Ember to the Camera in Present Time.
“You guys really did outdo yourselves on my gift”, I told my mates while turning off the camera for a moment. It was getting a little hot from being on so long. Two of my mates sat on each side as we all told our story.
” You would have been surprised earlier if it was not for Jordan making you tired”, Damien said, smirking at Jordan. Jordan threw his hands up.
” Hey, you all had her alone before I could as well. Fair is fair”, he said, winking at me before kissing me on the head.
“That is true”, Seth said, in agreement.
“Let’s finish the story”, Carter said, positioning the camera.
“And so we shall”, I replied before turning the camera back on.
Seth
Jordan’s task was to keep Ember busy for the morning while we gathered Ember’s surprise together. She wanted to spend today with Carter and I to celebrate our birthday, but neither Carter nor I cared about that. All we wanted to do was please our mate, as we had come to realize now. She deserved the world and more. After working at Moonlight, we left the restaurant in Jax’s capable hands. He was definitely one of the most reliable and trusting betas an alpha could ever ask for, and I was happy he had found his beta mate in Ivy. Ivy and Ember were already close, as Luna and beta should be. I linked Jordan through the family bond, so Ember could not hear us.
“We said keep her busy, not fuck her brains out so she sleeps all day”, I told him. I could feel her tiredness and knew soon she would be sleeping.
“Hey, don’t put the blame on me. She started it. I just finished it”, he taunted back, causing Carter to laugh while he flipped some steaks on the grill.
” We could reschedule.”, Damien linked back. He was currently on his way from Black Diamond, so he could join in our plans.
“No need. I will have her up and ready by four.” Jordan linked us.
” We will be there”, I linked them before turning to Carter.
” Do you think she will love it?”, I asked him and he nodded.
“Are you kidding me? She is gonna lose her shit when she realizes what we planned for her”, he said.
Ember
I woke up to Jordan gently shaking me. My body was sore but a smile crossed my face as I remembered why I felt his way. After our morning dance, I phased us into his bed and we fell asleep. He must have awoken before I did. It was still bright outside and the time on the clock said it was two pm.
“Yes, babe?” I asked. I wanted to stay in bed and just sleep as I laid back down, but Jordan wouldn’t let me get back to sleep. He started tickling me, jolting me up as I had closed my eyes to go back to sleep again.
“Wake…. Up..” He laughed.
“I’m up. I’m up”, I laughed, trying to get him to stop.
” Get washed up and dressed, angel. ” he said, cupping my face and running a finger on my lip before kissing me.
“Where are we going?” I asked him. He turned from me and went to his closet.
” I have a very important meeting today with a client. I want you to come with me, if that is okay”, he explained, picking out his clothes.
“Of course,” I told him, hopping out of bed and stretching. I kissed his cheek before going to my own room to wash up and change clothes, putting my hair in a low ponytail. He had already had my outfit picked out. It was a white shirt with beige pants and white shoes to go with it. Simple, but pretty. After getting dressed, we left, grabbing a quick granola bar from the kitchen. We talked about Black Diamond in more detail, so I could get to know more about the place. I saw my other three mates standing in front of a building that was still in the middle of construction, speaking with some of the men working.
“Hey, what are they building?”, I asked Seth, who I reached first and hugged.
“A new restaurant”, he said. I hugged Carter and Damien as well.
“For Moonlight?” I asked, as I looked at the very tall building.
” Not this time.” Seth said, but that was all he said. They all turned to a black car that was approaching and parked in front of us alongside the curb. My heart nearly leaped out of my chest when I saw who stepped out of the car.
” Guys!” I shrieked in happiness. They all laughed at my sudden giddiness. Standing in front of me was none other than Gordon Ramsey himself.
“Seth, Carter”, Gordon said in his thick accent, shaking my mate’s hands.
“These are our brothers, Damien and Jordan”, Seth said, introducing them, and they greeted each other.
“Now where is your darling mate that I will be taking under my wing”, Gordon said before they moved over and he saw me.
“Now, you must be Ember, love”, he said to me, reaching out his hands.
“Oh my goodness. Yes. I’m Ember. I am such a big fan”, I told him, shaking his hand. It was every girl’s dream to meet their idol one day and here he was, standing in front of me.
” The pleasure is all mine”, he said before letting me go.
“Wait. You said mate. You know?” I asked him, and he nodded in shock. Your beta is mated to my newly discovered cousin Ivy, from what I hear. I was shocked. Ivy was supposedly an orphan. I was happy to see she finally found a relative of hers. “You said you were taking me under your wing?” I asked him. He nodded as he looked at the restaurant.
” I am. This will be another Hell’s kitchen site in the next year or two, and you were highly recommended by your mates and Ivy for your take-charge attitude. That will come in handy this season as I will need an assistant chef this season. Once we finish filming, I would like you to run this branch as Top Chef”, he said to me. “What do you say to that?” , he asked me. What did I think?
“Oh my goodness, it’s my dream. My freaking dream!” I said, beaming with happiness.
“Good. I know you have not finished your schooling, so I will get you set up to work beside me personally, so that I can see what you have already mastered and teach you everything I know.”, he said, holding out his hand.
” I will be in touch”, he said to me. I took his hand and shook it before he left. Happy tears started forming in my eyes.
“You guys. Did you really do this?” I asked them and they nodded.
” We would do anything for you, Angel”, Jordan said, wiping my tears away. I turned to Carter and he nodded.
” It’s true, red”, he said to me, pulling me into a hug and kissing the top of my head. I pulled back, still crying happy tears, and Seth pulled me to him.
“Don’t cry, baby girl. You really do deserve this happiness, and more”, he said, wiping my tears away. Damien kissed my cheek before pulling me into his chest.
“We love you, human”, Damien said to me. It was the first time he called me human in a sense that was not offensive and I beamed at him. At all of them. Everything I went through brought me to this moment, and I would not change a thing! We have saved the world for now, but we know the battle is only really beginning. No matter what we face , I will have my lycans, and they will have their human companion.
THE END
Agatha (100 years later)
I watched the video legacy left behind by Ember and her mates. When Ember died of old age twenty years ago, her life was linked to her mates. It was the cost Seth and Carter agreed to in order to give Selene enough power to send Ember back into time. Damien and Jordan understood the cost of this as well, and grew to be okay with it. Ember produced each of them a son, and had a daughter with Carter’s traits. All of them inherited Lycan abilities but none of Ember’s goddess blood or abilities. Damien and Jordan’s sons ran Black Diamond. Carter and Seth’s son took up their father’s legacy and ran Moonlight as well as the Woodstone pack, which now ran through the entire state of Florida. Carter’s daughter took after her mother with her cooking and managing skills, and ran her mother’s restaurant, which Ember called Grill Bay, the same restaurant Gordan Ramsey gave her after she finished her schooling. She trained under him, and after his season in Hell’s kitchen was over, he gifted her the restaurant as a thank you.
The video they left behind was left in my possession as it was tasked by Selene herself that I would have a four hundred year life span, so that I could direct the new human goddess that would possess the soul of Ember, to fight the new horsemen approaching, whomever that could be. I kept the eyes of the council of delphi at bay but eventually, they were bound to try to interfere. I would be back before that happened. In my bones, I could feel darkness approaching again as the world seemed to shake. Selene put the vision of the new goddess and her location. I was stunned when I saw her. I packed my belongings and took one last look around my hut. I had no idea when I would be here again, but I was sure I would visit soon. The Moonstone pack was thriving and fine. They no longer needed my council for now, but I would be notified if the council of Delphi tried to interfere. It was time to see the new earth goddess, and help her claim her destiny!