Chapter 73 - Epilogue - Part 1.

Six Weeks Later...

"Why are you crying, Nat?"

"Because it's just so sad"

"Is it?"

"YES!!"

I snap at Emily who looks at me confused.

"But you've seen this entire series like a bazillion times, why do you always cry when we watch the final episode?"

"Because it's really sad"

I stated once again whilst wiping my tears away.

"I don't understand this, you didn't cry when Gabriella left Troy but you'll cry over this"

"Yes"

"Why?"

"Because he died"

"So"

Emily drags out whilst looking at me like she really doesn't understand what I'm saying.

"So, Gabriella and Troy got back together and they're probably married with babies now but him...he's dead"

"Again so"

I glare at Emily, I really wanna slap her face right now.

"So, he and his wife can never be happy, they can't live long happy lives together and have loads of babies"

"They couldn't anyway, Nat because they're vampires, technically they're you know...dead"

"Well, what about marriage?"

"They got married, Natalia, didn't we just watch their ceremony?"

Emily said sounding annoyed.

"Yer I know but he died and now they can't live happily ever after, urgh!!, goddess out of everyone on this show, it had to be him"

I wiped my tears away and take a deep breath.

"You know it's true what they say about nice guys always finishing last"

"Technically he didn't but I see where you're going"

"What do you mean?"

I ask her confused.

"Well, he was like two hundred years old, Nat, he lived through some pretty great eras, he went to school like a hundred times and despite his little serial killer binges, he still remained the good guy, he was also able to fall madly in love twice, do you know how hard that is for people to be madly in love of epic proportions just once?"

"Hmm, I guess you're right"

"Of course I am"

Emily said with a smile whilst placing her hand on mine.

"What are you two still doing down here? shouldn't you be getting ready for the party?"

"What are you talking about? the party doesn't start for another five hours"

"Actually baby, it starts in two hours"

"WHAT?"

Emily shouts and I flinch, this bitches voice has seriously gone up a few octaves since she's gotten pregnant.

She then stands up and starts to pace.

"Oh my god, there's so much stuff to do, I need to do the food, set the hall up, put the decorations up, I need to have a shower and get ready"

"Baby, calm down"

Angelo stops Emilys pacing by putting his hands on her shoulders.

Emily closes her eyes and takes several deep breaths.

"Everything is done and set up, all you need to do is go and get ready"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm sure, mine and Natties mommas have been working all day making sure it's perfect for us"

"Good"

Emily said whilst letting out a sigh and looking relieved but it didn't last for long.

"But what about the gender reveal balloon and cannons and the cake, has it all been delivered?"

"Yes they have babe now, calm down will you, please"

"Ok fine"

Both myself and Angelo look at Emily waiting for her to blow again but thankfully, she didn't.

"I'm gonna go and get ready, see you later Nat"

"See ya"

Emily gives Angelo a kiss and leaves the room, I tried to get up off the couch but failed miserably, if I were a human I wouldn't have these problems because I'd only be around three months pregnant but because I'm a royal werewolf carrying alpha babies, I'm around six months pregnant and I look every inch of it.

"Need some help there, baby girl"

Angelo chuckled as he watched me struggle, f*****g ass.

"Please"

He came over and grabbed my hand and elbow as he helped me to stand up.

"Thank you"

"You're welcome"

I looked up at Angelo who was smiling at my very pregnant belly.

"What?"

"Nothing, it's just..."

He fell silent as I looked at him confused.

"It's just, what?"

He looks up at me and smiles.

"I never thought I'd see this day that's all"

"What where I'm pregnant?"

"Yer"

He said whilst nodding his head slightly.

"You've always been a stubborn girl Nattie...there was a point when I thought you would never let your guard down so you could be happy and now here you are...standing in front of me glowing like a beautiful angel"

I smiled brightly at my brother, he's so adorable.

"Thank you, Angelo, I love you so much"

"I love you too, baby girl"

He wraps his arms around me giving me a hug and kissing my head.

"Now you better go and get dressed before Emily finds something else to stress over"

I chuckle.

"Ok"

I kiss his cheek and bid my goodbyes before going over to the elevator and heading up to my room.

When I get to my room, I go straight to the en-suite bathroom and run myself a bath, I then go back into my room and sort out mine and Coles outfits for the party, Emily has made it clear that everyone has to come dressed in either pink or blue, in fact, she was very specific in that if you're a couple the woman comes in pink and the man comes in blue but if you're single then you have to wear both, she's an odd little one my bestie.

Anyway, once my bath was ready, I stripped out of my clothes and got in moaning as the hot water caressed my body and the smell of the gorgeous bubble bath that I put in hit my senses.

I instantly relaxed laying my body back against the bath and closing my eyes as my mind drifted to the past six weeks, so much has happened since that wonderful night under the stars, Cole has become even more protective and possessive over me because he's afraid something bad is gonna happen like for example a few weeks ago, myself and Emily went out shopping and I made the stupid mistake of relying on Angelo to tell my husband where I was and who I was with so I was out all day having fun not realising that back home, Cole was literally destroying our home because he didn't know where I was and he thought that someone had kidnapped me.

When I had returned home, I was shocked to see that everywhere was a disaster and my husband looked deranged, he quickly calmed down when he saw that I was ok and we were both pretty pissed when I asked him if Angelo had passed on my message and he told me that he hasn't seen him all day, Cole wanted to kill our brother and to be fair, so did I but I managed to calm my angry wolf down to the point that it had saved Angelo from getting a beating that day.

It's safe to say that ever since that day I've barely had any freedom, I can't even sleep alone on our floor without security being present outside of the room and I can't even go for a walk in the gardens without having at least four or five security guards following me, it's really starting to irk my nerves but I can't speak to Cole about it because he refuses to listen to me especially about a subject that involves my safety.

I also had a very uncomfortable conversation with my family when I decided to tell them what Mason had told me about what he did to my grams including how he shapeshifted into my gramps to make my grams believe that it was her mate who was raping her when in fact it was Mason and also how he killed him so that he could gain entrance to the castle and get information about me.

My momma was confused as to how I know all of this and I told her that Mason told me when he first kidnapped me I just didn't know how to tell them, I mean how do you tell your grandmother that the mate she now loathes because of these heinous crimes she believes he committed on her was, in fact, innocent and a victim of Mason himself, it's not something you can just drop on somebody especially when it can invoke traumatic memories for my grams.

Anywho, enough of the depressing stuff, let's get onto something happy and exciting.

A few days after we had the barbeque, I received a phone call from alpha Jay who informed me that Amy had given birth to their twin sons James Anderson Junior and Dylan Anderson, he sent me some pictures of them and they are the most adorable babies ever, James Junior is a little fatty and he's got these cheeks that I just wanna squeeze whilst Dylan is a lot smaller and skinnier but alpha Jay says that the doctors have said he's fine and perfectly healthy.

One of the things that shocked me is when alpha Jay sent me a video of Charlotte doting on her younger brothers, she looked like the perfect big sister and the reason it shocked not only me but her parents, as well as Emily, is because this is the same kid who asked her mother to change her order because she didn't want brothers.

"Baby, are you in here?"

"Yes babe"

The door to the en-suite bathroom opens and Cole walks in all muddy and sweaty from working out with the pack.

"Hey baby"

"Hey"

He leans down and kisses me before crouching down next to the bath.

"Are you enjoying yourself in there?"

"Mm-hmm, it's nice and hot and it's so relaxing"

"That's good, as long as my Luna is feeling relaxed then I'm a very happy man"

He said whilst placing his hand on my bump and rubbing it.

"Do you wanna feel something pretty amazing?"

"I already am"

I smiled at his words as I placed one of my hands on his and used my other hand to run water over my bump.

"Whoa...what is that?"

"That's your sons, my love"

I continued to run water over my bump as I watched my husband who was fascinated feeling our babies move the way that they are.

"That's amazing, I can't believe there are three babies in there"

"Believe it, baby"

"Whoa"

Cole was excited when one of the babies kicked his hand.

"At least I know one of my boys has got a good kick on him"

"Oh believe me, baby, all three of them have got good kicks on them, I barely slept a wink last night because they were kicking me like a footballer wanting to win the championship"

Cole chuckled as he leaned down to kiss my bump before coming and giving me a kiss.

"I think you should finish up babe, the party starts soon"

Cole tells me as he strips out of his clothes.

"Ok babe, can you help me out?"

"Of course"

He helped me out of the bath and wrapped a towel around me giving me one last kiss before getting into the shower.

I did my usual routine of putting on my deodorant, body lotion and face lotion before going into my bedroom and sitting at my vanity table and getting ready, I'm not really in the mood for anything extravagant today especially since I'm hoping that the party won't last for too long and I can go to bed straight after it, I'm so freaking exhausted.

After doing my hair and make-up and making myself look at least half-decent, I got dressed and put on some jewellery to match it.

I was looking in the mirror wondering if I should change because I feel way too fat in this, my stomach looks huge and don't get me started on my ass.

"Stop it"

I turn around and look at my half-naked mate confused.

"Stop what?"

"Stop over-analyzing babe, you look beautiful and perfect"

"Really? you don't think I look fat?"

"Of course I don't"

He said whilst drying himself off and getting dressed.

"Are you sure? because I'm starting to think I've somehow orbed the asses of Kylie Jenner and her super famous sisters to mine and made it bigger during this pregnancy"

Cole laughed as he came over to me placing his hands on my bump and my ass.

"Babe, you're perfect and your ass hasn't grown...mores the pity"

He muttered the last bit.

I look at him giving him an are you being serious? look and he responds by kissing my lips and smirking.

"Chop, chop, we've gotta go"

He says smacking my ass.

I turned around and look at him whilst fake coughing.

"What?"

Is he being serious?.

"Well, I really hope for your sake, babe, that you're putting on a shirt otherwise you're gonna have one pissed off momma wolf on your hands"

Cole laughed as he stood up from the bed grabbing his shirt and putting it on.

"Is that good enough for you, mi amor?"

I look my husband up and down whilst smiling in approval.

"Yep, now let's go before another momma wolf comes up here and admonishes us for being late and unlike me babe...you can't threaten to spank her"

Cole chuckles as I grab hold of his hand and lead him out of our room.

We head downstairs to where the party is being held and I was blown away by the amazing job my momma and adopted momma have done on this party, everywhere is filled with pink and blue and on the stage is a big black balloon covered in blue and pink question marks as well as a small table with two canons on for Cole and Dalton to release.

It saddened me in a way seeing all of this because thanks to my darling future sons, I already know the sexes of all my future children so there'll be no need for me to ever have a gender reveal, I mean I still could but it wouldn't be the same, the whole point of a gender reveal is the excitement and the build-up to the actual reveal, it's not exactly fun or exciting when you already know what colours are gonna come bursting out of the balloon.

"Are you ok, babe?"

I look up at Cole and smile.

"I'm fine"

"Ok, come on"

He wraps his arm around my waist and we head over to Angelo and a very anxious Emily.

"Hey guys"

"Oh, thank god you're here"

"Why? what's up?"

She looked at me like I've just asked a really dumb question.

"What's up? what's up is I'm about to find out the sex of my baby and what if they've got it mixed up or wrong? what if they tell us it's a boy when really it's a girl or vice versa?"

"Does it really matter, Em? as long as your baby is alive and healthy that's all that matters, right?"

"Well, that's easy for you to say because you know what you're having, you know you've got three perfect little boys cooking away in you, you'll never understand how I feel right now?"

What a spoiled brat?.

I glared at my best friend as I felt the stares of my husband and brother on me.

"You're right Emily, I'll never ever get to enjoy a glorious gender reveal party such as this because I know that I'm gonna have seven sons and two daughters in the future but I'm the lucky one, right?"

I chuckled slightly but it wasn't filled with humour.

"Babe, calm down"

"I am calm, Cole"

I said whilst continuing to look at my best friend in anger.

"I'd think the lucky one is someone who believed for god knows how long that she could never have kids and is now stressing over whether pink or blue is gonna come flying out of a piece of rubber"

"Nattie"

Emily gasped and I felt bad, she clearly took what I said wrong.

I didn't want to hurt her with my words I just wanted to make her realise that the baby she's pregnant with is a miracle and it's health is a lot more important than it's sex.

"Excuse me"

I walk away from them and go to get myself a drink.

I know I may look and sound like a total bitch and an attention seeker right now which isn't my intentions at all, I just let my sadness and jealousy get to me and now I've probably just lost my best friend and my brother because I've got diarrhoea of the mouth.

One Hour Later...

"Everyone's gatherin' around the fire, chestnuts roastin' like a hot July, I should be chillin' with my folks, I know but I'ma be under the mistletoe, word on the street, santa's comin' tonight, reindeer flyin' through the sky so high, I should be makin' a list, I know, I'ma be under the mistletoe"

Urgh!!, could this get any more depressing? my husband hasn't spoken to me since my little mean girl act with Emily, Angelo hasn't said a word to me either but I can tell from the looks he keeps giving me that he's angry and disappointed with me and now I've gotta listen to Justin f*****g Bieber whilst sitting alone at a table looking like a naughty Luna who's been banished to the naughty step.

"Is anyone sitting here?"

"No but I wouldn't sit there if I was you because I might end up being mean to you again"

I take a sip of my drink whilst wishing that there was some vodka in it, orange juice is so boring on it's own.

"Oh come on Natalia, we've been best friends since our fine asses were in nappies, do you really think a comment like that is enough to hurt me?"

"It'd hurt me"

"Yer well...you were right"

She said whilst grabbing hold of my hand and holding it in both of hers.

"There was a time when I thought I was never going to be a mother and even though I had you and Angelo constantly telling me to have hope and to believe in the moon goddesses plans for us...I couldn't and I gave up"

"Emily"

I whispered as I placed my hand on hers.

"The truth is that you're right, I shouldn't be stressing myself out and becoming anxious because I'm worried about what's gonna come out of that balloon, I should be happy and grateful that I'm pregnant and I get to do all of this"

"I'm still sorry, Em"

"So am I?"

I look at her confused.

"For what?"

"For what I said about you never getting to experience all of this...I know how much you were looking forward to hosting one of these parties one day and I threw it in your face because I was being an anxious bitch"

I laughed at her.

"Gender reveal parties are overrated...I don't need any of this, I don't need balloons that say team blue or team pink on them or these fancy little drink stirrers with either a blue or pink baby grow on the top of them and I certainly don't need a ludicrous cake which has got babies made out of icing on them wearing either a blue nappie or a pink one"

I joked causing Emily to laugh.

"Who knows Nat, maybe you and Cole will have a tenth child"

"f**k that, as soon as baby number nine is out, I'm closing down the ride for good"

"Like hell that's happening"

I snapped my head to behind me when I heard Cole's voice.

"You're speaking to me now? hmm, who would have thought the threat of no sex would get my husband to finally speak to me"

Sensing the awkward tension, Emily decided to make a getaway with the easiest excuse.

"I'm gonna go and find Angelo and make sure that he doesn't devour the cake before the big reveal"

She jumped up like her ass was on fire and made her way over to Angelo who funnily enough is at the buffet eyeing up the cake.

Cole sat down where Emily was sitting making sure to keep his eyes on me.

"Don't even bother giving me a lecture ok, I know I was out of line with Emily but it doesn't matter now, we've already kissed and made up"

"Yer but we haven't"

He said whilst holding up a piece of mistletoe.

"I'm sorry for ignoring you, baby, can we kiss and make up now?"

I tried really hard to suppress a smile but I couldn't, my husband is just too damn adorable.

"You do realise that you don't need a piece of plastic to kiss me, right?"

"I do when I messed up and I need permission to kiss you"

I let out a sigh as I lean forward and cup Coles face as I passionately kiss him, Cole instantly responded and wanted to turn up the heat with the kiss when he licked my lower lip but we were interrupted by my brother's voice.

"Can I have everyone's attention, please?"

"Urgh!!, I really wish I was an only child"

Cole muttered against my lips and I chuckled, he then pulled me onto his lap and I wrapped my arms around his neck kissing his temple.

Angelo and Emily thanked everyone for coming as well as for the many gifts, he also spoke of his love and pride for his mate and how he couldn't wait to meet their little one which had the entire audience awwing, Cole even agreed with him but he was talking about our babies, not Angelo and Emilys even though he's definitely excited to meet him or her.

My brother then called Cole and Dalton up to the stage so that they can be the ones to launch the cannons, I thought this was a fantastic idea considering they're the only siblings of Angelo and Emily, anyway, I went and stood next to my auntie Jenna who was acting like she was on pins and needles.

"Are you ok, auntie Jenna?"

"I'm fine, honey"

She grabs hold of my hand and I smile at her before turning to face the stage.

"Are we ready, guys?"

"YES!!"

Everyone cheered.

"Ok, 3..."

"2..."

"1..."

BANG!!, BANG!!, BANG!!.

Oh my god.

The cannons and balloon revealed both and blue and pink confetti which is obvious that they're having twins, a boy and a girl but this wasn't clear enough for my best friend who immediately thought that Angelo had botched the reveal when he was just as clueless as anyone, he didn't even know what colours were in there himself only my momma knew.

"What the hell?...Angelo, you had one job and you ruined it"

Emily said sounding really upset and I had to wonder why the moon goddess gave my best friend so much beauty and barely any brains.

"Erm Em...he hasn't ruined anything"

I tell her defending my brother.

"What?...what do you mean?"

Emily looked at me confused.

"Are you really this dumb or is it just an act?"

She once again looked at me confused and I mentally facepalmed.

"Oh my moon goddess, YOU'RE HAVING TWINS YOU DUMBFUCK!!"

I shouted in annoyance shocking everyone who looked at me.

"Don't look at me like that, she was never gonna get it"

My auntie Jenna chuckles as Emily gasped loudly.

"We're having twins, OH MY GOD, WE'RE HAVING TWINS!!"

Emily jumped into Angelo's arms and kissed him as everyone cheered for them.

Cole came up behind me wrapping his arms around my bump startling me, I didn't even realise he wasn't on the stage anymore until I felt his front against my back.

"Why are you crying, baby?"

I wipe my tears away as I look up at him.

"I'm just so happy for them"

"Me too"

He leans down and kisses me and this time he didn't wait for permission to plunge his tongue into my mouth kissing me with all the love and passion that he has for me.