Mirror Image Seduction (Feline Shifters of Down Under Book 1) (19 page)

“Max, be a dear and fetch the flutes for me. We need to celebrate me finally getting a daughter. Trust me, Lacey. After raising nine boys, I need some more estrogen around this place.”

As the drinks were poured Dylan sat back and focused on his mate. She was stunningly beautiful and looked beyond happy as she sat there chatting with his mother. The whole time she talked, she never took her hands off either him or Ryan. He couldn’t believe how much her touch settled him. They’d really only met what? A week ago? Two? And they were mated and set to spend their entire lives together.

When all the glasses had been poured and handed out, Dylan reluctantly released Lacey’s hand so she could drink hers. He slid his palm over her thigh to keep a connection before he raised his glass to toast their gorgeous mate with the best champagne their mother kept hidden away for just such occasions.

Dylan addressed the room, his heart bursting with pride. “To our Lacey, the most perfect mate any pair of shifters could ask for.”

Her eyes filled with tears as she smiled broadly and blushed at his toast. Yep, he and Ryan were one lucky pair of males, that was for sure.

Epilogue

Six months later

The newspaper’s photographer flashed a photo of her as she stepped up to the aisle with Scarlet beside her. It was her turn to officially tie the knot next month. She gave the photographer a smile as he took another.

It was so lovely of the newspaper to offer to put her wedding in the celebrations pages, Especially since she was still considered one of the newbies at the paper.

Everything was settled now. Cameron’s rescue and her subsequent story afterwards had calmed down straight after the event, and she’d found a real home for herself in the journalist’s corner.

She had a brilliant job, and the most beautiful new family she could ever dream of.

Dylan and Ryan had been her mates for six months, but today they would celebrate their loving bond in a more traditional, human way, in the small church their family had attended for generations.

The church was buzzing with voices, new friends and many old. The Monaghan family was bigger than she’d imagined, all of them fully accepting the triad the three of them created.
Probably because most of them were also a part of a triad.

The twins’ parents were actually the odd ones out in this crowd!

She took a deep breath and nodded at Scarlet. “Ready?”

Her best friend giggled softly at her. “Aren’t I supposed to ask you that?”

Lacey shrugged. For her, this was more for his parents than anyone else. As far as she was concerned, she’d married them six months ago on their mating night.

“I’m so ready for this. Let’s do it.”

The music sounded, and a smile lifted her lips. A traditional wedding march that marked the occasion.

Scarlet turned around, and like the perfect maid of honor she was, gripped her flowers and began walking down the aisle with complete poise and grace. You’d never guess the woman was way more comfortable in combat boots and jeans.

Lacey took a moment to breathe and looked down at her own small bouquet of lilacs. Everything was perfect, an accurate reflection of how her life was now.

So much had changed in so little time. She was safe and happy, for the first time in her memory. Rodney had been given a two-year jail term for stalking and abducting her, but would probably get out earlier on good behavior. However, when he got released, he wasn’t allowed anywhere near her or he’d get tossed back in.

She shook those dark thoughts out of her head and stepped out from behind the pillar, facing her men and the minister that stood at the front of the church waiting for her arrival.

She smiled at them as she began her own slow walk, towards her men, and into her future.

With each step she reflected on her love for them and theirs for her. Thanks to Dylan and Ryan she wasn’t worried about anything bad happening. When the time came to deal with Rodney again, she’d be fine. Because as long as the two men she loved were by her side she’d always be safe.

She took the last step and handed her flowers to Scarlet so she had both hands free. If only today she was actually marrying her two husbands, but the law forbade it, and her newspaper would have a field day with that story.

She took Dylan’s hand. As the older his parents had suggested he be her legal husband, with her beautiful Ryan as best man, a step behind him. She looked over Dylan’s shoulder and met Ryan’s eyes, giving him her biggest smile. They all knew they had an equal partnership, and Ryan had assured her that as long as she was committed to him and took their last name, he didn’t mind whose name was on the paperwork.

“Ready?” Dylan asked her, squeezing both of her hands and giving her his characteristically cheeky smile.

“Always.”

They turned as one and stepped forward, facing the minister in front of them.

“Dearly beloved…”

As Lacey heard the age-old words and they spoke their vows and exchanged rings, Lacey’s hands trembled and the tears flowed unexpectedly. Even though she’d completed her mating months ago, this moment in time was her traditional symbol that she was married. The little girl inside of her was truly content to be standing in a church, wearing a big white dress and holding her husband’s hand.

After her messy childhood, she’d never even know this kind of love existed, let alone that she’d be lucky enough to experience it. But here she was, with the love of her two men. Mirror image twins that completed her mind, body and soul.

The End

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