“I love you too, Briar. You were meant to be with this pack,” he said.
“The beginning was shaky because I’m an asshole, but I love you too. I know I wouldn’t have admitted this months ago, but the way you meshed with our lives was just seamless. It’s easy with you, Briar, especially now that I’m not standing in my own way. I don’t think I’ve ever had easy before, not with the way I was raised, and I was afraid of what that meant, but now I understand. You’re made for us,” Tallon added on.
“You know I love you. I have from day one,” Beckham said. “I told Ellis that night you weren’t going anywhere.”
“Really?” I grinned. “Why? I was a hot mess when I got here.”
“You were not! You were so strong,” he argued.
“He did,” Ellis agreed. “I was just too fucking stubborn to see it, but now I love you just as much as I love these fools. You make this pack better.”
Miles snorted. “Fools? Please, you know I’m fabulous.” Ellis leaned over and gave him a kiss, grinning as he pulled back. “Fine, fine. Smooth talker.” He turned back and met my gaze. “I love you, Briar.”
“I love you too,” I said, tears pricking at my eyes.
“I don’t have anything funny to say to make those tears stop, but you’re our world, Briar. I love you, and I can’t wait for this baby to change all of our lives. This next chapter will be amazing.”
“That it will,” I agreed, unable to not smile like a fool after all that. I’d said it because I felt it. I hadn’t expected a full array of declarations afterward, but those words meant the world to me. They meant the world to me.