Background Information

If you haven't read the latest chapters of Stormy or Absent, this will contain spoilers.

Here's the future I have planned for Gracie and Ryan.

Ryan gets his job back at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (that's the official name of the government agency by the way...not me being politically incorrect by saying "Indian" - lol, just had to point that out because someone got offended once when I wrote Ryan worked for Indian Affairs). Anyway...inspired by Gracie, Ryan also enrolls in the University of Maryland where he gets his Master's in Public Policy. He eventually works his way up and becomes a high ranking government official. Ryan does a lot of good, improving the quality of living on reservations across the States.

Gracie ends up getting her doctorate. She gets a job preserving Native American artifacts at the Smithsonian and becomes a renowned expert in the field of American Indian culture.

Ryan and Gracie eventually get married and have two children. Jaxon (Jax) is the oldest. They also have a little girl, Brooke, a few years later. Originally I had it in my head that Brooke gets imprinted on by Gabe and Lilly's oldest son, Caleb, but then I remembered Lilly and Gracie are cousins. Still...I think by the time Caleb and Brooke make an appearance, they'd be fifth or sixth cousins. The line would be distant enough by then that they could marry without having problems. LOL, I'm sure the idea would still creep people out, but that's how I envisioned it. And I liked that Gracie and Gabe's children eventually fell in love with each other, given how close Gracie and Gabe are. (And can you imagine Ryan's reaction if Gabe's son fell in love with his daughter?)

Regarding Gracie's other son, Ryan keeps in contact with Tristen and Charlotte, but Gracie doesn't meet Brayden again until he's eighteen. They become friendly, but he considers Tristen and Charlotte his only parents. Brayden has a good life and becomes a professional football player. He never phases.