LYKOS

5 Years Later

"Momma! Momma!" My three year old daughter, Ianthe, screams as she runs to my mate in fits of laughter while I follow, pretending to chase her.

"What mischief have you two been up to?" My mate laughs as she drops her gardening tools and bends to lift our daughter into her arms.

"Tickles!" Is all Ianthe replies with as she laughs while Irida lifts her up in the air.

"Tickles, huh?" My mate laughs as she turns to look at me with raised eyebrows.

She gently places Ianthe back on the ground and rushes towards me. I'm caught offguard when her fingers suddenly find my sides and she starts tickling me. Ever since she discovered I'm ticklish she's been taking advantage of that knowledge every time I tease her or our daughter. She tackles me to the ground and starts to reach for the backs of my knees while I try and fail to get away from her fingers so I grab her, forcing her hands to her sides and pinning her to my body while I try to catch my breath.

"You're not playing fair," I pout playfully while Ianthe giggles in the background.

"Where the fun in that?" My mate laughs teasingly as she starts to wiggle in my arms, sneaking a hand between us and palming my length through my sweatpants.

"You keep touching me like that and I'll take you right here," I growl as I buck into her hand, making sure our daughter doesn't notice.

"Not with our daughter watching you won't!" My mate laughs again and I narrow my eyes at her playfully.

"You know, you're right," I whisper in her ear, standing swiftly and lifting her onto my shoulder.

"What are you doing?!" She squeals but I simply swat her ass, tightening my grip on her as I call our daughter to us.

"Honey, how would you like to play with your cousins?" I ask, holding out my hand and Ianthe squeals and rushes to my side excitedly.

I take her to Galen's living room where his twins and Eryx's daughter are playing while Eryx and his mate sit just a little distance from them. The kids all squeal with excitement when she joins them and once I'm satisfied that they're okay and well occupied I walk out with my mate still firmly planted on my shoulder. Eryx simply raises his brow at me with a smirk on his face and I smirk back.

"We'll be right back," is all I say to him as I disappear out the door, bounding up the stairs.

"Wolfy! Put me down!" My mate tries to sound serious but her tone gives her away.

"Oh, I plan to," I slip my hand under her dress and wedge my hand between her inner thighs, rubbing on her through her panties as I climb the stairs.

Her protests turn to muffled moans and I smirk to myself. That's what she gets. As soon as we're in the penthouse I rush to the bedroom and close the door behind me. She shrieks when she lands on the bed with a soft thud with me on top of her. I silence her arguments with a searing kiss, making quick work of her clothes and mine.

"This the kind of fun you wanted?" I tease as I lift her leg onto my shoulder and slide home in one swift thrust.

She gasps and cries out softly while I fill her up, her arguments and protests quickly forgotten and replaced by moans and cries of my name on her lips while our bodies move together until we're sated.

It's been five years since we crushed the Skot�di, five years of peace and bliss. My mate and I still went out to hunt, making sure we'd eradicated any remnants of those terrible monsters until she got pregnant. I made sure I was always with her, always nearby even when she did her thing, always taking care of her and tending to her every need. Our people had learned about us and had come looking for a king and queen but neither of us were interested in the politics that came with that so we decided to simply lead in a different way, with a different structure.

My mate and I decided to form a council and invited Galen, Eryx, Daedalus, Xanthos, Orfeas, Sofoklis and their mates to join us as well as Areti. Areti wasn't interested in making herself known to the world so she decided to offer one of her best students, Illiana, who gladly accepted. We also invited Eudora, one of Irida's trusted friends to represent the mundanes. Together we united the factions and led our people. Areti visited often and a bunch of the Alala Warriors lived close-by, insistent on guarding us from the threats that come with leadership despite Irida's initial protests.

Galen had offered my brothers a home with him, insisting that the mansion was big enough to hold all of us. Irida had insisted that I stay with her and I did not argue. Wherever my mate went I'd be right there with her. Irida and I had the top floor, Galen and his mate had the ground floor, Eryx and his mate had the first floor, Orfeas and Sofoklis had the second floor while Xanthos and Daedalus shared the third floor. Eryx even had a house built for Sybella not too far from the mansion we lived in.

Galen and his mate had twins, a boy and a girl, two and a half years ago while Eryx and his mate had a daughter a few months before Irida gave birth to ours. Xanthos found his mate three years ago and Daedalus found his two years ago. The home we shared was full of life and love yet spacious enough for the privacy each of us needed too. It had been amazing to see each of my brothers be the happiest they had ever been. We'd healed our old wounds and the darkness that had haunted us was finally behind us.

Any challenges that came our way we faced together and got through them successfully. Despite the work we had to do with our new positions we were still able to build our personal lives and have plenty of time for our families and going on trips and adventures together. No matter what happened, I knew everything was going to work out. As long as we had our family we'd be okay.

The End.