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There were no rings to exchange because A hers and refused to take it off and I didn’t have one Gabriel said a prayer and then announced to our s, "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit I now pronounce you man and wife You may kiss your bride"

I obeyed

I leaned down and pulled her to ry kiss that left ether all night and all , but with the promise of forever firether until they were almost one entity

I would irl alone

I felt the soh our happy o of my bride I sht of the eastern rising sun lit up the wide open Nebraska sky in a rainbow of pinks, purples and oranges

"I love you," I promised her

"I love you too," she vowed back

"Will you ainstaway to talk to her parents

Gabriel and I turned to face Amelia and her family as they talked with Eden and Kiran in the frosted over field Their breath puffed around thehed some, they cried some and they talked seriously most of all This was a momentous occasion, and I was happy to be married, but not one of us would look back on this day with joy

"Yes," Gabriel agreed "We are going to track down Dmitri’s brother, Alexi Silas had decided to follow a lead that would have taken hio I will meet them in Mexico City"

"I want you to end this," I instructed "End it Do whatever it takes" I glanced over at him with his eyes that flickered like fla too much of you?"

"No," Gabriel assured runted at that "As was I"