Poppy was riding on cloud nine. Zane had been with her every moment. He drove her to work and sat in the lobby thumbing through magazines while she worked. She offered to give him a free massage but he said he wasn’t going to be getting naked in public. She thought it was funny since she was the only one that would be seeing him.

He did take her out for lunch and then back to his new house. It was just a few blocks over from her and her mother’s home.

“You’ve been here the whole time?”

“No, I just moved in. The police chief and interim fire chief helped me out when I told them about you.”

“You talked about me?” She seemed surprised.

“Babe, I thought I found a woman that was half angel that was supposed to be my mate and help bring about the continuation of the shiften lineage. I was freaking out. I needed a little guidance.”

She’d blushed and giggled. “You make me sound so important.”

“You are. I also have something else to tell you.”

“Okay,” she said, giving him an encouraging look. There wasn’t really anything else he could say that could be more fantastical than what he had already shared with her. Angels, demons, shiften, alternate dimensions, what else could there be?

“Why don’t you sit down,” he said, gesturing towards the couch.

“Remember when I said that Azer the angel came down and made babies like you?”

“Sure,” she said with a shrug.

“We’ve found other mates, a handful so far.”

“You said that and I think that’s awesome. And some of them have had babies already?”

“Yes, they did. They live here in town.”

“Of course, that makes sense.” She wasn’t sure where he was heading with this conversation.

“Babe, those other mates, they’re your half-sisters,” he said the words slowly like she wouldn’t understand.

It was good that he had said it slowly, because Poppy needed to hear the words, replay them a few times in her head and then really let it sink in. She had sisters. Half-sisters anyway. But still siblings. Girlfriends to giggle with and share secrets. It was what she had always wanted.

“I have sisters?”

“Yes, and they can’t wait to meet you. I’m going to arrange a time for you to meet them. A few aren’t here, but most are still here helping with the babies.”

“I’d love that! Zane, I have family!”

He gave her a chuckle. “Of course you do. Your mom, me, and your sisters.”

Poppy didn’t think her world could get any better. She had Zane, who looked at her like he never seen anything so beautiful in his life. He was there, checking on her, feeding her, making sure there wasn’t anything she needed. And more importantly, he was always there making sure she was safe. No shadow man. Just the two of them, a combined force .

“Do my sisters have any gifts?”

“A few of them yes. My kind, bearen we were missing our renquas. The marks from the creator that linked us with her. Turns out they were gambled away by someone we were all supposed to trust. But Willow, Bruin’s mate, she gave them all back to us.”

Zane stood up and pulled his shirt off and turned towards her. She could see the darker skin that looked like a clenched fist. Standing up to reach him, she ran her fingertip over the area that looked like a birthmark. His skin shivered under her touch.

“Sorry,” she said pulling her hand back.

“I like it. It feels good when you touch it. It warms me.”

“And she gave them back to you?”

“One touch that was all it took. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting your other sisters yet. I’ll contact Trevor over at SPD his mate was the first and is the organizer. Your sister, Willow, is the Queen of the bearen so I don’t know if you’ll have to curtsey or not.”

“You think you’re funny. And you are. I can’t wait to meet them! Do you think they’ll like me?”

“They’ll love you like I do. I might suggest to Bruin that we start a monthly reunion for the new mates. Seems like they need to organize something as we go along.”

“You are a sweet, sweet man. How did I get so lucky?”

“We were meant to be.”

Poppy agreed. He was hers and she was his.

“Don’t you think we should break in your new bed? Unless you have other pressing matters to attend to?”

She heard him growl and laughed. Zane scooped her up into his arms.

“You are incorrigible,” he said with a grunt.

“You know the word incorrigible,” she giggled.

She got another growl for that. And she got two orgasms.