Moon-stone series

Chapter 18: The message

I wake up again in the forest, I hop up and look around for my love, knowing full well he wont be here. I replay his messages in my head. I looked into his eyes, which where full of nothing but love. I am still in wolf form so I trot home to find my boys goofing around with Sebastian behind the pack house. I shift into my human form and walk over. They all turn to me and I smile at them.

"Mom you look better than you have since you woke up!" Lucas says as they all walk up to me.

"I fell asleep in the woods after this mornings event and I got a visit from a very important person" I look at my boys and Sebastian and smile feeling better than I have since I woke up.

"Who?" Lincoln asks me confused.

"Your dad." I say letting a happy tear fall from my face. My boys both look stunned, then Lucas smiles and kisses my forehead. 

"Mom that is great, do you finally have peace?"

"More than that, he gave me a message for you two." Lincoln wraps me up in a tight hug. Lucas sighs and grabs my hand. I know they think I was dreaming. 

"I have to go see Dawson, I'll talk to you boys later." I say pulling away from them and walking away.

"We'll see you later mom." Lucas shouts at my back. I find Dawson with Mia and Rose, they are sitting with their children in the living room of the pack-house. I walk in and sit beside Mia and take her hand.

"Hey guys, I have a message for you." I tell them, I take Dawson's hand. "Rose will you put your hand with Mia's please?" 

"Okay!" She says excitedly. I close my eyes and open my memory to my husbands handsome face "...Dawson and ladies. I love you all very much and I am so happy you all have your families. I miss you guys and I will see you when you get here someday, just don't rush it." His beautiful blue eyes were full of love and compassion for our best friends. I open my eyes and look at their faces, they all have tears in their eyes. 

"How?" Dawson says lightly while looking at me. 

"I honestly don't know, I just know I am beyond thankful I got to see him one more time happy and smiling."

"Finn, you have given us another memory of someone we never thought we see again. Thank you." Mia hugs me as she speaks.

"I can't believe he gave you a message for us." Rose says hugging her chest.

"Why wouldn't he Rose, you are family. More so than his own parents." I say hugging her. I stay with them for a while longer before going back up to my room and turning on the TV. I put on Walker Texas Ranger and put on the episode titled Lucas. My son's namesake. At 5:30 my boys came strolling in. I was on part two of the Lucas episode. They sit with me and I paused my show. 

"Are you boys ready?" I ask them.

"Of course mom!" Lincoln say as Lucas nods. Again I close my eyes and open my memories as I take their hands. I show them how he appeared to me.

 "Lucas and Lincoln, I love you and I have watched you grow up from afar, I am so proud of the men you are becoming, one day I will see you again, and I will give you all the attention I haven't been able to." Once again I was focusing on his wondrous blue eyes. I open my eyes to see my boys wiping tears from their eyes.

"He loves you more than anything else in this world, and so do I." I say kissing their foreheads.

"He loves you just as much as he loves us mom." Lincoln says kissing my cheek.

"Thank you. When you see him again tell him, we love him too mom." Lucas says while hugging me.

"He already knows, now do you want to see where I got Lucas's name from?" I ask raising an eyebrow and smirking. They smile and nod their heads, so i start my episode over and we re-watch it.

"So I am named after a kid with aids/hiv?" Lucas asks grimacing. 

"Hey, I was pregnant and emotional when I watched it okay? You try being pregnant pup!" I say defensively.

"Ohh, you just got called pup." Lincoln laughs while Lucas growls at him. 

"Keep going and you're next!" Lucas snarls.

"Boys. Go get food. Your father got hangry too." I say shooing them away. I watch a few more of my favorite episodes, like the episode with Trent and Sally, or Gage and the bear. Then I turn off the TV and go to my office and look through some papers. I was in the office for two hours, looking through important documents and filing my papers. When I'm done I walk to my room and climb into bed, sleeping on William's side still taking in his scent. I didn't dream, much to my disappointment.

       2 years 1 week and 3 days later

"Happy Birthday Lucas and Lincoln." I say rushing into their room at midnight.

"Mom, what the f**k?" Lincoln grumbles and I walk over and smack his head. 

"Ha Ha Linc you got slapped." Lucas says walking into his brother's room. He yawns and kisses my temple and hugs me. "Thanks mom, but I'm going back to bed."

"Nope in exactly ten minutes, you boys will shift for the first time. So get your butts up and get outside."

"Sweet!" Lincoln says jumping out of bed only in his boxers, I follow them to behind the pack house and I give them a few pointers. Soon Lucas begins to groan in pain, I hear his bones snap and I watch as dark grey fur sprouts from his body. I hear Lincoln begin to shift and I walk over to where he is laying in the ground. I watch as he begins to sprout light grey fur. I turn to check on Lucas who is standing as a wolf. I grin at how large he is, just like his father. His dark grey fur has a black spot on his back paw. I look back at Lincoln who is standing tall too. His light grey wolf had a white patch on his right eye. I shifted to my wolf form surprising them with how large Ira is. Both of my boys are as large as Atrox, Ira and I take a deep breath and we lead them into the woods. We get to my special spot and I see a stunning woman also enters our spot and I bowed my head at her, my boys doing the same. I shift back to human form and bow my human head at her too.

"Finn, my daughter, you prove day in and out how strong you are, you have done some of the most incredible things for my children, so in return, I will do something just as wondrous for you and your children."

"May I ask what I did?" I ask not understanding.

"You have brought so many packs together you are teaching all my children to fight, i have never heard of you banishing someone for unjust reason. Finn you tried to let a monster live, because you believed he had changed. Other wolves would have killed him anyway. You didn't even do the killing, you let another he tortured more do the honor. You have only killed one person that wasn't necessary." She says walking to me and running her hand on my cheek. "My daughter, you have suffered more than most, now I will finally give you what you deserve." She gently kisses my forehead then vanishes. I turn back to my boys who are watching me with large amber eyes. I walk over to them and scratch under their chins, I hear my Lucas and Lincoln whimper, looking behind my back. I turn and see a large grey wolf with Icy blue eyes, with flecks of gold in them. He had a few white spots and one black spot on his hind leg. I let out a small whimper as he trots over to us and stops in front of me. I kiss his large head and I let a few tears roll down my face. I close my eyes and take a few breaths, inhaling his familiar scent. 

I feel soft lips on my forehead and strong arms wrap around me. "Hi boys!" I hear him say. I pull away and let him see his boys. He walks over and they both put their heads on his shoulders whimpering softly. "If you shift back we can talk, I mean we'll have plenty of time, seeing as your stuck with me." He says smiling.

"You mean..? Really?!" I say hesitantly walking over to William. 

"I mean it Amica mea, I'm here to stay, the best part, this isn't a dream."He says wrapping his arm around my shoulder and kissing my forehead again. We aid our sons as they shift back, before shifting they stood at five foot eleven, now they are easily six foot two, just shorter than William. Once they are done, they embrace their father. He places kisses on their forehead, I watch feeling tears roll down my face. I pinch my arm, making sure i'm not dreaming. I feel hands cup my face and I feel fireworks shoot through my face and neck. I look up into his icy blues and wrap my arms around his neck. I kiss his lips softly remembering the boys are watching. I let go of his neck and put them on his waist. "I love you." My William says kissing my lips again. He pulls away and takes his hands from my face, wrapping one arm around my shoulder he faces our boys. 

"Dad! I can't believe this is real, 3 years ago both of our parents were either dead or comatose, now we have them both back. This is the best birthday ever!" Lucas shouts pulling Lincoln into his arms. 

"Dad, what does your tattoo mean?" Lincoln asks.

"It doesn't have a meaning, I got it when I turned sixteen and became a rouge. I just thought it looked cool." 

"Mom, are you okay?" Lucas asks me. 

"I'm okay sweetheart,  just taking it all in." I say softly. The reality of it is I'm terrified this is a dream and I'm gonna wake up alone in bed. I look at the ground and bite the inside of my cheek. 

"How about we shift and head home and get some clothes on." William says to the boys. They nod and start shifting. I walk over to them and do my best to comfort them as their bones snap and realign. Once they are done I shift and look over to William who does the same, he leads the way home, I bring up the rear, giving myself time to wake up. We shift and go up to our room, William disappears as we enter the house. I head up to our room and crawl into bed, laying on his side of the bed. I pull the blankets over my body and cry for a while. I feel arms wrap around me and I cry a little harder, knowing he wont be here when I wake up. I fell asleep crying in those arms.