Ignoring her dragon, Arabella quickly reached her home. But as soon as she could see the front door, she stopped and blinked.
A giant picture of a kitten with rainbows behind it was taped to the door.
Memories of her early courtship rushed back, and she smiled. Finn had once threatened to leave a pile of rainbow kittens on her front step.
While it was less than a year ago, it seemed like a lifetime. So much had happened between then and now.
Curiosity took over and she forgot about her nervousness. Arabella reached the door and entered the house.
Instead of more rainbows and kittens, there was a giant, pink stuffed unicorn smiling up at her from the floor.
Another thing Finn had threatened her with. Well, if threaten was even the right word. Although Arabella detested pink, so maybe it was.
Picking up the stuffed beast, she noticed sprigs of heather on the floor, leading up the stairs.
Instinctively, she touched her chest where Finn had pinned some heather during their early days. She hadn't known it at the time, but it had let everyone on Lochguard know she was Finn's true mate.
At the top of the stairs was a picture propped on a stand, of her and Finn on their mating day. Another stand had a picture of her, Finn, and their triplets in the delivery room. Then each of her babies' tattoo pictures were lined up.
She stopped at the next set of photos—framed ones of Finn's parents and another of her mother and father. Arabella had no idea how he'd found the picture of her parents as it was from over a decade ago. But as she lightly traced the frame, she willed herself not to cry. It seemed that she now had all of her family, past and present, to display proudly on her giant family tree in the living room.
After a few beats, she forced herself to keep going and finally reached their bedroom door. It was closed with a large piece of paper taped to it, a black question mark filling the space.
Placing the unicorn down on the ground, she entered the room.
Finn lay on the bed, a kilt around his hips and nothing else.
She took a second to admire Finn's muscled chest and arms before reaching his face.
He grinned at her. "Like what you see, lass?"
"And here I expected you to have a rose clutched between your teeth."
"I've never given you a rose, so that would ruin the theme."
While she enjoyed bantering with her mate, Arabella smiled as she recalled each thing Finn had placed along the way. "I can't believe you remembered all of those little details."
He sat up. "Aye, of course I did. I remember anything related to you, love." He put out a hand. "Come. I have more surprises for you."
She did as he bid. "Let me guess? You naked and inside me?"
"In time." He brought her hand to his lips and kissed her skin. "First, I need to make sure you understand how much I want you, lass."
He maneuvered until he sat with his legs spread, and then he guided Arabella to stand between them. "Undress for me, love."
No sooner had she tugged her top off then Finn leaned forward and kissed her abdomen. The light flicks of his tongue sent heat straight between her thighs.
He chuckled, the vibrations only making her wetter.
His voice was husky as he said, "It's good to know that even after the trials of childbirth, you still want me, lass."
Running her fingers through his blond hair, she answered, "I'll always want you, Finn. Even if you grow a weird barb on your penis."
"I don't want to know where you got that idea."
She smiled. "I have quite the imagination."
"Do you now? Care to share some of that imagination with your mate?"