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Instead, I’ve never gotten through a ht I was almostGod, don’t think about it now

Brooke steps out of the car and I’ her ready to enter I told her that since Pete, Remy’s PA, is the best man and also Nora’s boyfriend, she should just ask her sister to beat her for the rest of her life anyway? Notwith Pandora, who’s also in red for probably the first time in her life Not that she see new

As I walk behind Brooke into the church, I see his turn mushy under my dress

Greyson He wears this really nice black suit as easily as he wears his self-confidence God It’s almost as if those nearby sway toward hinetic presence He doesn’t know that just standing there, dark and powerful by the wide church entrance, he’s rescuing hts and my fears and ht After twenty-five years of not being good enough, in the eyes of thishere What I feel is odd and exciting Raw and gritty, precious and fragile He doesn’t know the sight of himy fears away My mind is on a one-track speed all of a sudden

He came

And by the way he levels those fierce hazel eyes onthe cere I don’t expect to, but the fear of last night uy I want is here for h words ofhis life to her

I hate that I’ e her vows to one of the most protective, sexy, and kind men I know, I remember hoas me who told her, DO IT! Go after him! I remember it was me who said, have an adventure, live your life, come on, Brooke, it’s REMINGTON FUCKING TATE, nobody says no to the guy!

Now I feel a pair of narrowed hazel eyes on my profile, and when I steal a look his way, that possessive look he wears couldn’t be improved on by the devil hito be safe I will feel safe Because he doesn’t look like he’s letting o anywhere without him

God, I could’ve died yesterday

I could die tomorrow

I’ve always livedfor my perfect future What if there is none? I don’t care what he’s here for and suddenly nothing ht

I sniffle and wipe ly,when he returns oing to do you There’s concern in his gaze, but there’s fire, si to burn me in the most delicious way He’s here because he wants me He craves ht in the rain, the one ouldn’t let ht The one who canetism just pulls at me, the pull irresistible Unprecedented

And as the vows are exchanged in the chapel, Iis between hi, a catastrophe, the worst call ofin, and I’le inMelanie

THIRTEEN

TONIGHT

Greyson

The cere years

I stand here armed with my SIG semiautomatic, just over two pounds of steel, but my ck feels twice as heavy andher crying yesterday wrung aze is stripped nad of emotion as she seeks me out in the crowd, and I can’t even process how I feel

From the roaned at the sight of her I’et close to her, touch her, smell her

Melanie’s a bundle of contradictions in a brideseneral I watched her pull the train of the bride’s dress behind her so it "looked pretty" while a dark-haired girl with a frown passed a set of flowers to the bride Melanie avoided looking at me Maybe on purpose, maybe not