Chapter 20 - The Eternal Light of the Pack (Happily Ever After)

Ten years later, the gardens of the Nightfall royal palace were filled with the sound of youthful laughter, splashing water, and the joyful howling of wolves running through the sunlit meadows.
Rowan, now a tall and sharp-eyed fifteen-year-old training with the royal guards, was showing his younger sister Rose how to master tactical positioning in a friendly sparring match. Rose, just as fierce and brilliant as her mother, easily dodged his wooden practice sword and landed a playful tap on his shoulder, laughing brightly.
Sitting beneath the shade of a massive blossoming oak tree, Elara rested her head against Cassian’s shoulder as he lazily twirled a lock of her copper-kissed hair around his finger.
“They grow too fast,” Cassian murmured, watching their children with a soft, content smile.
“They are growing up in a world where they don't have to fight just to exist,” Elara replied, closing her eyes and breathing in the sweet scent of spring flowers and damp earth. “That is all we ever wanted.”
Cassian shifted closer, kissing the top of her head before looking out over his thriving kingdom—a kingdom united not by fear, blind obedience, or forged blood-oaths, but by truth, resilience, and an unbreakable love that had survived the deepest darkness.
“Forever, my Luna?” Cassian whispered against her lips.
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Elara smiled, pressing her hand over his heart where the eternal mate bond pulsed with warm, golden light.
“Forever and always, my King.”