The Game Of Quadruplet Mates
(Bk 2) Epilogue

Jeremy

If it weren't for Jewel, I wouldn't have ever stepped into the Games again. I hated that mansion.

I hated it more after what happened. And I purposely avoided it altogether when

"June started leading the entire thing.

Truth be told, I wouldn't have even sent my daughter if it weren't for my past mistakes that were affecting her.

I was restless for days, waiting for news, nearly running over there when I heard of what the other attendees were doing to her.

But when Larissa and Konstantin told me that my one and only daughter, after every blood boiling thing that was thrown at her in the Games, found her happiness... her mate.

That she had chosen.

That she was willing to do everything she could to be with her chosen.

That she did what I couldn't do- I was proud and beyond happy.

I was the first one there on the last day, waiting to see my girl.

That's when Ajax found me. My old Alpha - my brother. He kept in the shadows like he always does, watching and observing the Games while making sure his mate was okay. I almost couldn't face him at first, feeling like a coward for ignoring his attempts to reach out

Ajax, though, didn't use this against me, embracing me like no time had passed

I have missed him terribly

He was graciously nice to Courtney, who was a little terrified of him. The only time Courtney ever saw Ajax was back when there was a war and her terror of him is more than understandable.

But then June comes and it feels like a knife to my heart.

Seeing June again after nearly thirty years... it was obvious that distance did not sever whatever feelings I had for her.

Though we have rejected the bond, there are these familiar feelings that have only ever come from her. Like gravity, it pulled at her.

And I love her.

I have always loved her.

But not in that way anymore. I have a family that I love and she is happy with hers and I couldn't be more grateful for that.

Mostly, it hurt to see her. It's an emotion that's deep within me, a small uncomfortable cut of sorts.

Yet at the same time, there was a warmth in my chest knowing and seeing that she is well and that she is loved.

She has two amazing children, a little older than my Jewel, but brilliant, just like their parents. Despite everything, it was good to see them all again, our little group, and I am overjoyed that Jewel can finally meet them.

Konstantin has always kept me up to date with them,

*showing pictures and telling me about how Tedros is like a young Ajax and Adelle is a perfect mix of her mother and father.

But Jewel, she didn't know them at all and I always felt bad about that.

She and her mother stayed in the city and never really left.

It really must have been destiny, how things worked themselves out. The way our mistakes and our choices seemed to correct themselves through our children. My Jewel is destined mates with June and Ajax's Tedros. It was bittersweet. It felt like the world was making things right, making it the way it's supposed to be.

I couldn't have asked for a better match with my Jewel.

Tedros is much like his father when it comes to his achievements and is everything like his mother for all the rest. He proved that when he fought for her and with how he treated Jewel's mother.

I've never seen Jewel happier.

And that's all I've ever wanted for her.

The annoying cut... healed a little at that.

"I'm sorry for staying away, for creating this rift between us.

"I said when it was just June and I. Everyone was heading to the lake to reminisce, but I stayed behind and so did she

There was a pulse in the air as we spoke.

Like the world was still to let us have this moment.

She smiled at me and it was the same genuine June smile that used to occupy my mind for days. She has not changed at all. "It's okay."

I shake my head, knowing what I have done, the rift I have created. "It's not. I kept away from you, from Ajax. From my old home."

It was painful to say, painful to remember.

This was the first time I had ever spoken of it. "I was selfish. I was... wrong. My wife, she doesn't hate you- in fact, she admires you, but I thought I was doing right by her when I stayed away because I didn't want her uncomfortable, especially with us. So I kept my life and kept my daughter away. You must be judging me for what I have done, for how I am and how my daughter is too. How I stayed away and how I hid her far away from everyone."

"I think your daughter is amazing. And from what I've seen, she's the best version of you. Kind. Loyal. Beautiful. You and Courtney raised her well, Jeremy. It's funny how the world works,

huh?" She mused, her eyes big and fluttering.

"My son is soulmates with your daughter. A piece of us have been destined like we were and, without knowing anything, they chose each other."

"Our what if," I whispered quietly.

"Yes. Our what if but the best of us."

The wound... it completely healed after that.