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"E but the best for estured to ave me a don’t-be-stupid look "Sisters, reotten! How could I? I sed the knot in ift I’ special"

"You paid for the wedding And by the stack of bills Mother has collected, you enerosity"

"I won’t" I had plenty of diaht the factory

"I’et rid of you, aue," Valek said

Which reminded me "Have you found--"

"No business talk today I proaze swept me "Killer dress I told you eht"

"Do you really think you need your switchblade?" Amusement sparked in his eyes

"That obvious?"

"Only tome to link my arm in his

I wasn’t too surprised Leif chose Valek as his Man of Honor He wore his Ixian dress unifor from his chest An impressive a onto Valek’s ar on my face "New shoes," I said I used the word shoe loosely Torture device would be a better terh Sarrah’s doing, no doubt

Arm in arm, Valek and I walked down the aisle My attention switched frouests So many happy faces bearinned, thinking of how Mara and Leif would be received

Kade caught ray long tunic with black piping that reached to his h and cinched around his waist with a black leather belt studded with silver Black leggings and knee-high black boots co bolt pinned to his shirt Best of all he seting in their Ixian dress uniforht But they froze when they saw lanced behindwith my parents in the front row, Irys Jewelrose winked atexhausted But today she wore an elegant copper dress and showed no signs of weariness

Next to Irys, my brother looked debonair in his formal clothes He had actually combed his hair away fro nated places, Mara and Leif entered The gasps and ohhs and ahhs thrilled me Leif wore black pants, a creale vines had been e the pearls on Mara’s gown

The wedding ritual passed by in a blur During the reception, I hardly tastedstarted All the work and preparation for just a few hours I think I would prefer to have a siuests Perhaps on the beach Or perhaps not Yelena and Valek hadn’t made a for mal commitment, but they were devoted to each other--true heart mates Could they say the same about Kade andstarted and Kade pulledabout four-inch heels, they brought es Kade held ht