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"I can see that just by looking at them."
"Our families don't care. They want both my mother and Pierre to mate people they picked out. Considering both of them are gay, their choices don't make sense."
"Shouldn't they be happy that your parents were together long enough to create you?"
I laughed. "You would think so, wouldn't you?"
But that was not the way it had been.
I jerked around when I heard glass clinking. Paolo stood in the middle of the room tapping a knife against one of the champagne flutes.
"I believe that's my cue."
I had no idea what he was talking about, but when he started walking over to Paolo, I hurried to Alessandro's side. "What's going on?" I asked when I reached him.
"I'm not sure."
When KingNicolae, Grand Prince Visconti and his consort, and Prince Viscnoti and his mate all walked over to stand with King Constantine, I knew something was up for sure.
I just wished I knew what it was.
"Ladies and gentlemen," King Constantine began, "I am sure you stand with me and King Nicolae in wishing Prince Vitali and his consort congratulations on their mating. I pray to the Fates that they have many happy years together."
I heard a lot of clapping and that made me feel really good, but as I glanced around the crowd gathered, I realized not everyone was happy for us. We were receiving several hate filled glares from a small group of people standing in front of the crowd.
I took a step closer to Alessandro."My mother's family is here."
"So is your father's."Alessandro nodded to another small group of people standing a few feet away from the first one.
I swallowed tightly as I glanced at them. They were alternating between glaring at me and glaring at my parents. I couldn't imagine how this was going to end, but I didn't think it would be pretty.
King Constantine turned to look at us. "Alessandro, René, would you join us?"
Uh...
Alessandro grabbed my hand and led me over to the king. King Constantine smiled as he patted my shoulder. I was pretty sure he was trying to reassure me.
I was going to puke.
"It's a great day when we can bring together two people in such a loving bond." King Constantine still had a smile on his face as he turned to my parents and their mates. "Today, we have been blessed enough to not only celebrate the mating of Alessandro and René, but Alpha Castellano and his true mate Pierre Etra as well as Alpha Mate Castellano and her true mate, Isabella Rinaldi."
Dead silence met the king's announcement, and then someone clapped, and more clapping followed after that until the entire room was roaring with noise.
When I glanced at my parents' families, they were staring at the kings with equal parts shock and disdain. There were even a couple of hate-filled glares.
They clearly didn't like what they were hearing.
"Throughout our history," KingNicolae said, "there have been cases of twins being mated to the same person. One is a mate and one is a true mate. It is because they are twins and share part of their soul. To see such a mating standing before us does my heart good. It is truly a blessing by the Fates."
The king must have seen some of the protest building in a few of the faces in the crowd because he said, "This is well documented in our historical archives if anyone is curious to see them."
Alessandro was keeping a firm hold on me, and I was grateful for that. I was pretty sure I would drop into a dead faint if he didn't.
The two kings, the grand prince and his consort, the former prince and his consort, all of them were standing there smiling and supporting us.
It was amazing.
Maybe this would work out after all.
