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her arms around his back.
    “It’s over.” Ethan panted, sounding relieved.
    “It was incredible,” she mumbled, spent and
exhausted.
    Her vampire smiled and her heart melted. “You’re mine
forever.”
    She gave him a weak, exhausted smile. “You know… that
should be terrifying… but it’s not.”
    “My brave mate” He kissed the top of her head.
    Her senses returning, she looked around the room.
“The magic is gone.” The swirling magic she had felt throughout the
room had diminished, leaving only a contented peace.
    Ethan gave her a wicked grin. “My love, the magic is
just beginning.”
    She knew that he knew exactly what she had meant, but
she smiled. She could never resist that naughty grin.
    “I do believe you’re right.” She lowered her head and
gave him a tender kiss.
    Ethan arranged the pillows and they stretched out
side by side, Ethan spooning her close to him, his face buried in
her hair.
    He covered them with a blanket, conjured with his own
magic.
    They both fell into an exhausted sleep, deeply
content that they were finally mates, finding their real home in
each other for eternity.

Epilogue
    It was, of course, an evening wedding, and it was
spectacular. Ethan made it a fairy tale affair that would fulfill
every dream a woman could ever have about the perfect wedding.
    The bride was radiant in ivory and lace. She walked
down the aisle on scattered rosebuds in a huge cathedral that
housed all of her friends and relatives and half of the vampire
population.
    The happiness of the bride and groom and their
obvious love for each other made every guest sigh.
    The bridesmaids were beautiful in gowns of pale blue,
decorated with accents of pink.
    The Hale brothers were there, much to their dismay,
resplendent in their black tuxedos that matched the groom’s. No one
really noticed--much--that they tugged at the necks of the
confining outfits once in a while or that they didn’t look entirely
comfortable.
    They did, however, enjoy the reception. As humans and
vampires mingled and laughed, the Hale brothers cleaned the food
tables. Ethan had ordered plenty of food, knowing that his brothers
would eat at least half of it. He had also ordered an extra cake.
One for his brothers… one for the other guests.
    To Brianna’s delight, her maid of honor and best
friend Callie caught the bouquet.
    Rory caught her red garter, even though he wasn’t
even trying. It seemed to gravitate to him and somehow caught on
the button of his jacket. He held it out like it was a poisonous
snake.
    Brianna and Ethan smiled at each other as they
watched his reaction. Brianna gave Ethan a curious look as his
smile turned wicked and devious.
    Ethan continued to eye his brother and the red garter
Rory held as he mumbled to himself in a sinful whisper, “Oh… I hope
so, brother… I really hope so.”
    Brianna caught her new husband’s devious thoughts and
whacked him on the shoulder. “Ethan… you’re terrible. I really want
all of your brothers to find their mates.”
    He gave her an innocent expression as he answered,
“Oh… me too, love. You have no idea how I look forward to it.”
    And he really did look forward to it in more ways
than one. He loved his brothers even though they annoyed the hell
out of him. He didn’t want them miserable--much.
    But payback really would be hell.
    His wife gave him an exasperated look and he smiled,
beaming at her. She couldn’t help but smile back. Ethan smiled so
often these days and it still made Brianna’s heart skip a beat. It
probably always would.
    Even though the Hale brothers were mostly good… every
one of them had just a little bit of the devil in them.
    Brianna sighed. Her husband was probably more than
just a little bit wicked.
    Ethan scooped her into a warm embrace and as he
lowered his lips to hers he told her softly, “Sometimes you like my
wicked ways, wife.”
    As his lips met hers Brianna admitted to herself that
she probably did.
    In fact, she enjoyed them