Dark Angel Academy (The Complete Series) - G. Bailey Page 0,137
buildings in the middle of it. The island is full of lush fields, rocky and sandy beaches, and even a tiny hill in the centre that could be a mountain if you look from a distance away. The main good thing about the island is the barrier the tales set up for us, making it invisible to humans and secure for us to live on.
For the past seven months, we have lived here in our little home near the hill. The five-bedroom house is cosy but perfect for us. The other vampires have made their own homes around the island, with the help of everyone and a bit of magic to speed things up. After the houses were finished around a month ago, we started building main places for our race to come and socialise. The town centre full of tiny shops is the first thing we all voted and agreed was a good idea, and my guys spend their days building the island. Myles is good at hunting and teaching the vampires how to fish. As for myself, I regularly make portals to the town I was from and get us food, also bringing it back through the portal. Learning to cast a portal took me three months of practice, and two times I dropped myself in the sea, but thankfully Ayda saved me. I’m certain my horse found the entire thing hilarious.
“I came to get you. We have a surprise for you,” Henry murmurs, running his lips across my jaw. His husky voice sends shivers through me. “But now I’ve seen you, I want to take you to our bed instead and let them wait.”
“Henry,” I groan, and he chuckles, pressing one sweet kiss on my lips before picking me up and dropping me back on the floor.
“Later we are replaying this moment, darlin’,” he insists, and I totally agree.
“What is this surprise then?” I question as he links our fingers, leading me out of the kitchen through the backdoor to our small garden with a stone path leading down the middle of it. Aala is standing at the end of the path with Ren, Thallon and Myles, and holding a small white bundle of fur in her arms. She turns, and I get a good look at the chunky puppy in her arms. I have no clue what breed it is, but it is stunning and so very cute.
“Surprise!” Myles says, and Aala looks ridiculously happy as she skips to me and hands me the puppy. I lift him up, seeing that he is a boy by the looks of things, and cuddle him to my chest. He licks my chin, and I’m in love. Nothing else is needed.
“We found a dog on the beach a few weeks ago with her pups, she must have swum out or been dumped in the sea and then had her pups here. We couldn’t sense anyone else,” Myles starts to explain.
“There were five pups, and the mother has been adopted by Suzie, and all the other pups have homes. We chose the biggest pup for you, what do you think?” Thallon asks.
“I think I’m hella lucky,” I say, feeling like crying. I always wanted a dog, a house with a man I loved, and the future. They each have given me that and so much more. “Thank you!”
“Anything for our queen,” Ren says, locking his eyes with mine. “What do you think of the name Prince?”
“I think our little Prince is perfect,” I say, holding the pup up, seeing his brown eyes. Our future could not get better than this. We have the world.
Epilogue
Eight years later
Sitting in the tea house, I watch the endless rows of people walk past on the other side of the glass, my hands cupped around the mug on the table in front of me. Even when I’m the queen of a supernatural race, I still love sitting with humans like I’m one of them. The weather has dropped into an autumn chill, the leaves are falling off the trees and coating the ground. The tea shop smells like the muffins they have on display, mixed with the strong scent of the coffee they are making. Everything about his tea house puts me at home, relaxes me into forgetting who I am. I can almost ignore the two vampires sitting on the bench outside, pretending to be human. Ren always sends them with me, and he always thinks I don’t know.