Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 66

The next day, Bronx decides he wants to go downstairs for dinner.

“Are you sure, Sweetheart? The doctor said you need to take it easy for another few days,” I ask as he is putting on a button-down shirt.

“Yeah Baby. I have some apologizing to do. No. I have a lot of apologizing to do. To everyone. I’m not going to hide up here in my apartment. I have to face the music,” he says resolutely. H e puts on a dark blue eye patch to match his clothes and looks himself over in the mirror. He looks handsome with his inky black hair slicked back and olive toned face freshly shaven.

As we walk into the dining room a hush falls over the crowd. I give Bronx’s hand a reassuring squeeze and he leads us to the front of the room. He stands in front of our table and faces the dining room.

He looks out over our pack, takes a deep breath, and eats crow. He fully admits that he got carried away with trying to protect me and he was wrong. He assures everyone that things will be different moving forward and that I will be more involved in pack related decisions moving forward. Then he apologizes to everyone for commanding them to treat me poorly. He publicly asks everyone to go back to loving and respecting me the way that he knows they do. He promises to do better because that is what the pack deserves before he thanks everyone for their loyalty and sits down.

There are cheers around the room and some of the children run up to hug me. I kneel down and hug each and every one of them back. It is the best feeling knowing that things are going back to normal.

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just about everything is planned. The Summer Solstice celebration will be part of our wedding. So instead of just the Blood River pack, there will be a ton of other people there, leaders from packs around the world, Elder Council members, and even witches from

helps me come up with decorations, flowers, and place settings. If she ever wanted to switch careers, she could totally be an event planner. She is so good at reminding me of

a cute idea of renting tents for people who want a more outdoorsy experience during their stay. There is plenty of room in the field behind the The staff says they are more than happy to make the campsites and keep them supplied with firewood, snacks, and cooking supplies, etc. They even tell me it will be easier than cleaning

the world. The wedding reception will feature Beef Wellington. She and I research recipes and perfect cooking techniques at a blistering pace. Bronx doesn’t seem to mind. Probably because he gets to taste test everything. Delilah offers t o help Mrs. Miller with

to come after me? I know Ryan is dead, his body is still in the morgue but Silver Moon refuses

learn from their Luna. Every week, I teach them a new simple, healthy entree, and sometimes we add in a dessert too.

have the phone in my hand and I just need to hit the little green dial button, but I can’t bring myself to do it. Bronx comes into the living room and plops down behind

asks as he pulls me down onto his lap and runs his fingers through my

I just get so scared every time I try to dial the number. I can’t hit the call button,” I frown

phone,” he says and holds out his hand and giving me a

into the bedroom. When I realize what he’s doing, I jump up to follow him but he already

How embarrassing that my fiancé would need to make my appointment for me. I can only imagine how many guards he was

door cracks open and I see Bronx’s green eye looking at me, “Baby, what color did you say