Cullen's Hound
Epilogue: Wife, Mother, Teacher
*Swiss Alps: 20 Years Later*
BPOV
The cool mountain air was refreshing and my golden eyes take in the beauty all around me. Children of various ages were enjoying a welcome break from classes and training. Most of them waited excitedly for Marcus and Didyme to arrive because they agreed to take all the older students skiing while the rest were divided between shopping with Alice or going to the zoo with Gianna.
After leaving Volterra, Rosalie and I found a valley nestled up in the Swiss Alps. When Aro started to hunt our family, Marcus had used the Network to send all the children with Swan's Syndrome into hiding. I wanted find a place off the beaten path where they'd be safe until they learned to control whatever gifts they possessed. Rose had been disgusted when she heard that all of the parents had been glad when their kids were taken from them, so she was more than supportive.
At the time, there were a grand total of five others and three of those were toddlers and two just a couple of years younger than myself. Over the years, we learned that Aro had done three separate trials and each used a different concentration of diluted venom. Currently, there are thirty children between the ages of three-months to seventeen.
Rose and I were married a year after we started the Red Branch Academy in this valley. We lived in a chalet next to the large lodge that made up the school. Tonight was our anniversary and my eyes were one of my presents for my love. I'd recently mastered my power so that I wasn't borrowing snippets of other people's senses to create my own; my brain now processed information straight from my optic and auditory nerves. Esme had flown in by helicopter to watch the babies while my mate and I enjoyed a romantic evening. My wife joined me on the terrace and gasped when I turned around.
"Baby, your eyes. Your beautiful eyes," she said adoringly as she pulled my face to hers then kissed me.
"Surprise, love, this is your first present," I whispered.
She pulled back then opened the robe that I hadn't noticed she was wearing. The extremely naughty lingerie she wore underneath was just a hint of what she had planned. My sexy Goddess gave me a coy smile then led me back inside and into our bedroom.
The End.
AN: Thanks for reading and I hoped you enjoyed it. J.