'No — ' 'Then how do you know I was seeing her and not you?'
'Because you said a witch had told you the woman of your dreams would be waiting for you.'
'And a witch did tell me that, didn't she?'
'Well, yeah, but — ' He cut her words off with a kiss. When he pulled back a second time, his feelings were in his eyes. The air sang with the sheer depth of them, so that it felt like she was breathing in his love with every breath.
'I was seeing you,' he said. 'I howled your name to the moon. It appears my animal half was certain that I loved you even when my human half continued to dither.'
'Then I'm glad the full moon was close and the wolf took charge, because I think I fell in love with you the first time I met you.'
'Then marry me. Let's finish what the moon began.'
The tears in her eyes made his face shimmer before her.
'Yes. Though there is something I should tell you.'
'If it's the fact that you're a shifter, I know. Gwen told me.'
'I bet she didn't tell you I'm pregnant.'
'No.' Amusement tugged his lips, and his eyes shone. 'I figured that out myself. There could only be one reason why you were so certain you didn't get pregnant the night we made our promises — because you already were.' He brushed his hand down her hair. 'I don't think I can ever describe how happy I am. Or how fiercely I want to see you round and fat with our child.'
'Children,' she corrected with a smile. 'Gran tells me I'm carrying twins.'
He didn't seem surprised. 'I hope they're girls. I hope they have their mother's beautiful green eyes and midnight-coloured hair.'
She cupped a hand against his cheek and ran a thumb over the lips she could kiss forever. 'I thought most men wanted sons.'
'I'm not most men.'
She let her fingers trail down his chest and stomach until she touched the hard length of him. 'Definitely not.'
He grinned and pressed her back against the gazebo's wall. 'I can feel the wolf taking charge again.'
His hands slid up to her breasts and slowly, teasingly, he brushed his thumbs across her aching nipples. As the ripples of sweet sensation flooded across her body, she found herself hoping there was no one else in the garden.
If there was, they'd be seeing a little more than trees and shrubs all too soon.
'This wolf of yours seems to have an exhibitionist nature,' she gasped His touch slid down her waist, and the sound of the skirt's zipper being pulled down filled the silence. 'It's the company I keep. She drives me insane.'
A feeling that was totally mutual. 'Promise me two things.'
'Anything,' he murmured, pushing her skirt past her hips.
'Promise to give me lots of children.'
He looked up, and his eyes were filled with such fierce love her heart quaked. 'I intend to.'
'And promise never to curb the wolf's desires.'
His wicked grin was the only answer she would ever need.
