Chapter 88 Chapter 88 - The End if It All

A few hours later, Leo and I walked hand in hand through the hospital

until we reached the room labelled “Luca Romano’.

He grinned widely as he saw us through the window and started

wiggling his legs like an excited child.

Seeing the colour was back in his cheeks and his eyes with their sparkle

again was such a huge relief.

"Ellal" He exclaimed, "Alpha! I knew you two wouldn't be able to stay

away for long."

"I brought you these,” I said reaching into my bag and pulling out a

bunch of bananas.

His eyes lit up in glee, "Are those Musa sapientum bananas?”

I nodded, "Only the best for you.”

"Come here," he said pulling me into a huge tight hug and dragging

me beside him onto the bed.

"Careful of your stitches, Luca!" I exclaimed as he grimaced in pain, "You

aren't done healing yet!"

Luca then peeled one of his bananas and took a huge bite of it before

my hair started to get stuck to it and he was frantically trying to pluck it

off.

"Alpha join in," he said beckoning Leo, who was stood watching us in

amusement as I tried to gather my hair behind my ears.

Leo raised an eyebrow as he folded his arms.

"We've all been through a lot,” Luca said, "We owe ourselves an Alpha,

Luna, Luca sandwich.”

Leo was still reluctant.

"Leo, come on," I said grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the bed,

"The man nearly died. Let him have a cuddle with his Alpha.”

Leo rolled his eyes and slid onto the bed on the other side of Luca so

that he was in the middle of us.

"I was already planning to name our next son after you," Leo said.

"You still can," Luca replied hopefully.

"Nah, it would be weird now," Leo replied, scrunching his nose.

I laughed as Luca nustled his head onto Leo's chest as I wrapped my

arms around his shoulders.

"I've been dreaming of this for years," he said with a relaxed sigh, "A

cuddle with my Mom and Dad."

I laughed and squeezed Luca's hand, "We're so glad you're okay."

"I listened to what you said, Ells,” he replied, "About my future mate

and our kids and our life. And when I was in the coma, it was all I could

think about.”

I smiled.

"And I saw her you know," he replied.

"A woman?" I asked.

He nodded, "She has beautiful black skin. It glowed in the sunlight and

her hair. Wow her hair. It was so curly and artfully wild. And her eyes

were so brown and perfect and...I felt her. Someone was holding my

hand just before I woke up and it has to have been her. There was this

warmth and the sweetest scent I've ever smelt.”

My heart swelled to about three times the size as I smiled in

excitement.

"Well, you better make sure you get healed so that you can get out of

this hospital and find her,” Leo said, "Have another banana.”

We sat with Luca for hours. He and I chatted away endlessly as Leo

occasionally chipped in or passed Luca another banana until the entire

bunch was gone.

"It's getting late. We should probably go and save Milly from the kids,"

Leo said looking at his watch, "But we'll see you soon, Luca.”

Leo then wrapped his arm around Luca and gave him a quick squeeze

before I gave him a long, tight squeeze and we both left.

As we walked back out of the hospital, I noticed a Doctor in a white

coat stood by the vending machine, kicking it.

"For fuck's sake,” she grumbled before crouching down on her knees,

rolling her sleeve up and delving it into the machine at a very awkward

angle

"Leo look," I whispered nudging him, "Look at that Doctor."

Her skin was dark and her hair grew in a thick afro.

"It could be her,” I said, "She fits the description at least.”

She grumbled and groaned as she pushed her arm further into the

vending machine, reaching for a chocolate bar on the bottom shelf.

"Motherfucker," she said to herself.

Leo and I slowly approached her and as she saw us, her eyes widened.

"Alpha, Luna," she said as she tried to get her arm out, "The machine

wouldn't give me my chocolate so I was just um..well... trying to get it

myself."

She quickly stumbled to her feet and rearranged her uniform before

putting on an innocent smile.

Definitely Luca's mate.

Luca let out a slight laugh before grabbing the vending machine and

shaking it. The Doctor watched in confusion as he crouched down and

picked up the two chocolate bars that had fallen.

"Do you know who is in room 108?" Leo asked.

She immediately blushed, "Luca Romano. I know he's not my patient

but-"

"He's woken up and I'd say he probably wants to see you," Leo told her,

putting the two chocolate bars in her hand.

She opened her mouth but only stuttered.

"Go," he urged, "I'll let the office know I've ended your shift early."

She nodded and smiled before scurrying down the hall towards Luca's

room

I had a long phone call with Luca that evening about his mate, who's

name was Amaani. He was so over the moon with her, telling me how

perfect she is and how well they already get on.

It wasn't long until Luca was out of the hospital and moved straight in

with her. In a matter of weeks, they were practically inseparable but that

didn't mean I didn't get to see Luca anymore. It just meant that I got

two best friends for the price of one. Her spirit was just as bright and

joyful as Luca's and my children absolutely loved her. They'd only met

her twice before they started calling her "Aunty Amaani’ and they spent

nearly as much time tackling and playfighting with her as they did with

“Uncle Luca’.

With the combined effort of everybody in the pack, we were soon back

on our feet and rebuilding Stella. Bereaved families were prioritised,

funerals were held and the memory of their lost loved ones was

celebrated and cherished in a memorial service held by Leo and me to

thank them for everything they did for us.

When the chaos had settled, Leo released my father from the prison

where he had been living in a comfortable enough cell since the Battle

against King Lenard months ago. Whilst neither of them were keen to

see each other, Leo invited him round for dinner to meet his

grandchildren to which he was happy to attend, especially as I had

summoned my Mom from her rogue pack across the country to finally

be reunited.

Seeing the two of them hold each other again and the way my Mom's

face finally held that beautiful genuine smile that I hadn't seen since

she lost him, made me cry tears of joy.

There was still tension between them and Leo but with eight

grandchildren to cuddle and get to know, we all had a peaceful evening

before they left together hand in hand to continue their lives, which

were put to a sudden stop years ago.

We'd had word from Julia and Chico, the couple who worked for

Andrea who risked their lives helping me. Now that Andrea was dead,

they'd come out of hiding and were raising their kids in peace, with an

honest income and a violence-free life. I made sure Leo sent them a

cheque and invited them to stay any time they wanted. Without them, I

could still be with Andrea in Venezuela and I knew I could never truly

make it up to them but it was the least we could do.

For now, Luciano remained in his cell, chained and wolfsbaned. Leo

seemed to be putting off doing anything about him, always using the

excuse of waiting until every other issue created by the war had been

solved. I didn't pressure him. I knew how difficult it was for him and

since even Luciano is incapable of harming anyone under so many locks

and keys, it was fine to wait until Leo was ready.

So for now, since we'd had enough action and adventure for an entire

lifetime, we just finally slipped back to the happiness of raising our

children together and loving each other endlessly.

Just the way mates should.

The seven years we'd had together so far had hardly been your

conventional fairytale- from our turbulent “once upon a time’ to all the

evil and wickedness we had encountered along the way that had been

far from just 'make-belief'.

But there had been magic, love and heroes of all varieties

Good had triumphed bad and the villains had at long last been slain.

And now, maybe there'd even be a happily ever after.

The End

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