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"No, thank you" I aiven me and mine I’m sorry for how I treated you e first ue as my jaw dropped Of ht I did You look so much like the woman in my vision, the one ill follow y The ring is a fathen and focus the telepathic abilities of the wearer My e my siren abilities

Wow I knew Adriana’s siren abilities weren’t strong because her talent as a clairvoyant kind of cancelled the, would she have any siren powers at all? Are you sure you want to part with it? Won’t you need it?

No I will be ruling Rusland It is a land-locked country Too, my abilities tell me that you will need it more Not today, but soesture that I found

Don’t you dare cry If you do, I’ll start, and I don’t want red eyes and a chapped nose at ave her a bright smile and then spoke out loud "It’s beautiful I don’t kno to thank you"

"Celia, you’ve saved my life how h I just wish there was more I could do" She reached forward and held both of htly but arht tap on the door

Adriana glanced around,sure everybody was decent, withdrew her hands, then called, "Co Queen Lopaka, a vision of loveliness in a coral-colored skirt suit with pearl buttons, her blond hair swept into a perfect chignon She stepped into the roo the room to the privacy screen, she disappeared In less than aover the top of the screen I felt ic in the air, and a moment later, a deep a’s dress?"

I plucked it fro a gli a pair of Wile E Coyote boxers I ed to hide my smirk I hoped

"Hi I’er

"Lars Balakan It is an honor to serveand his queen" Despite his appearance, Lars boith i in private

As he was changing, there was another knock This time it was the hairdresser and nized them both from the ceremony on Serenity

"Princess Celia," Brenna called "I’ll start with you"

As I walked across the rooic Moa

"You there I’ll start with a’s exact voice as he swished his way over to us, wiggling his hips Wow He even had her snarkiness down pat

That was just … disturbing

Are either of you as bothered by that as I aht to Adriana and Natasha, but apparently Ivy overheard, too, since overhead, the lights blinked once Hhts Across the rooave etting into her gown and veil

I waited until Lars was finished before taking an with a layer of sunblock as I sat utterly still, watching the clock on the television counting relentlessly down to the moment ould leave With each tick, I felt the tension in the room ratchet up another notch Each of us tried to pretend eren’t nervous and failed e us at the church Gunnar would escort Adriana up the stairs to Dahl’s confessor had been given a small part to play in the ceremony as a courtesy, while Adriana’s father, Feliks, would be the prior would escort ei, a distant cousin as so reserved I’d barely noticed him (and had yet to hear speak), would folloith Natasha

We’d pose at the top of the steps, then go into the church’s vestibule for the betrothal ceremony that would take place before we entered the nave, where the dignitaries of the world awaited

Two o Adriana slipped the fine, lace-tri it in place In the vestibule, a croould be placed over the veil and an elaborate ritual would take place, including both Dahliven communion I put onood, but I could do heels I hoped