Oliver (Inked Menace MC 2) (12 page)

Epilogue

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Oliver asked, stroking her hair as she lay on the cold, sterile table in the veterinary office.

“Yes. This thing needs to be found and removed.”

The skin around his eyes tightened and his jaw clenched. “Okay.”

Amara patted his hand and then held his wrist in a light grip. “The others have all done it. It’s not bad,” she whispered.

“I’ll be right here. You’re safe and not alone.”

An overwhelming sense of peace and love seared through the mate bond they’d forged over the past few weeks and she relaxed into the energy, letting it soothe her fears.

“Are you ready?” a man wearing a white lab coat and a kind smile asked. He had short brown hair, hazel eyes, and had worked on the majority of their shifter rescues. As she glanced at his face, noticing the stubble and tense jaw, a shade of yellow flickered through his eyes.

The unmistakable scent of earth and forest drifted up nose as he leaned closer to her with a handheld scanner to find the tracking device those bastards had implanted her with.

“Thanks Jake, let’s just get this over with so I can get on with my bloody life.” Amara glanced to her left where Marcus lay on the table, unconscious and bound. An uneasy feeling wove through her heart, but she knew it was for the best. At the very least, they’d find the same kind of tracker in him that was in her, and they’d go from there.

“Our bloody life,” Oliver said on a chuckle, bringing her hand to his lips and kissing her palm.

Guilt ate her at odd times at having led Dunstan and Betty to the van -- nearly blowing up her, Oliver, Maura, and Hammer. She knew she wasn’t truly responsible, that LexCorp had already had eyes on Inked Menace, but she exacerbated the situation by showing up looking for them, hell bent on revenge. Her people could have gotten hurt.

She pushed the thoughts away and focused her attention on her mate standing beside her, a constant presence of devotion, laughs, and love drowned out the barrage of turmoil, replacing it with comfort, and something deeper.

Primal.

“I love you, Oliver.” she said.

The skin around his eyes crinkled and he said, “I love you too, baby.”

As the machine whirled to life, Amara let go of the past, and embraced the future. A future with a sexy tiger, a crazy sister, and a new club family.

She smiled through the pain, knowing down to her bones, that it was all worth it. The entire ordeal had led her to Oliver, and with Oliver was where she belonged.

She was finally home.

 
The End 

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