Chapter 193: Peace
Chapter 193: Happiness
Elena
Almost a decade ago, I had lost everything in my life. My parents were murdered by a psychotic monster who wanted me dead, I was forced to go on the run and hide, I never stayed in one place for too long and I spent most of my development years as an animal.
My future was something I never allowed myself to think about because I was living minute to minute. There was no guarantee that I would make it to the next day. There was no chance that I would even see the sunset of that given day.
War, pain, destruction, that was all I knew for ten years, and that was my way of life. Now I finally know peace, I had waited my entire life to finally feel at peace. I had been on the run for so long that I had forgotten that peace was never a thing I could feel again. There were no threats from the East or North, our allies were truly our allies once again.
Healing has been hard, my wolf was strong and she is helping me to heal. I was so tired and drained from my fight with Nicholas and I felt numb. For the first week of my healing process, I had cried so many times that I had lost count, it was also difficult because I was alone in the hospital bed. Bernard only came and spent the night with me but during the day, he would have to work.
I had spent almost three weeks in the hospital and now I am finally back home. To think that I had been on the brink of death itself a month ago was astounding to me. I had cheated death more than once since I came here, was I lucky? Yes, I am one hundred percent lucky, the moon goddess has been kind to me.
Bernard had fought off Matthew and I was helpless to stop any of it. I had wanted to be a part of the battle but I knew that I couldn't because I needed to heal first. I could have caused more problems trying to be a part of the fight. I was heavily guarded during the fight, Bernard wanted to take no chance with me and I didn't fight with him on that. I would be lying if I said I didn't feel slight paranoia after Nicholas's attack, it would take some time to calm my heart.
Bernard thought that it was some kind of PTSD that I was experiencing and I knew he was right. It would fade with time, I am sure of that but for now, I just had to power through it. Being in my bed again felt good, especially laying in my mate's arms. He brought so much peace to my life, I had never slept better than when I slept in his arms.
I stared at the horizon, watching the sunrise behind the mountains. It was almost seven in the morning and I had been up for the last two hours. The cool morning breeze fanned my face, I breathed the fresh air in on the porch clutching my tea in my hands.
"You are up early." Bernard came up behind me. He circled his arms around my waist and kissed the side of my head softly.
"Are you feeling okay, my love?" I nodded.
"I just came outside to smell the air, do you feel that?" His arms tightened around me.
"What?"
"Peace, there is no lurking feeling that someone is going to come out of nowhere and harm us. It is just pure blissful peace. It feels good, doesn't it?"
"Amazing," I leaned back onto his shoulder.
Can't believe it is all over now, we are finally free."
"We are, my love, and now we get to live our lives forever together and I was thinking……"
He trailed off and I turned in his arms to face him. I placed my cup on the railing of the porch and placed my palms on his chest. I felt the rising and falling of his breath. His forest green eyes stared down into my blue eyes.
"What if we started trying, like for real this time. I feel that since all threats have been thwarted and with your cousin leading Silver Crest Pack, we don't have to worry about anything anymore. I think it is the perfect time to start trying for babies."
"Really? I don't want you to feel pressured or anything because I know you said you needed more time." He shook his head.
"I know what I want and that is to create something tangible out of our love. Only if you are up for it, it is your body at the end of the day. I want as many pups as you are willing to give me."
"I want as many as we will be blessed to have." I sniffed because the emotions hit me like a tidal wave.
There were moments I always had to step back and remind myself that this is my life now. The first tear fell from my eyes and he immediately brushed it away. He brought his lips down to mine and kissed me gently, I barely felt it. Rising on my toes, I pressed our lips harder together and slid my arms up his chest, and then wound them around his neck. I pulled him in even closer and allowed him to deepen the kiss. Our lips moved together in perfect synchronization and we got lost in our moments and lost in each other. He swept me up into his arms and carried me upstairs to our room.
It took us four hours to finally get out of the room but after a much needed shower, we were downstairs enjoying breakfast. Bernard has instructed the maids not to come today because we just wanted to be left alone. He has taken some time off work to help me heal. At first, I had wanted to fight him on it but I loved having him around. Being alone in the house was lonely and I couldn't ask Alisha to come and keep me company because she is now on maternity leave and Doris is glued to Jasper's hip.
I was so happy that they had finally sorted out all their differences. I knew they had been endgame from the very beginning, it may have taken them some time to come together but I knew that they would find their way back to each other. Things had a way of figuring themselves out. Bernard and I were examples of that. We fought against all odds but our love won in the end.
"When do you think Doris and Jasper will get married?" I asked my mate as we were enjoying our breakfast.
"If Jasper had it his way, he would just elope but I think Doris wants the wedding and ceremony."
"Of course, every girl wants to have her princess moment. But if I am being honest, if we could have, I would have downsized our wedding and just had it be your family and our friends, and that would have been enough for me. I just wanted to marry you at the end of the day."
He leaned in my direction and captured my lips. I could taste the maple syrup on his lips, the sound of a knock on our door caused us to break apart. Jasper and Doris walked hand in hand and they both had bright smiles on their faces. I knew they had something to tell us.
"What is it?" I was already smiling because I knew that whatever it was was good news. Both of them looked at each other before turning back to us.
"We are getting married next week!" They shouted in unison.
I was out of my chair and hugging Doris in a second, we both squealed like little school girls. When I pulled away from her, I also hugged Jasper. This is the kind of good news I want to hear every day. I pulled out of our hug and went to stand next to my mate.
"It is just freaky that Bernard and I were literally thinking about it just now. I thought you wanted a big wedding."
"We decided that we didn't need all the glitz and glamor, we just wanted to be bound together in front of our friends and family. So we decided to just set up something cute and simple next week." I leaned into my mate.
"This is the best news I have heard in a while." Doris looked at me.
"I also wanted to ask if you would be my maid of honor." My jaw dropped.
"Of course, I will be your maid of honor. Nothing would make me happier than standing beside you on your special day. You are like a big sister to me, Doris." I enveloped her in a hug.
I didn't know that one person could be so filled with happiness at one moment. This is the life I had always imagined and hoped for myself one day when I was young. I never sought the flashy and glamorous things in life, I just wanted to feel loved and be surrounded by love. Finally, it happened.
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