to worry about. Not one strange look from anyone, not that I was really expecting any. A happy birthday for Tori here and there, but other than that, nothing really. The rest of the day was slow... Not that it was a bad thing. I got to spend what seemed like years with Tori in just a few hours... Even though the day was coming to an end, and the sun was setting in the sky, we still had one thing left to do, and that was to make arrangements for the wedding that was destined to be. Eve could help us I suppose... It's not like I've been married before. I've never even dated before Tori!
"Are we going back to your den?" Tori asked me, nuzzling my shoulder as we walked.
"OUR den Lover... It's your den now too..." I said with a smile, making her smile as well, and roll her eyes.
"Okay, are we going back to OUR den then?" She asked me again, making sure I heard the 'OUR' in her question.
"There you go... And nope, not yet. We still have one more thing left to do." I said.
She groan, the smiling still on her face, making me chuckle a little. She was obviously tired, and wanted to go home, and I honestly did too... But I wanted to be married to the one I love more, so I think it's worth a little relaxing time.
"You can go home if you'd like, I'm just going to go see Eve about the wedding."
"Oh! No no, I'll go with you! I forgot we still had to arrange one... I feel like we're already married..." She said, putting her paw over mine.
I looked down at our paws, seeing they were connected, and smiled. I was in a love filled bliss, and it was all thanks to that special shewolf that was now standing next to me. Her paw was smaller than mine... Small enough that I could almost make her whole paw disappear if I were to hold it... I thought it was cute.
"Cole? Helloooo? Anyone there?" She waved her other paw in front of my face.
I shook my head, breaking train of thought.
"You were staring down for a while... You okay?" She asked me.
I must have been staring at our paws longer than I'd imagined... I cupped her cheek in my paw.
"I'm great..." I said, lifting her paw, and kissing it.
She blushed and giggled, covering her mouth with her paw while she did.
"Such a fancy wolf you are..." She said, smiling cutely.
"Only for my Goddess of Beauty..." I said, bowing before her, smiling again, making her blush even harder.
I chuckled a little, and stood back up, giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Ha! Stole one..." I said, grinning at her.
Her mouth was open slightly, though the shape of her smile was still there... Then she smiling at me, almost evilly.
"Such a bad boy..." She said, giggling a little at the end.
"You like bad boys?" I questioned her, smirking a little, getting close up to her, looking down at her, and having her look up at me.
"I don't know..." She started, before flipping me over and standing over top of me.
"Do you like bad girls?" She asked me, touching noses with me.
I couldn't help but chuckle. She was strong for a female... Especially if she could flip ME over like that without getting crushed. But she was an Alpha, so it was believable.
"Clever..." I started, rolling over so I was on top now.
"I suppose as long as that bad girl is you." I said, winking at her.
She smiled and rolled her eyes at me pushing me off of her gently.
"Okay, we really need to stop now, before we end up sleeping here. Let's go make the arrangements before it gets dark, okay? I want to spend some quality time with you before we go to sleep..." Said Tori, nuzzling me to get up.
I sighed, knowing she was right, and stood up.
"Okay... We'll have to continue this later then." I said, smiling.
"Definately."
We quickly ran to Winston and Eve's den. Eve was sitting outside, turning to go inside. We called out to her, just before she did.
"Eve, wait!" We said simultaneously.
Of course she stopped and looked in our direction, smiling when she saw us.
"Tori, Cole! How nice it is to see you two."
"It's a pleasure to see you too Ma'am." Tori said with a smile.
"Ma'am, may we ask you a question?" I asked her.
"Why of course. What is it you wanted to know?" She asked, her warm smile still on her face.
"Well... How would a couple go about getting married? Who would they go to? You know, to set up the wedding?" I asked her, drawing a small circle in the dirt below me with my claw.
"Well that's simple! You would go to the Alpha female of the pack. Which, in this pack's case, would be me." She informed, making both of us smile.
"Wonderful..." Said Tori, wrapping our tails together.
"Yes... May we ask you one more question Ma'am?" I asked, smiling like a fool.
She must have seen noticed our tails or something, because when I asked her that, she responded in a way that shocked us both quite a bit.
"You know... I remember when Winston and I went to our pack's old Alpha female, asking to be wed... Of course, the old Alpha female was my mother, so she started choking him." She giggled a little, looking inside their den at Winston.
"I of course pulled her off of him. But I never understood why my mother was so protective of me when I was younger and still under her care... But now that I have Kate and Lilly, I understand completely. It's so scary to think that you're letting your daughter go marry some boy. Not only because you can't protect them as well as you used to, but because you start to feel... old. But old or not, I would tear off that boy's tail if he hurt my daughter in any way... Just like my mother said she would do for me if Winston hurt me. So..." Still not finished, she looked at Tori.
"Tori... You may not be my daughter, but I will treat you as if you were my own. So if Cole hurts you in any way, tell me. I'll make sure he never hurts you again." She said, smiling.
"I highly doubt I'll ever have to do that... But I'll keep that in mind. Thank you Ma'am." Tori said, a little shocked, but keeping her smile.
As creepy and gruesome Eve was getting, I couldn't help but smile. It's good to know Eve was like a second mother to Tori. Eve then turned to look at me.
"Cole... You're like the son I never had... You are the only boy in this whole pack besides Winston that will come and talk to me in your spare time. I think that's very sweet of you, and for that, I thank you."
"I enjoy our little chats as well Ma'am. I'm honored to be thought of as your son." I replied, bowing a little, showing her respect, smiling.
Never in... A forever amount of years would I have expected Eve to think of me as her son. I loved the feeling... It made me feel special.
Her little speech had really touched me...
"Now... You two wish to be married... Am I correct?" She asked us, making us both nod.
"Since there is no future weddings planned, you can have your wedding whenever you please. Just tell me when, and I'll inform the pack." She said.
"Well..." I started, looking at Tori.
She smiled at me, kissing my lips.
"Whenever you feel ready Love..." She said, nuzzling my cheek.
I smiled back at her, and turned to face Eve.
"We'd like to be married by next week." I said, holding Tori in a hug.
"Next week it is then... I'll inform the pack of your special day as soon as possible." She replied, nodding at us.
I couldn't help myself... My eyes started to tear up a little, and I hugged her tighter, kissing her forhead.
"We're getting married..." I said.
"I know..." She replied, looking up at me, tears streaming down her cheeks.
We were about to kiss, but Eve spoke up.
"Not to ruin the moment or anything, but it's getting dark... You two should get home before you're running back in the dark." She said, looking at the sun, which was now half covered by the mountains.
"Yes Ma'am. Thank you so much for this..." I said, bowing again.
"Please... Call me Eve. It was my pleasure..." She said, smiling again.
I smiled and nodded at her, before running back to Tori and I's den. We ran all the way there, smiling and laughing the whole way. So very few moments could compare to what I was feeling, so I wanted to make the best of it. When we arrived at the den I was tackled to the ground. I was on my back, and the wolf that I was going to be spending the rest of my life with was on top of me. She had tears in her eyes again, making my eyes water up as well. She kissed me, and I kissed her back... I don't think we'd ever kissed with this much passion before... We stayed like that for nearly ten minutes. Lips locked, laying on the den floor, savoring every second of this moment that we could... Eventually, we both sat up, and walked to our den entrance, looking out beyond the horizon... We held each other close. Tori's head on my shoulder, my head on hers... The sun seemed to hang onto the mountains just barely, painting the sky a beautiful orange and gold... This would be a moment I would remember even when I'm old and... well, greyer. Every cloud has a silver lining... I now understood what that meant. It means that you should never feel hopeless... Because difficult times always lead to better days. I felt like me marrying Tori was hopeless dream... And even though we had to go through so much hell to make it happen... We succeeded. These are our better days... Together... As a family. No more secrets to hide... No more being separated. We were all together now... And nothing was going to change that.
I just wanted to say thank you all for being so supportive of this story! Without you guys, I could have never made it through this! Now for your surprise... Because this story did so well, and that I've had so much fun making it... I promise to make a sequel to "Secretless"! But before I do, I must take a break... My head quite overloaded, putting it lightly. But on another note, how did I do? Good? Bad? Say it with me... WOLFY?! You decide by telling me in a review how I did! :D Again, thank you all so much for your support towards this story, and as I always say... Three... Two... One...! UNTIL NEXT TIME MY FRIENDS! :'D :'D :'D :'D