Charlie and Ella 9
Ella POV:
When I woke up on the morning of my wedding and felt much more surreal than I thought it would I found myself suspended in a state of disbelief. Everybody was running around around me, and I was doing my best to keep up to tell them where I wanted things and how things should be. Annette and my mother were both much more ahead of me. I couldn’t quite get my words right or figure out exactly what came next.
There were flowers and people bustling around and banners going up. Kept reminding myself that this was my wedding day. I would marry him. The whole world would see me as a Luna after this. Our lives would begin.
Seems like the morning dragged on and on and on nothing seemed to speed it up. It wouldn’t be until later in the day when the sun was setting that I would marry him.
I found myself chuckling at the ludicrous situation I nervous to marry a man I had already married. Everybody could see the bite mark on my neck. This is all for show, it felt foolish to get goosebumps thinking of walking down the aisle to him, but I did.
This want our rendezvous by the tree it was everybody staring at us watching as we promised to love each other. This was a sacred vow in front of the world. I felt all the more intimate and all the more exposed at the same time.
The worst part was all I wanted was to be able to see him and hold his hand so that he could calm me down, but that was against the rules. It felt like a contradiction to spend most of the day apart from the person you are vowing to spend your life together. There wasn’t any arguing though, this was one of the oldest traditions. I didn’t have to wait as long as Annette did in our pack.
Each pack had a different interpretation of the traditions, ours were very strict, and here they were more lax. Although they felt very confining, there were wolves all around me that I didn’t know setting up stretches of tables and placing out flowers, laying out tablecloths, and hanging garlands. This was the far more comfortable part of the day when there were hundreds of people around me, a lot of time before the ceremony.
The closer we got, the fewer people there were and the more frenzied I became. I did my hair with shaking hands so Annette took over, it wasn't any better by the time it came to do my makeup so Cecelia did it for me. She was very fun and outgoing, different from me. I had learned over the course of the day that she and Theo had been secretly together for most of her teenage years shocking everybody when he proposed. Now having endured her mother-in-law I could understand why.
She told me that she and Theo’s wedding was a much more simple affair, only their pack and a few neighboring packs were in attendance.
“But you’ve bagged the heir,” She winked at me.
I envied her brashness and her confidence. Every time Eva tried to invade our space and correct how I looked she just crossed her arms and told her there were enough hands in the mix. My mother smirked off in the corner as she did.
When I put on my dress I felt myself go lightheaded. It was very different from the sparkling simple gown that had danced underneath the stars. A lavender satin clung to me like a second skin, off-the-shoulder cuffs, and a cowl back. I looked like something in a painting, when I saw myself in the mirror, my hair dangling down from a bun in delicate curls like a waterfall. My makeup wasn’t overbearing like how I’d imagined Cea to do it, instead, she made my skin dewy and glow, pale pink lips. I felt like I was a different person, unreal.
I was in full blown panic when we started heading toward the ceremony Brian and my dad rubbed my back as I breathed in slow breaths. I saw the Luna wince as I felt myself shake Brian made a move to go and talk to her but I grabbed my brother's arm.
This was the silliest thing I had ever done, I was already married to him, and we were already bound. He couldn’t run away even if I said the wrong thing or tripped. The music began and I straightened as best I could, Brian running off to escort Annette down the aisle. Theo and Cea are next.
I wanted to run for just a split second but my father moved me forward, the closer I got the better I felt until I saw his face. All the stress, all the fear melted away, all I saw was him. He was a magnet drawing me forward. As we said our vows I focused on him and his eyes, his smile. I didn’t even realize it was over until he leaned in kissing me. As the humans did, it wasn’t as permanent as leaving your mark on your mate, but now I understood the sentiment.
We left the ceremony and his mother was sobbing, but I didn’t notice I was covered by my husband. His arm around me his lips on my cheek, it had taken rash decisions but we had gotten here. We were married now and no one had stopped us. All the foreign dignitaries nodded at us as they passed, and gave me small smiles.
We ate the luxury meal which was pleasant enough but it wasn’t as warm as his hand over mine, or feeling him at my back. Knowing the world was aware that every morning I would wake up in his arms.
Before the dancing began we ran off to have a moment to breathe. We fled laughing to ourselves as we got away from the many people we didn’t know.
“Thank the goddess,” I smiled as he pulled me in for a kiss.
“I know, we did it,” He grinned in between kisses.
I melted into him, pleased with myself. His mother could be as angry or upset as she wanted to be but she hadn’t deterred us. We had forged our way and gotten married we were recognized by the leader around us, and all her ire and speculation was for nothing.
I had half expected someone to sneer at me being just a low blood wolf, but it never came they all shook my hand and complimented my beauty. They remarked on my bravery in fighting for my love. By the time we entered the home, I was sure I could do it, be by his side. I didn’t speak to my mother in law that day, it wasn’t what had my attention. She had used her threats to intimidate me but I hadn't given in and in the end that was all they were. I would do my duty to my husband, I would help the people of my pack. No matter what people said about me.
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