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ering. I call it a beauti
bloody. No one even remembers how it started. It just... never stopped. But now, some
ce ma
m the
love. Just... a symbo
I'm marryi
actically vibrating with excitement. I glance at the mirror,
ing dress that feels less lik
onna be blown away,"
cticed, hollow kind I've
s open. My bro
ing, Daphne," D
rising from the chair
d jerks his head toward
in. "Saw your future
ow, only mi
h. Something. Said it would be good for us to talk be
ve to say, "He's an
sy to meet hi
day. And I'm about to meet
ask. "What
. "Annoyingly
t what I wa
e tightening. "Don't forget t
ike he just told me
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"And risk everyth
y keep saying. That's why Father and the Alpha agreed, no magic
mien mutters. "You don't
w up among witches. Never r
me why you said yes."
ause someone
er told me to
d almost
eyes. "Since when d
't an
sighs. One of those heavy, you exh
ulder. "Relax.
s mouth. Then he presses
kn
wn at it.
in c
s voice cuts through the hall
nch like kids
lipping back into his usual cool. "Just...
He slides my arm into his, stiff but formal, like
ready?"
ds are poi
rd, he leans in.
e. Don't screw it up. Eve
Same speech as alw
ed and tense. On the right, the werewolves, sharp-eyed, restless, all lo
s. Neutral observers. A pe
esn't find out,"
s. I know exact
ightly. "It's the happ
If you
ke kind that feels like it
I se
r, back straight, dres
atingly attractive. Broad shoulders.
werewolf, who notices me first
husband-t
s eyes find me...
ngly, he is. Not because his stare feels
o
s man, the Alpha
y ha