The coordinator appeared in the open door. “Ready? It’s timeto get everyone lined up.”
Saoirse gave me a kiss. “I’ll see you up there, Mo Stóirín.”
I went out on the patio by the garden with the rest of the brunch society. As my attendants, the ladies all wore sage green dresses while Timmy wore a sage green tie, and vest.
Saoirse’s brother and cousins wore taupe vests and ties. Carlos had his sisters, Gwen, and his cousin Jorge, who all wore apricot. Big Tad, Creed, Mercy, Verity, and Dare were Hale’s attendants and wore bronze.
The florist made sure we all had our bouquets. The wedding coordinator got everyone lined up. We weren’t having any children in our wedding, but we had given them all special jobs.
Lucky, the imaginary cat, also had a task. I tried to object, but apparently that was a non-negotiable.
I still didn’t understand the imaginary cat. Though Ispín was included.
“It's starting.” Timmy pulled me to the side so that we could watch the procession until it was our turn.
The garden was beautiful and the weather was perfect–cloudy but not rainy. Dusty, who wore a black tux with a gold vest and tie started, holding Ispín, who wore a gold bow tie.
Saoirse’s attendants went next, followed by Saoirse in her beautiful dress. She stood on one side of the flower arch, Dusty and Ispín behind her.
Carlos and his attendants followed. The coordinator lined us up. Hale and his attendants got ready to walk down the aisle. Once they were down the aisle my attendants started.
Hale and Carlos stood by the flower arch on the opposite side of Saoirse. Both of them looked so yummy in their new tuxes. My dads had given all three of the guys nice watches and they all wore them.
Honestly, Saoirse got the better gift. Watches didn’t shoot people.
If they did?Need.
Since we had so many attendants, only Dusty, Mercy, Jorge, and Timmy stayed. Everyone else sat down in the rows assigned to them on one side. The front rows of the other side were filled with our families.
Finally, the music changed and everyone stood. Some omegas would have one of their parents walk them down the aisle, a remnant of those old days where parents would give their omegas away in marriage–literally.Here, take this omega and give me a house or cows, or money.
While it could be a sweet moment, it was fitting for me to walk down the aisle myself, because no one was giving me to this pack.
No, I made this pack all by myself–and it was a pretty good one.
Saoirse
The music changed and everyone stood. Fiona walked down the aisle looking as beautiful as the first day I saw her, at that club in Ireland. She was positively radiant and giddy as she grinned at her dads and then the brunch society.
Her eyes focused on Carlos and Hale, opposite the arch from me. It had been something to see her relationship with Hale develop from,This is a guy who was fun to fuck, but not a keeper,to,This is the alpha I want to have kids with.
Hale hadn’t disappointed me, even if he did do things like teach Dusty’s nephews to make fireworks.
Carlos, too, had started as someone she found for a weekend of fun–and now here we were. I was glad she’d chosen him. From the beginning, I knew he was a good person. I just hadn’t been sure if he was who she’d choose in the end.
Fiona looked at me. I got love through the bond and I sent it back. My wonderful, smart, funny omega who helped show me there was so much more to life than being an assassin. As she stoodin front of the arch, I stepped forward, Dusty, and Ispín behind me.
Getting Ispín here had been a logistical nightmare. You couldn’t just bring dogs to foreign countries. Fortunately, I’d figured it out.
Dusty stepped out in front. “I’d like to welcome everyone to this beautiful castle. Thank you so much for joining us today to celebrate Pack Lovely.”
Grandpa came up and joined us. I’d asked him to marry Fiona and me–and he’d agreed. Timmy took Fiona’s bouquet. Something was going on with Timmy, but I didn’t have the time to investigate. He was a big boy and if he needed help, he’d ask.
“When my granddaughter told me she’d gotten herself a redheaded omega, I was so happy for her. Both of them are accomplished beyond anything you could imagine, and I’m honored to marry them here today,” Grandpa said.
I took Fiona’s hands. Grandpa began in Irish. He kept it short and sweet, but really that’s all we needed.
Because I was marrying Fiona. For all the time I’d loved her, for the fact that I’d moved to another country to be with her, there had always been that doubt in the back of my mind that she would leave me for an alpha.
