Daniel’s P.O.V. I watch Aspen and Hunter walk out of the Palace with Victor close behind and I know that he will look after them, answer any question they have. Hunter is right, I do have work to do and I need to make sure I tell my Sons about my assignment. However, there is something else I want to talk about with Brent and Gabe. Looking around I see that Jayce is absent and I tell Jax, Jason and Justin that I will tell them about the past few days the following day. “Brent, Gabe. I would like to have a word with the two of you in my office.” I say as I walk towards my official office down the hall. My Beta and Gamma follow me as Jax rushes passed me to sprint out the backdoor. I have a feeling he needs to let out Brick for a run, to let Brick come to peace with Hunter’s story and I know that I will have to give Joshua that chance too. I will ask Aspen at dinner if she wants to join me, because Joshua wants to meet her Wolf. Instead of settling in the chair behind my desk I walk over to one of the armchairs, placed a little further into my office. Brent and Gabe sit down on the couch to my left and a smile spreads across my face as I see Brent pulling Gabe into his side. Gabe tries to put some distance between them, but Brent isn’t having any of it. “Gabe, are you uncomfortable?” I ask him and he blushes when he realizes I caught on to him. “You can sit anyway you like, I don’t care. Both of you are my friends and I am happy you found each other. As long as it is not an official setting I don’t care if you sit beside Brent or on his lap. I know that I will have Aspen on my lap every chance I get and if someone doesn’t like that, that will be their problem to deal with. I just wish the two of you had found out decades ago.” I tell him as I look at both my friends. Gabe smiles as Brent pulls him on to his lap and this time Gabe doesn’t fight him. “Thanks, Daniel. I think we both needed to hear you say that. Brent and I have talked about not finding out sooner as well. We have come to the conclusion that we can question it all we want, but it doesn’t chance anything. It did take us decades to find out and maybe we should feel sorry for the years we lost, but we spent all these years side by side. We had something not many mated couples have and that is the time to get to know one another, before the Matebond got involved. You have to learn what Aspen likes and dislikes, we already know that about the other. Aspen will have to learn what will set off Joshua, while Brent and I already know what can set off the other’s Lycan. Yeah, we might have been apart all these years, but we also have been together all these years.” Gabe says. I am stunned by his words, but I know that he is correct and I am glad they are okay with the situation as it is. I know that Aspen and I need to learn a lot about the other and Joshua makes it known that he is going to love the time we have to figure that out. He can’t wait to find out what she prefers in the bedroom and he flashes me a few images, which make me groan out loud. “Looks like someone’s Lycan has a dirty mind.” Brent says as he chuckles and I have to adjust myself to get more comfortable. “Did you contact your Dad?” Gabe asks and I know that he means Sarah’s Father. He will be so happy to see I have finally moved on, that I have found my second chance and that I kept my promise to both Sarah and her Mom. “I will invite him over for dinner and while we’re at it we will also invite the High-ranking Lycans from the Palace and the Pack. That way we can introduce Aspen and Hunter to everyone and it will send out the message that I am taken.” I answer him. Gabe smiles while Brent shakes his head and mutters “Poor Pups”, but I don’t understand why he made that comment. “Daniel, once the females find out you have your Mate, they will aim their arrows at your Sons.” Gabe explains and I actually start laughing. “Then we better make sure we figure out how to shut up Hunter, because she will have quite a few snarly remarks for those females.” I quickly tell them about our run in with both Macy and Suzy and Brent just shakes his head. I call Benjamin to invite him over for dinner, while Gabe links the High-ranking Lycans from the Palace and Brent the High-ranking Lycans from the Pack. Martha has been informed already and is ecstatic that she gets to prepare yet another large dinner. She has been here for all my life and I know she started working here after my parents met. She has been the one constant thing in my life that is still with me today and I am glad she gets a chance to see me happy again. Martha has seen me at my best and at my worst, she was there when I worried about Sarah and when I grieved over losing Sarah. Now she will be there as I have found my second chance Mate and I hope she will be there to see Pups running around the Palace once again. Whether those Pups are mine, my Son’s or my Daughter’s, this Palace will know the sounds of Pups once again. I hope Aspen and I will have some Pups of our own, before any of our Pups have Pups. Joshua laughs at my thoughts and scolds me for calling our Sons Pups, but no matter how old they become they will always be my Pups. Gabe, Brent and I finish things up and head back to our wing to get ready for dinner. I can smell my Mate and I sneak into the room, hoping that I can catch her off guard. What I was not expecting is to see my Mate walk into the room naked, her head is covered by the towel as she is drying her hair and she is completely unaware of me. My eyes travel from her covered head to her breasts, over her stomach down to my own slice of heaven. My cock is growing hard, strained against the zipper of my jeans and I grab hold of it as I watch my Mate turn her back on me. Before I can chance my mind Joshua forces my hand and I grab her hips as I pull her against my raging hard-on. “Daniel..” she moans and I press her harder against me. I quickly drop my jeans and boxers to my knees, before I grab my shaft in my hand and slide it through her folds. I press it against her clit, making her cry out in pleasure and I feel my cock twitch at the sounds she makes. I ram my cock inside her, driving her pussy back on my cock and for a moment I keep myself still inside her. I slowly pull back until only the head of my cock is still inside her, before I shove every inch back into her pussy. “Oh Daniel…harder…please..” she moans, she pushes herself towards me as I slam my cock back into her. Her pussy squeezes my cock on every thrust into her core and she feels so fucking tight around me. I hammer myself inside her with a possessive fury and for a moment I fear I might be to rough with her, but she moans louder the harder I fuck her. I thrust deeper into her as I angle her ass up. I groan loudly as her pussy squeezes my cock even harder, not bothering to hold back the sounds I make as we pleasure each other. “Daniel…I can’t hold it..” she moans as I go as deep as I can go. “Come for me, Baby. I want you to come around my cock as I fill you with my cum.” I whisper as I lean over her, driving my cock even deeper. I stand up straight again with my cock ready to shoot spurts of my cum deep inside her. She is panting rapidly as she is getting closer to her climax and I press my thumb down on her ass as I start to shoot spurt after spurt inside her. The moment I press my thumb inside her backdoor she comes around my shaft, screaming out in pleasure. I keep moving my thumb slowly to prolong her orgasm, her pussy muscles milking my cock for every last drop of cum I had. I pull my thumb and cock out of her gently and scoop her up in my arms, heading for the bathroom. I shower my Mate from top to bottom after I have showered myself and I hold her close to me as I let the water rinse the suds of our bodies. “I love you, Baby.” I whisper with my lips against her forehead.