Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

My heart clenches in my chest. I can feel tears in my eye asI put my hand over my mouth. The guests all gasp and whisper as they admire my mate and bow while she comes down the aisle. As they should. If I didn’t know it was Kas coming down the aisle, I would have thought the Moon Goddess herself was making her way to the platform toward me.

“That's our mate?” Saint asks in awe. '

“Yeah, that’s our mate.”

“She’s out of your league, man.” :

“Shut up, Saint. Just enjoy her beauty in silence.”

Kas’s dress is long white and flowy with pleats to make it look more structured. There’s a belt that looks like a little rope wrapped around her waist. The shoulders of the dress are silver olive leaves that match the ones on my eyepatch. There is even more flowy material attached at the back of her shoulders that flows down and trails behind her like a train. She is wearing a wreath on her head that’s made of silver olive branches that makes her hair look even more sparkly.

I look into her eyes, the vibrant violet of her eyes is glowing now. She looks back at me and smiles. I realize she is glowing all over. Not her usual faint purple energy. Her aura is the same violet as her eyes. Marco looks a little surprised but keeps proceeding. I hear some of the guests murmuring and see them pointing.

When they get to the front, Marco shakes my hand and sits down next to Musu in the front row. Lenora helps Kas adjust the train of the dress. Kas turns slightly to make sure she isn't going to step on the dress and I see the back is completely open down to the small of her back, exposing all of her scars. Now everyone will know. Everyone will see her strength. Not just the members of Blood River. All of the most influential werewolves in the world are here. The word will spread quickly. °

She turns back around and smiles at me. My heart stops as I look into her eyes. Her makeup is beautiful and dramatic. Dark and smudgy like a supermodel. Hell, she looks like a damn supermodel. My supermodel. The dark coloring makes her eyes look even more violet. I take Kas’s hand and her vibrant purple glow surrounds both of us. The connection feels different than normal. It's more intense, more pure, barely contained. She takes a deep breath and lets it out slowly. As she does, the glow softens to what I consider a more reasonable brightness.

Henri clears his throat to call everyone’s attention. He starts the ceremony, but I barely hear a word he says. AllI can do is stare at my stunning mate. She is a goddess. I mean, I know she’s a goddess, but looking at her right now at this moment, there is no denying it. Everyone else can see it too. We are all in the presence of a divine being.

me. I look over to see he is holding the dagger that Kas and I need

palm as he makes a slice in my hand. He does the same to Kas and we join hands, lacing our fingers. I feel a blast of energy as our blood mingles. The crowd cheers as drips of blood land in the bowl] beneath our hands. We stay like that until we feel our wolves heal us. Henri wipes the blood off of our hands with a cloth, then

Lenora recites a poem. Then Henri announces that we are allowed to

ready, Baby?” I ask quietly. She nods with a smile and turns her head slightly to the side exposing her neck to me.I pull her close to me and let Saint take over enough to feel my fangs elongating. I lean down and sink them into her shoulder. I hear her gasp and let out a little whimper of pain. I embrace her a little tighter knowing I had caused the pain. I finally pull my fangs out and lick her shoulder until Lex heals the wound. I untie my bow tie and pull my shirt back so she can do the same. Lenora pulls out a footstool for Kas to stand on. We hear a smattering of laughs from the guests. The stool puts her at my shoulder height. She pulls on my shirt so I'm closer to her. She puts one hand behind my neck and I feel her fangs extend on my skin. The sensation makes me shiver. There is a shooting pang of pain when her fangs slide below my skin. I feel another pulse of energy before she pulls

by the Elder Council of Werewolves, I hereby present you Alpha Regent Bronx Mason and Goddess Luna Regent Iokaste Mason.” ' “And finally,” Henri announces, “Alpha Regent Bronx Andreas Mason, you may kiss the bride.” Ilook at Kas with

a hand behind my neck and the other on my arm. Our lips come together as naturally as they always have as I lean her over in a deep kiss. We can hear our guests

realizing everyone is frozen in time. Mid-clap, mid howl. Completely stopped

ask

only keep a crowd this size frozen for about three minutes. Are you sure you want to be looking at them right now? Cause you could still be kissing

upright and I take her hand. The guests go wild as Kas and I walk hand in hand down the aisle. Carly us hers us into a

pictures. Alpha, do not ruin the Luna's makeup," Carly advises with a wink and closes the

and pull Kas into my lap, gently caressing her cheek, "Happy solstice birthday, Mrs.

"Thank you, Mr. Mason.

and gently kiss her soft lips. She leans in and

in the eyes. She is beautiful. Everything about this woman is beautiful. Her eyes, her lips, her hair. I want to kiss her, but I don't

look... googly-eyed," Kas tilts her head with a

want to kiss you but I don't want to stop admiring you,