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you think I was stalking you that day? I knew. You’re our one.”
    “You just have to give us a chance,” Danel added.
    “My whole life is out there,” she whispered. She didn’t want to say no to them, but she couldn’t ignore the obstacles.
    “Sweetness,” Sorin said, his tone placating—she’d smack him for that later. “We don’t spend all our lives on the mountain. You don’t have to give up everything. You’re just…moving to the country, so to speak. You can go see people when you want to, you can visit relatives, shop in big malls. But most of the time you’d be here with us. We can promise more excitement than the big city. And before you say it…telecommute. You can work from here.”
    “You have all the answers, don’t you?”
    “I’m the leader of Tavian Leap. I have all the answers but one.”
    “What’s that?”
    Danel lifted her hand and kissed her palm. “Will you give us a chance? That’s the one question.”

 
     
     
     
    Epilogue
     
     
    Wildflowers bloomed on the mountainside as spring made itself known. Still bundled in a warm jacket, Macy sat beside a small, icy stream and thought of the day she’d said yes to her men. That was almost six months ago, and every day since, they’d proved that she made the correct decision. Whether in bed, in their home, or around the village she was their mate—their well-loved mate. She never questioned that they adored her. And she loved them, too. More and more every hour.
    “You’re going to be late.”
    Macy fell onto her back, stretching and looked up at Marta, who stood a few feet away. “Do you think they’ll shift and come get me?”
    “Probably, and let me tell you, getting dragged across this ground isn’t nearly as pleasant as getting hauled across the snow.”
    No one would ever let her forget that. “It wasn’t pleasant.”
    “My point.”
    “Okay, fine. I don’t want to needlessly upset them anyway.” She grinned, feeling happiness clear to her toes. “I’m getting married today!” she exclaimed.
    “I know,” Marta laughed. She and Macy had become close friends over the past months, and Marta liked to tease her incessantly, which was fine because Macy gave as good as she got. The two of them had gone to New York to find Macy’s dress and she couldn’t wait for her guys to see it.
    “Mom, are you guys coming or what?” Luka called, disgruntled at having to be on guard duty when he wanted to be with Mattie.
    “We’re on our way,” Marta replied calmly. “Remember this next time you and Mattie want to run around taunting wolves. There are consequences. You could have gotten your alphas’ mate killed. Now, you have to guard her.”
    Luka sighed in the disgusted way only teenagers mastered well. “Fine. Can we go?”
    “Of course,” Macy replied. “I have to marry your butt-ugly uncle and his friend. They were out hunting last night and I missed them.”
    “Gross,” Luka muttered. Marta smacked his shoulder while Macy laughed.
    * * * *
    An hour later, Macy stood in a grotto formed by stone and curving tree branches, and watched as Sorin and Danel prowled toward her in leopard form. Benches to either side of them were filled with their people.
    She turned to face the minister as her men stopped on either side of her. Energy crackled over her as they shifted, each tall and regal in their black tuxedos with tails and white tie. They each took one of her hands and kissed her fingers.
    “We’ve come to claim this woman,” they announced.
    “And do you accept them?” the minister asked her. Marta had explained that most of the ceremony fell on Macy’s shoulders, so Macy was ready.
    “I do. I commit to be their mate, to respect their roles as alphas to our people and to keep the leap’s secret to my death. I will love and cherish them always.”
    Danel squeezed her fingers as she sniffled, and Sorin kissed her hand again.
    “Will you love, cherish and protect your mate and any children you might