KAELI dreamed of long aisles adorned with flowers on the edge of a laughing ocean—waves kissing the shore with rough vigor and leaving behind a shell of gifts, and a groom who would tear up the moment he laid eyes on me in all my white glory. The moonlight as the perfect backdrop to illuminate the binding moment, and the howl of wolves in the background to accentuate pack unity.Instead, my groom is flanked by stone-faced men who look as pale as they look deadly, each one with their gaze trained on, at least, one member of my pack as they sit to one end of the room. The division between both species would have made me bristle, if only I wasn’t about to marry the deadliest creature in all of Sangreal.“You would not do anything stupid,” Father warns as we walk in the direction of the altar, one slow step in time with the orchestra.I don’t need to feel the veil of silence that hangs over us to know there is one. If there was one thing my father prioritized, it was his privacy. I only
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