“What if she doesn’t show? She has been hiding from me this whole time. What if she decides to run?” I ask. Voicing my panic. Markus chuckles.
“Dude. I have gotten to know her pretty well, if I do say so myself.” He starts and Onin growls, threateningly. Markus holds up his hands in mock surrender. “All I am saying is that if she didn’t want to do this she wouldn’t have made the changes. She would have voiced her opinion right out and dared you to challenge her.” He says, looking at me. I relax slightly and nod my head.
“You’re right. I am panicking for nothing.” I say and take a deep breath.
“Good. Now that you are calm.. We really need to head down. The ceremony will start soon.” He says and my heart beat picks up a little. Here we go.
LeeAca’s POV
The high priest starts talking and after every ritual part is said he looks at Alarick.
“I understand that you wanted to share vows.” He says to Alarick and I start to panic. I didn’t know about this! I don’t have anything prepared. I look up to Alarick and he smiles and squeezes my hand.
“Yes.” He says to the priest, then looks at me. “LeeAca. I knew from the moment we met that you were different. Once you threw me out of the window, I knew that you were the one. At first I did not care for you, many people know and it was not a secret. You slowly broke the walls that I built around my heart and I began to fall in love with you, all while not knowing we shared a bond. You are beautiful, smart, kind, selfless, strong and I am proud to call you my mate, Luna and Queen. I know that you will help me lead out people with as much passion and love as you do your own. You will always put others before yourself and that is one of the many things that I love about you. LeeAca I promise to be there for you no matter what and I am excited to see where our life will take us. I love you and I can’t wait to start the rest of our lives together.” He says with unshed tears in his eyes.
Great.. How do I go after that?
“Speak from your heart. It doesn’t matter what anybody thinks, just speak from your heart.” Fen says to me. I take a deep breath and begin to speak.
“Alarick. When I first saw you walk through the doors of the ballroom I wanted to bolt. I knew you were my mate from day one and I didn’t want it. I have had eight mate bonds, all of which have ended badly. I numbed myself from feeling after being betrayed by my first second chance mate and being experimented on with my third chance mate. I hated the mate bond. I thought that it made one weak. That’s something we had in common. After spending time with you and slowly peeling back the layers of the mighty king, I came to realize that I was developing feelings for you, which terrified me. You slowly broke my walls that I spent so long building. I didn’t think that it was possible to feel anything again, but you showed me that it was possible. I know that we have had our rough spots already, but with everything out in the open and us agreeing to the mate bond, we have mended our strains. I have come to realize that you complete me and I can’t imagine a life without you by my side. I love you and I am looking forward to spending the rest of my life waking up with you by my side.” I said. I didn’t realize that I started crying until I felt Alarick’s hand against my cheek, brushing away the tears.
“Beautiful… By the power vested in me as the high priest, I now pronounce you man and wife. The knife.” The high priest said, looking over towards Markus. Markus steps up and pulls a silver knife from his jacket pocket. He hands it to the high priest and Alarick and I hold our hands over a gold bowl. The priest takes Alarick’s hand and holds the blade to his palm.
“Do you King Alarick Rustovski accept the goddess given mate bond with LeeAce Petrovich?” The priest asked Alarick.
“Yes. I do.” Alarick answered, his eyes never leaving mine, I watched him wince slightly as the priest cut his palm. The priest then takes my hand.
“Do you LeeAca Catarina Petrovich accept the goddess given mate bond with King Alarick Rustovski? Do you accept the position of Queen Luna and do you swear to treat every werewolf with respect and dignity?” The priest asked me.
“Yes. I do. “I say and I feel the slight sting of the silver cutting my palm. The priest takes Alarick’s and my hand and places them together, so that we are holding hands. Our blood, mixing together, is giving me the strength that I need, I have hundreds, if not thousands of minds connecting with mine. The Priest takes a holy cloth and covers our joined hands. He starts saying a prayer that I can not understand, when suddenly the bowl that our blood was dripping into starts to swirl. I look to see that Alarick is looking at the bowl as well with a puzzled look on his face. It seems as if time stops and the wind picks up swirling around me and Alarick. “You will do well my children.” I hear, whispered in my ears. I see that Alarick’s face has changed, indicating that he heard the voice as well. My hair begins to settle from the wind and the Priest is wide eyes and grinning from ear to ear. He kind of looks crazy.
“YOU BOTH HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE GODDESS!” The priest yells so that everyone will hear. Not that they couldn’t have heard him anyway, he was wearing a microphone. Then everyone erupts in cheers.
“Long live the King and Queen!” Every person shouts and starts to kneel.
We are met at the doors to the hall by my Gamma and Delta. I see the planner slipping out of the corner door and walking towards me. They bow and then look up.
“Are you ready, your highness?” They ask and I take a deep breath.
“Yes.” I say and they nod their head.
I am now standing up here with my Beta, Gamma and Delta behind me and the high priest next to me. The doors open to reveal the girls walking down. I look around to see that the colors have been changed to include LeeAca’s rogue pack and her pack she lived in. I also see the Rogue pack sitting with the other pack’s and I smile slightly when the Alpha makes eye contact with me. Shortly after, the music changes and all the guests stand up and turn toward the door that just opened, revealing LeeAca in a beautiful white strapless dress that shows just enough cleavage. She looks beautiful. The dress seems to fit her like a glove, but also flows like a river. I have no idea how it does that, but it is beautiful. Her father is on one side of her and her brother is on the other. She looks nervous, but when we make eye contact she releases the nervousness. Everything is gone, but me and her. I can’t believe that I was so lucky. Once she reaches the stairs, I go down to greet her and her family. Her father has tears in his eyes, but is holding them back, while her brother is giving me a threatening look that says he will kill me if I hurt her. Once I take her hand, sparks shoot up my arm. I see that she has changed her stance on always wearing clothes that cover every ounce of her body. She looks happy and confident, even though her scars are revealed. I see tattoos that I didn’t notice the night she revealed herself to me. She has a lot of them. Shows how much I was paying attention that night. I was just worried about her and didn’t take advantage of openly gawking at her body. Once we walk up to the podium I lean down and whisper in her ear.
“You look absolutely breathtaking.” I say and she blushes and looks down.
“Thank you. You look very handsome as well.” She whispers with a smile. I can’t wait to see that smile every day for the rest of my life.
LeeAca’s POV
After the ceremony, we went to the grand ballroom, where they held a dinner.
“Now it’s time for our King and Queen’s first dance.” Markus says as he steps down from the stage to help move people out of the way for us. I look at Alarick as he stands up and stretches out his hand to me.
“My Queen.” He all but purrs. I grab his hand and the sparks shoot up through me, causing tingles in the pit of my stomach. He leads me to the center of the dance floor and as the music plays we start to dance.
About half way through the dance Alarick leans down close to my ear. “I want to take you up to our room and tear this beautiful gown off of you.” He says huskilly. My legs quiver at the thought, and my face starts to grow red.
“Maybe you shouldn’t be too brazen here, while everyone is watching.” I try to reprimand him, but Fen is in my head jumping at the thought of him taking us. He only chuckles.
“That is not what your scent is telling me.” He says as he leans down and inhales my scent. I feel his breath on my neck making me quiver even more.
” If you don’t get us out of here right now I will take over and f*ck him senseless with everyone watching.” Fen warns me. I only stared wide eyed at Alarick, he looked at me with a smirk on his face. He knows exactly what he is doing to me and Fen. Two can play that game.
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