Page 12 of Stron & Lyra
Stron joins us, and I introduce him. My parents, still overcome with emotion, immediately hug and thank him. I can see he’s not certain what to do with all the affection. It’s not something that he’s used to. Taking pity on him, I introduce them to Kyra. As soon as she sees her, my mother bursts into another flood of tears. I thought she was never going to stop crying.
Our reunion is emotional.
It’s messy.
It’s family.
It’s a small taster for Stron of what we are building for our mates on Malimoor.
***
We spent two weeks with my family, catching up and showing Stron all my childhood haunts and where I used to go to hide from Tri when she was on a rampage. The fields I planted. Fields not dissimilar to the ones that Suki and I were cultivating back on Malimoor.
I think Stron was worried that I’d want to stay, and while there was nothing better than being in the bosom of your family, even with all their quirks that annoy you, this wasn’t my home anymore.
Malimoor was my home.
With the sisters of my heart, their mates, and now their children. That was where I knew I was meant to live. That was my home. I wouldn’t be happy anywhere else.
Well, that’s not strictly true because I could be happy anywhere as long as Stron was with me. Anywhere he was… that’s where I was happiest.
The day he’d swept me off my feet was the best day of my life, and I hoped we’d have many more of those.
He was everything to me and always would be.
The End
I hope you enjoyed this short story. Next is Brak and Luna. You can catch up with them next week.
Their link is: https://books2read.com/cosmiccrowsbrakluna
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to say a massive thank you to my Alpha reader Gabi Brockelsby lady you rock. I don’t know what I would have done without you these last few years.
My lovely editor Shelby Limon who makes these books readable with punctuation that actually works.
To my amazing ARC team for always catching those last minute pesky mistakes and giving me time to fix them and for being my own personal cheering team. Appreciate you all.
To my lovely author friends Cleo and Shea my life is infinitely better with you both in it.
To my husband for always encouraging me on whatever crazy idea takes me at the time. Being there for me, always putting me first and for treating me like a queen. After 30 years you are still my inspiration.
My eldest daughter Helen offered positive quotes and comments daily during this journey. I love you more than the whole world and don’t know what I would do without you and your encouragement. Love you, baby.
To my youngest, my lovely Ria, I love your snarky comments when we have to share the same space while I write. Don’t ever change. Love you to the moon and back.
To my mum, I honestly don’t know what I would do without you. Love you.
To all my readers who took a chance on me with my first book Wild & Free and for reaching out with positive comments and suggestions.
One last thing ….... REVIEWS feed an author’s soul, and we learn and grow from them. Whether it be just a rating left or a few words they are what pushes us to keep writing.
