Teagan sighed. “No. But I am thinking about how it’s wrong to hide our mating from the clan.”

He placed a finger under her chin and gently forced her to look up at him. “I’m ready to share it with them whenever you are, love. But I’ll leave it to you to best judge your people.”

“They’re your people, too, now, Aaron.” She ran one of her hands back and forth against his chest hair. “Tell me what you think we should do.”

His dragon peeked his head up. I say state she’s ours in the great hall as soon as possible. Too many males have started to look at her in a new light, as if she’s now a delectable treat to devour.

Aaron ignored his beast to answer Teagan. “As much as I want to shout it from the rooftops, I think we first need to quietly ensure there aren’t any other potential traitors or accessories to treason living inside Glenlough. As it is, both Greenpeak and Wildheath are in the midst of a leadership crisis with Orin and Padraig both dead. Too much too soon could cause chaos.”

She sighed. “I was thinking exactly the same thing.”

He kissed her forehead. “We should have a few weeks before the DDA will start checking for any foreigners still on our land. As long as we announce our mating before then, we should be fine. That human female Trevina seemed to like you. Hopefully she’ll give us a warning before more DDA staff visit Glenlough.”

When Teagan remained quiet, Aaron’s dragon snarled. She is still worried and tense. We should fix it. A break will do her good.

Without another word, Aaron rolled until Teagan was under him. He pinned her hands above her head and threaded his fingers through hers. “Teagan.” When she met his gaze, he continued, “I love you and will never ask you to put the clan second. However, you deserve to relax for an hour. And for that hour, I’m going to make you forget about everything but my name. Afterward we can plan our next steps until the wee hours. Deal?”

She smiled. “I might start to regret giving you two hours of every day to do whatever you want, emergency excepting.”

He rocked his hips against hers. “If you ever start to regret it, love, then I’m not doing my job.”

Wrapping a leg around his waist, she whispered, “Then remind me why I hired you for this task.”

With a growl, Aaron took her lips as he pushed his cock inside her. He moved his lower body and Teagan was soon moaning into his mouth and melting into the bed.

Yes, yes, she is ours, always and forever.

Aaron increased his rhythm, and soon Teagan broke their kiss to shout his name. Aaron followed suit and pleasure coursed through his body as he let go.

As they came down, he cuddled her close, content to hold his future in his arms and hope that everything worked out as it should. It’d taken many mistakes for him to find where he truly belonged, but now that he’d found it, he was never letting go.

Epilogue

Many Months Later

Teagan leaned against Aaron’s side as she watched the clan eat, dance, and enjoy themselves below on the main floor. After everything that had happened over the last year, they could finally all breathe a sigh of relief.

What with betrayals, Killian’s journey, and even Teagan remaining leader despite having a mate, there had been a lot of changes.

Her beast grunted. All good ones.

For the most part. Still, I look forward to years of boring paperwork and hand cramps.

Aaron’s whisper interrupted her conversation with her dragon. “You’re not overly tired, are you? As much as I want to think I’m irresistible and you can’t keep your hands off me, your energy levels have been low lately.”

She shook her head and placed a hand on her lower belly. “No. The baby is behaving for the moment and not making me ill.”

“As he or she should. It is my child, after all.”

She gave him a half-hearted smack. “Don’t sound as if you did it all by yourself. The baby is mine as well.”

He hugged her tighter against his side. “I sure hope so. Otherwise, I don’t want to know what sort of alien came to visit you and put their alien baby inside your uterus.”

“Aaron, stop being ridiculous.”

He chuckled. “Okay, I’ll restrain myself for now, even though that was an order and not a request.” She gave him the double finger salute, and he added, “Well, what with the treaties under way and the threats vanquished for the foreseeable future, you’re going to have a lot more time alone with me. I hope you’re not changing your mind and getting tired of me so soon.”

Raising her head, she looked up at her mate. “Don’t even joke about that, Aaron. If you don’t know how much I love you by now, then you never will.”

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