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Even Danai, Pasha, and Rachael had become Jacqueline’s good friends. Van had dumped Lettie and wasn’t dating. But no way had they invited him to their training or party afterward.
“We should do this every other week, don’t you think?” Dane asked Jacqueline as they watched everyone having such a great time.
“Yeah, and don’t be surprised if our training and party afterward doesn’t grow.”
Dane smiled. “That works for me. Now about selling your house…”
“It’s done. So you’re stuck with me and Princess.”
He laughed. “A situation I’m thrilled with.”
“You better be. I sure am. I love you.”
“I love you!”
EPILOGUE
Three weeks later, Jacqueline and Dane were at their wedding, attended by hunters, hunters turned, vampires, and even humans. Jacqueline was wearing the beautiful wedding gown she had bought when she was supposed to marry Van. Dane loved Jacqueline in her ice-white mermaid wedding dress, the form-fitting satin and lace fitting her beautiful curves. Dane was wearing his black tux that he had purchased for his wedding that had never happened between him and Wendy.
Even Van was at the wedding, wishing them well.
Jacqueline’s father gave her away and her mother and father were thrilled she had married Dane. Robert was too, knowing Dane would always be there for her. And of course his brothers were there enjoying the celebration.
During the wedding reception, everyone enjoyed steak and lobster dinners—a combination of the meals they had planned for their earlier wedding plans with Van and Wendy.
Matt came up to the wedding couple’s table that Jacqueline and Dane were sitting at and smiled. “Hell, brother, who would ever have thought you would have so many different kinds of people at your wedding. The Van Helsing hunters who saved Jacqueline’s life, Green, the human/blood bond informant, vampires like Reese and Eleanor, and others you’ve both befriended, hunters turned, hunters—all of whom admire you both.”
Jacqueline and Dane smiled at him. “Who would have ever thought it?” Dane asked.
“None of us.” Mathew chuckled. “I’m glad to see your family is supporting you, Jacqueline.”
“Yeah, they’ve turned around completely.”
Robert then joined them. He was taking care of Princess while they went on their honeymoon. “What I can’t believe is that you’re staying at vampire Reese’s lakeside cottage in Minnesota for your honeymoon.”
“That was so nice because they have a blood bank close by when we need extra supplies,” Jacqueline said. “Otherwise, that was something we had to look for—vacation places that had sources we would need during our week there.”
Anne and Shelby come over so speak to them then.
Anne said, “We’re so proud of you for doing so much good for our kind. Even though Tobias had spearheaded the case of allowing our kind to take down hunter rogues, your situation where the hunters tried to eliminate hunters turned brought it to a head.”
“Yeah, not that we wanted that to happen to you or any of us, but you were definitely the reason the rules were changed,” Shelby said.
Then it was time for the newly married couple to have their first dance. Dane loved dancing with his wife and in their wedding duds, even nicer. She felt wonderful in his arms, all silky, sexy, and his. He couldn’t wait to be with her at the cabin at the lake tonight, making love to her.
After dancing with her real-life hero and though enjoying the camaraderie with everyone at their wedding—it seemed anyone who was anyone was here, except for Wendy and her family—Jacqueline was so ready to be alone with Dane.
But now it was time for her to dance with her father. Dane actually danced with her mother since his own was deceased. Her mother had really embraced him as her son, just like Robert treated Dane like a brother.
“I know I’ve said a million times how sorry I am that I wasn’t the one to take down Heskel for turning you,” her father said.
“Dad, I understand. You and Mom were just in shock over the whole business. You were feeling guilty you had let me do so much hunting on my own, but really, I had been fine with that.”
“Me not going after Heskel was unforgiveable.” Her father was adamant that he had been in the wrong. So had her brother, but he had already apologized so many times that she believed they were both sorry for their actions.
“Well, it’s over and I ended up with my dream mate.”
“I agree. Dane is perfect for you and great with our family. His brothers too. We couldn’t have asked for more.”
Then she finished the dance with her father and danced with her brother. She was ready to dance with her mate after that, but this time Dane’s brothers wanted their dances with her, and she laughed as Dane smiled at her and them and shook his head. He ended up dancing with Anne and then Shelby. Once they had all danced, Reese danced with Jacqueline, while Dane danced with his girlfriend.
“Enjoy your stay at the cabin,” Reese said.
“Thanks so much for allowing us to stay there,” Jacqueline said. “We can’t thank you enough.”
Then she was dancing with Dane again, loving him dearly. “I didn’t think I would ever have you in my arms again.”
He chuckled. “My brothers figured they were safe dancing with you at our wedding.”
She laughed. And then it was time for them to leave for their vacation.
Everyone wished them well, blowing bubbles as they made their way to the limousine that would take them to the airport.
They cuddled with each other in the back seat, their bags in the vehicle. After the flight, they rented the car and drove to the cabin in the woods. They realized as soon as they parked their rental car there, someone was already at the cabin. Dane called Reese and said, putting the call on the speakerphone, “Hey, you did say the cabin was at this location, right?”
“Yeah, what’s wrong?”
“Someone’s living there.”
“That’s when you use your vampiric abilities to do what you need to do. If they’re human trespassers, I hope they get charged with breaking and entering.”
“Will do.” Dane glanced at Jacqueline.
“Vampiric persuasion?”
“You bet.”
And so that’s how they started their honeymoon.
Dane knocked on the door while Jacqueline waited at the side of the cabin. The back of the log cabin was up against the woods. The covered patio on the other side was enclosed with screening. The windows were small around the cabin, except for the ones on the covered patio that had a view of the lake.
No one answered the knock at the door. He looked at Jacqueline. She nodded, and the two of them entered the house in the vampire way.
Three men had been in the living room, talking about what they were going to do about the couple outside their cabin who were now inside the cabin, without opening the front door.
Dane instantly said, “Call the police and tell them you’re wanted for breaking and entering the cabin and give the address.”
All three men pulled out their cell phones and called the police. They gave their information about having been escaped convicts from Minnesota Correctional Facility in Togo.
That’s when Jacqueline began looking through the two bedrooms and said, “There are guns and drugs in both the rooms.”
Then several police cars rolled up, sirens going, lights flashing.
“You will tell the officers about all the crimes you’ve committed, how you broke out of jail, who helped you get here, the whole story,” Dane said. “Open the door slowly, call out that you’re unarmed and give yourself up.”
Dane and Jacqueline appeared next to their car and told one of the officers that they were staying at the cabin but had called the police when they had discovered these men had broken into the place.
The ex-fugitives came out with their hands up and immediately began spilling their guts to the police about all their crimes. The officers looked astounded as they took them into custody.
“Reese owns that cabin,” one of the officers said, looking worried that no one on the force had realized the criminals had been staying in the vampire’s own place.
“Right,” Dane said.
The officer looked a little concerned that Dane and Jacqueline must be friends of Reese and staying there then.
“We’ll get this cleaned up as quickly as possible,” the officer said.
Once the police took all the guns, drugs, convicts, and anything else that didn’t belong in the cabin out of it, Dane and Jacqueline were finally ready to start their honeymoon as two hunters turned vampires in love. Staying at a beautiful, lakeside vampire’s cabin for their honeymoon? Who would have thought it would come to this after their rocky beginning!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks so much to Donna Fourier and Darla Taylor for beta reading another vampire romantic suspense! Thanks to Lor Melvin for helping me to brainstorm the story I so appreciate all the time you take to do it! Thanks again for helping me catch my bloopers!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bestselling and award-winning author Terry Spear has written over a hundred romance novels. Her first werewolf romance, Heart of the Wolf, was named a 2008 Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year, and her subsequent titles have garnered high praise and hit several USA Today bestseller lists. A retired officer of the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry lives in Spring, Texas, where she is working on her next wolf, jaguar, cougar, and bear shifter romances, continuing with her Highland medieval romances, and having fun with her young adult novels. When she’s not writing, she’s photographing everything that catches her eye, making teddy bears, and playing with her Havanese puppies and grandchildren. For more information, please visit www.terryspear.com, or follow her on Twitter, @TerrySpear. She is also on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/terry.spear. And on Wordpress at: Terry Spear’s Shifters http://terryspear.wordpress.com/
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Adult Titles
Romantic Suspense: Deadly Fortunes, In the Dead of the Night, Relative Danger, Bound by Danger
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The Highlanders Series: His Wild Highland Lass (novella), Vexing the Highlander (novella), Winning the Highlander’s Heart, The Accidental Highland Hero, Highland Rake, Taming the Wild Highlander, The Highlander, Her Highland Hero, The Viking’s Highland Lass, My Highlander
Other historical romances: Lady Caroline & the Egotistical Earl, A Ghost of a Chance at Love
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Heart of the Wolf Series: Heart of the Wolf, Destiny of the Wolf, To Tempt the Wolf, Legend of the White Wolf, Seduced by the Wolf, Wolf Fever, Heart of the Highland Wolf, Dreaming of the Wolf, A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing, A Howl for a Highlander, A Highland Werewolf Wedding, A SEAL Wolf Christmas, Silence of the Wolf, Hero of a Highland Wolf, A Highland Wolf Christmas; SEAL Wolf Hunting; A Silver Wolf Christmas, SEAL Wolf in Too Deep, Alpha Wolf Need Not Apply, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place, SEAL Wolf Undercover, Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas, Flight of the White Wolf, All’s Fair in Love and Wolf, A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas, SEAL Wolf Surrender, Silver Town Wolf: Home for the Holidays, Night of the Billionaire Wolf, You Had Me at Wolf, Joy to the Wolves, The Wolf Wore Plaid, Jingle Bell Wolf, The Best of Both Wolves, While the Wolf’s Away, Christmas Wolf Surprise, Wolf Takes the Lead, Wolf on the Wild Side, Her Wolf for the Holidays, A Good Wolf is Hard to Find (2024), Dreaming of a Highland Wolf (2024), Mated for Christmas (2024)
SEAL Wolves: To Tempt the Wolf, A SEAL in Wolf’s Clothing, A SEAL Wolf Christmas; SEAL Wolf Hunting, A SEAL Wolf in Too Deep, SEAL Wolf Undercover, SEAL Wolf Surrender
Silver Town Wolves: Destiny of the Wolf, Wolf Fever, Dreaming of the Wolf, Silence of the Wolf; A Silver Wolf Christmas, Between a Wolf and a Hard Place, Home for the Holidays, Jingle Bell Wolf
Wolff Family Lodge Wolves: You Had Me at Wolf, Wolf on the Wild Side, A Good Wolf is Hard to Find
Highland Wolves: Heart of the Highland Wolf, A Howl for a Highlander, A Highland Werewolf Wedding, Hero of a Highland Wolf, A Highland Wolf Christmas, The Wolf Wore Plaid, Her Wolf for the Holidays, Dreaming of a Highland Wolf
Billionaire Wolf Series: A Billionaire in Wolf’s Clothing, A Billionaire Wolf for Christmas, Night of the Billionaire Wolf, Wolf Takes the Lead
White Wolf Series: Legend of the White Wolf, Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas, Flight of the White Wolf, While the Wolf’s Away, Mated for Christmas
Red Wolf Series: Seduced by the Wolf, Joy to the Wolves, The Best of Both Wolves, Christmas Wolf Surprise
Wolf Novellas: Day of the Wolf, Seal Wolf Pursuit, Wolf to the Rescue, Night of the Wolf, United Shifter Force
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Heart of the Jaguar Series: Savage Hunger, Jaguar Fever, Jaguar Hunt, Jaguar Pride, A Very Jaguar Christmas, You Had Me at Jaguar, The Witch and the Jaguar, Dawn of the Jaguar
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Heart of the Cougar Series: Cougar’s Mate, Call of the Cougar, Taming the Wild Cougar, Covert Cougar Christmas, a novella, Double Cougar Trouble, Cougar Undercover, Cougar Magic, Cougar Halloween Mischief, Falling for the Cougar, Cougar Christmas Calamity, Catch the Cougar (Halloween Novella), You Had Me at Cougar, Saving the White Cougar, Big Cat Magic
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White Bear Series: Loving the White Bear, Claiming the White Bear, Bear of a Halloween
Grizzly Bear Series: Bear in Mind
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Wolves of Old: Wolf Pack
Heart of the Huntress Series: Killing the Bloodlust, Deadly Liaisons, Huntress for Hire, Forbidden Love, Deadly Liaisons, Vampire Redemption, Primal Desire, Huntress Unleashed
Vampire Novellas: The Siren’s Lure, Vampiric Calling, Seducing the Huntress
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Comedy Romance: Exchanging Grooms, Marriage, Las Vegas Style
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Science Fiction: Galaxy Warrior
Young Adult Titles
The World of Fae:
The Dark Fae
The Deadly Fae
The Winged Fae
The Ancient Fae
Dragon Fae
Hawk Fae
Phantom Fae
Golden Fae
Falcon Fae
Woodland Fae
Angel Fae
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The World of Elf:
The Shadow Elf
The Darkland Elf
Warrior Elf
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Blood Moon Series:
Kiss of the Vampire
Bite of the Vampire
Night of the Vampire
The Vampire Chronicles Series:
The Vampire in My Dreams
Demon Guardian Series:
The Trouble with Demons
Demon Trouble, Too
Demon Hunter
Non-Series for Now:
Ghostly Liaisons
The Beast Within
Courtly Masquerade
Deidre’s Secret
The Magic of Inherian:
The Scepter of Salvation
The Mage of Monrovia
Emerald Isle of Mists
Terry Spear, Huntress Unleashed (Heart of the Huntress Book 7)
