Charlie and Ella 10
Charlie POV:
It was a beautiful day, we danced and we laughed and though my mother had invited anybody she could think of on the surface of the planet, I didn’t notice them. She looked like an angel that had descended from the heavens to save me, a fairy from a novel on a shelf somewhere, a princess of legend long lost. I had forgotten the swarm of people who had come to witness the spectacle, they had faded away under her beauty, her smile, and the laugh she gave me as we ran off to be alone for one goddess forsaken moment.
I had somehow gotten away with marrying the woman who was beyond my reach by miles and miles, and she loved me back. I had gone to sleep that night holding her tightly in my arms as she quickly drifted off to sleep, I memorized her face, savored the smoothness of her skin, if I could have lived in that moment forever I would have.
We sent off the hundreds of people who had come to our home, the garlands had been taken down, the glittering chandeliers I didn’t remember were returned all of my mother's hard work gone in the blink of an eye. We found ourselves back to everyday life, my wife assuming her role well making sure we had good food, that people were attended to, and helping where she was needed. The only issue I had with this was loved ones leaving as well.
“Must you go?” I hugged my sister tightly.
She had grown into a strong self-assured woman and I had found myself relying on her advice and counsel more and more.
“I have a family of my own and I have spent enough time away from them for a lifetime,” She reminded me. “You’ll be alright, I have faith it will turn out alright,”
I chuckled if anybody could look on the bright side after all she’d endured it was my sister. She turned to my wife the two embracing tightly for a long moment.
“I’ll call you,” She told her the two letting go.
“Please do,” Ella sighed smiling sadly at my sister's departure.
My sister went up to our parents and my brother saying goodbye I held my wife as we watched her make her way towards her car. The tense moment as she hugged my mother and the two passing terse comments as she walked off made my mother stiffen.
She had been out in her place once or twice along the way, my wife having to hold her own and work herself up to say her piece. I wish it would get better but I didn’t know if my mother could let go.
My wife ran forward to her parents who would be leaving with their Luna, Brian had his duty to protect her. She cried as she hugged them goodbye, I didn’t know how she felt not being able to see all of her family every day. I felt such appreciation that she would leave such love to be my wife.
“Take care of her,” her father stuck out his hand and I shook it he bowed his head with respect for me, but it was the first time I had felt I’d earned it.
Her mother came over to me kissing my cheek and giving me a hug before heading off, we hadn’t spoken much but she had told me at our wedding that her daughter was happy, that was all she could ask for.
Brian and I shook hands, we had fought together and he knew I would die for her, and there was nothing I wouldn’t do. I also knew if I ever hurt her alpha blood or not he would kill me.
They piled into their SUV off to the airport to go back home, to their family and their pack. I rubbed her back as she sniffled, I wanted to thank her for staying with me.
We fell into a routine and found ourselves performing our duty day in and day out, she slowly gained the respect of everybody in the pack. They saw her kindness and compassion, she helped in the school, tended to the wounded, and helped in the gardens. They saw her hard work and agreed to follow her.
Somehow they agreed to follow me as well, there was no mistaking my father passing the torch to me. Reports were being handed off to me instead, I was in charge of the crops, in charge of guard rotation, and finances.
Over the course of the year, we found ourselves becoming the Luna and the Alpha not just the heirs. Before I knew it my sister had returned, this time with her husband by her side and my nephew who had grown so much larger.
My father placed the sigil on me ordaining me as the new alpha the council decreed the change, I stood up in the woods in the moon pool bathed in the light as the new alpha, my wife by my side as the new Luna.
Our life-changing for evermore in more ways than one, no one knew then but she was a few weeks along.
It took time but eventually, we told my family, I felt her hesitantly turn to my mother she was stone-faced until her eyes welled she cheered and hugged Ella so happily. I wanted to rip her off my wife who she had done her best to turn away from me, to poison her mind. Now that my wife had use she was important enough to like.
Ella smiled and accepted her joy but I saw the same words biting at the back of her head. Theo and Cea smiled and ran over hugging her tightly. Theo thanked me for distracting our parents from their continued childlessness. I had to laugh at that, they were enjoying themselves I didn’t see a reason to push, but Ella had entered baby land about four months ago and it was hard turning the love of my life down. This was just more of her to love.
In the end, once again my sister was right, I had found myself fearing fatherhood. I didn’t know if I was going to be any good at it, I had trained and been taught my whole life how to be the Alpha and be a leader, but there is no guidebook for parenthood.
But when I held my son's hand there was no doubt in my mind I would use all of my abilities to do right by him. I had never felt so much love all at once.
I wish I could tell you our story rivaled my sisters in its drama and action, but the goddess blessed us with a boring but happy life. My mother never fully warmed to Ella, but she loved her grandchildren and my wife was content with that. We would go on to have three more children, all boys. It bothered Ella that she couldn’t deliver a girl, but I didn’t care, we had all we needed her and I. Our sons grew into mighty warriors, we raised them to be good and when they married we didn’t pressure them for anything but happiness.
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Thank you all for reading I wanted just a small chapter to see the end of their story and know what happened, but no more drama. This is the end of the stronger series thank you so much for enjoying if you've made it this far. I still cannot belive how well this story has done and it's so shocking to me that everybody who has read it and stayed along, I am so thankful. Have a good day :)
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