Page 306 of One Winter Knight
Even after we bonded and I could feel that she never wanted to leave me, I still wasn’t sure. After all, she had those two boys–did she have any use for a delta like me?
But she did.
Now here we were getting married, being watched by our family, friends, and pack.
We had a pack. Not some grumpy alphaholes who looked down on non-alphas. No, we had two boisterous alphas, a fun-loving kappa, and a dog who honestly was coming along obedience-wise much better than the boys.
But I suppose it’s also why we loved our guys.
Dusty came over with Ispín so that the puppy could give us therings.
My eyes met hers as I said my vows. “You have my heart, Fiona. You have for a very long time. I will always have your back, and love you forever and always.” I slid the ring on a finger.
She took my ring and did the same. “You are my everything and I am so grateful to finally marry you. I’ll always have your back and love you forever and always.”
“You may now kiss your mate,” he said in English.
Leaning forward, I kissed her longer and deeper than I should at a wedding. Grandpa introduced us to the audience and I squeezed her hand.
Yes, this was my mate. My amazing omega. And she was mine for always.
Hale
I shifted my weight as one of Saoirse’s hysterical old grandpas married them in a language I not only didn’t understand, but didn’t know existed until I met them. It was short and sounded beautiful.
The best part was when Ispín brought the rings. I looked out at the crowd as her grandpa switched to English and presented them to everybody.
I still wasn’t talking to any of my parents but Mama and Baba. The others knew I was getting married. Part of me worried that they’d show up, but it hadn’t happened. Which honestly was a point in Dad’s favor.
He had sent a message through Grace, who continued to speak to them for the sake of my little brother and sisters. I let her give me the message, which was that he wished me happiness and hoped it worked out the way I wanted.
I’d take that.
All the siblings were here, along with Grace’s and Verity’s packs. Big Tad, my mentor, and a few other friends were here as well.Fiona held to her word, and we’d flown out everybody who couldn’t afford to get here on their own.
This place was beautiful, and very different from Verity’s castle in Greece. Every single person here fully supported us. Even Fiona’s dads.
Wow. I was about to marry Fiona. My beautiful omega mate.
Then I’d marry Carlos. The man I never knew I needed, but had wanted since the moment I saw him at Taco Hut.
Fiona said she didn’t care who married us, because her dad was doing the pack confirmation. I hadn’t known who to ask either, especially since I wasn’t talking to Dad. So, I asked Mercy, because she was my closest sibling. She was my adultier-adult, the one who stood by me the past six months in a one-hundred-percent nonjudgemental zone.
I walked over to Fiona. Saoirse gave her one more kiss, then stood with Dusty and Ispín.
Mercy came forward.
“If you would’ve asked me who the next Thorne sibling to get married would be, I wouldn’t have told you that it was Hale,” Mercy said as everyone laughed. “But here we are and I couldn’t be prouder of my brother, this amazing pack, and the family he is building for himself.”
Mercy could very well be the most excited of my siblings about the baby.
That’s not to say Verity wasn't also happy for us. But in a cautious way. It turned out that a professional baby proofer was literally a team of people who came to your house and told you all the things that were not appropriate for babies, and then fixed it. It was absolutely bananapants. Yet it made so much sense when I remembered Pax eating things that he wasn’t supposed to, all the things Tru put up her nose, and Hope bringing a shelf down on her head.
Mercy continued to talk, but I just focused on my beautifulomega.
Wow, we were here. There were definitely times in the past six months when I didn’t think I’d make it. It was hard going back-and-forth to Research Circle, spending all that time doing my research, and having to choose between things like doing classwork and spending time with Carlos because he was actually in town while I was.
That had been hard on Fiona, us both being away. Thank goodness she had Saoirse. With me going to NYC State, that wouldn’t be as big of a deal now.
