Chapter 122

After washing themselves, Esther and Brent are lying cuddled together.

“How many times have I told you that you are hot?” Brent asks.

“I’d say... not enough.”

Brent smiles and says, “You are so hot and beautiful and sexy and intelligent and -“

Esther kisses him and then says, “and that’s enough.”

“I doubt, but I’ll stop for now.”

“You know what,” says Esther, “the last time we came here...”

“You mean when we escaped a pack of hostile werewolves.”

“Yes, sweet memories. At that time I had thought that this lake house would be such a beautiful place to stay with the one you love. Just the two of you. I liked you then too, but I never thought that I would actually return here with someone I love and that the ‘someone’ would be you. Thanks for doing this.”

“Always," Brent says, kissing the top of her head.

*

When Tyrus wakes up the next morning, it is still dark outside. He looks at his phone and it’s five in the morning. But he doesn’t feel like going back to sleep so he gets up and dress