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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

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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

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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