Epilogue

Ricko's POV

~Five Years Later~

I am now happily married to Tamaki. We already have one child, and I am pregnant again with another after just three years of Tamaki begging and crying for another.

Our first child has my silver hair and Tamaki's violet eyes. Her name is Masumi, which means true purity, increasing beauty. Tamaki was the happiest man alive when she was born. When he got to hold her, he literally starting sobbing in joy while clutching her to his chest.

Since that day, she has been his baby girl. She is three now, and I'm pretty sure she won't be dating anyone until she is thirty.

I know I will eventually have to tell her why I wake up some mornings screaming from nightmares of my past confined in the room in the Sohma house. I scared both Tamaki and Maumi, later, to death when they found out that I do this almost every morning.

And on the third of July, the day my parents committed suicide, I will not leave my room and refuse to see anyone until the next morning.

I will also have to tell our son when he is able to understand as well.

But somehow I know that this will all work. I can be, and I am, happy with Tamaki and our children. I love all of them with all of my heart.

I can make it through this life happily, unlike my own parents who had set a terrible example for me as parents, and as people.

The members of my family are all recovering as well from Akito's reign of terror. He mostly occupies his time now by himself in his room, and occasionally Tohru will visit him to see how he is doing. I couldn't care less how he is, but Tohru is good person, so she does care about everyone.

Our family is picking up the pieces of our fractured lives. So soon we might all be whole again. I don't know how long it will take, or if any of us will actually be able to move on completely. But for myself personally, I have my husband, Tamaki, and our children to help me make it through each day happy and glad to be alive.

Thank you guys for reading this! This is the end of The Wolf. This is my first time ending a story on here, so I will thank al of you for your support.

~Emie14