A Christmas Home (11 page)
Authors: April Zyon
“And
you as well, my bear mate,” Ophelia said and with a smile drifted off to sleep
knowing that from this moment out life would never be the same. She was going
to make Shifter Falls her home and she was going to see to it that those around
her were happy, too. That was to figure out another day, though. For now she
was happy being held by her mate and feeling sleep take her over.
Epilogue
Fourteen
months later…
Ophelia had sat at her desk in the office of Jagger’s shop and
tapped her pen
on
the desk. She was blissfully happy, more than she had a right to
be but she wasn’t going to ever let her mate go. Especially not now that she
was carrying the next generation. She rubbed her belly and grinned. “I know
what to
do,
” she told the
cub
she carried inside, then
turned back to the computer. While it wasn’t a widely known fact that shifters
roamed the world, it wasn’t exactly a huge secret either. After all, the name
of the town was Shifter Falls and the humans that were in the town did know
that they lived among
others.
“Your daddy’s friends need to find the same kind of love that I
have found with your daddy so let’s do something about that, shall we?” Maybe
it was because they had just gone through Valentine’s Day and she had seen so
many of the men sad and sulking around the bar that they all liked to gather
at, or maybe it was just because she was so deliriously happy but she knew it
had to be done. These men needed women in their lives.
She hummed as she began to code the site she created. She took
special care to add in serious firewalls so that the shifters’ identities would
be safe from prying eyes and curious lookie-loos. The people who wanted to sign
up for the site would need to be vetted deeply to ensure that the men and women
were looking for love and not out to harm the people she now called family.
For weeks she did research and talked to matchmakers until finally
she had
everything
just
right. Letting out a breath of happiness, she
set the site to go live, after gathering up a few
eligible
bachelors’ information, that was. After all, she knew for a fact that there
were more than enough single men here to bring women clamoring from all corners
of the world, but first she focused on Shifter Falls and the surrounding area.
Maybe one day she would focus on growing the site into something bigger, but
not yet. After all, she was the proverbial poster child for what a true love
match could be and she wanted that for everyone.
“We will go and find
Daddy
and eat after this. I’m
starving.” Then again, she was carrying a cub so of course she was hungry. With
that thought in
mind,
Ophelia began the foreword for the website, a truth from her to
those that would go to the site to see if they were
compatible
with the
shifters that were looking for their own perfect happily ever afters.
The End
My Shifter Falls
Story & Site History
Here is
the
simple truth
. When
I came to Shifter Falls,
Wyoming,
I was looking for some time to
recover from not only the massive failure in my
career
but also in my love life. What
I ended up finding here was much more than I could have ever hoped for.
Shifter Falls is one of those
rare and wild places where dreams really can come true. There is only one small
thing “wrong” with Shifter Falls. And by “wrong” I mean out of place, a
universal
injustice if you will. Which is why I started the Shifter-Match.com site you
see before you now.
Shifter Falls is a place where
you can come visit and there is always something to do. In
winter,
there is snowmobiling, skiing (downhill or cross country), and let’s not forget
the Winter Festival they hold each year for everyone—residents and visitors. In
spring, summer, and fall, anything you can dream up you pretty much can do
here. The only thing I found out of place here was the inordinate number of
huge, brooding, dark, and deliciously sexy shifters. Yep, you read that right.
There are so many male shifters around these parts that you could quite
literally throw a stone and your odds of not hitting one is higher than your
odds of winning a lottery.
Before you ask—THIS IS NOT
A BAD
THING!
Trust me, this could well be a
fabulously amazing thing … for the right woman.
I mention this at this point
because these males are all the alpha, brooding, and sexy as hell types. They
all look like they stepped straight out of a fashion magazine and will make
more than your heart melt. There is a downside like with everything. They all
have their own quirks and foibles that will test your sanity enough you may
give in to the urge to
beat
them. Been there, done that, and my own poor mate got a
tree branch upside his head for being a smart ass
at
the wrong. Damn. TIME!
He did apologize, I should
mention, and I did as well. I do love my silly bear, even when he
is
a bit of
a turd about things like my safety at times. These males are extremely
protective and can be
mildly
to seriously overbearing at all hours.
Sorry, getting a little off
track. Back to the here and now…
Please feel free to look through
the site, but understand that the
men
and women on this site are all individuals who are looking
for their own happily ever after. They each want to experience and live with
the love that
I
have found with my mate, and as many others have found in Shifter Falls. Keep
that in mind when you are considering making contact with them. They have all
done casual and are now seriously looking for more.
The last
thing before I let you get to it. I spent several weeks working with
some
other
matchmakers
and their site programmers to create the algorithms that run behind the scenes
on this site. While they are by no means
perfect
and don’t take into account
your own
personal,
visceral reactions to the individuals, they are here to
help guide you to the best possible match you can find.
I only mention this because I
not only want to help each individual with a profile on the Shifters-Match.com
site find their forever love, but also because I want you, the user, to be
happy, too. Remember, contact them only if you
truly
want FOREVER, because
for them
there is no divorce, no separation, and no one other than the one who holds
their heart.
All my
love,
Ophelia
Lambros-Morris
Shifters-Match.com Founder
www.april-zyon.com
Other
Books by April Zyon:
www.evernightpublishing.com/april-zyon
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