Chapter 309\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
5\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus\u2019s proposal was quiet, almost restrained for an Alpha of the Shadowbane Pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
76\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
The wedding, however, was anything but. It was a ceremony worthy of packs and banners, moonlight and vows sworn before ancestors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the bond was sealed, he placed a contract in my hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know how long love lasts,\u201d he said calmly, as if discussing territory lines rather than hearts. \u201cEven if I believe ours could be eternal, I refuse to gamble on instinct alone-especially my own. Interest is the most reliable alliance. So I give you everything I am. If one day I betray you, this will let you walk away freely, leaving me stripped of power and pride. Aysel, from this day on, you are the true head of the Sanchez bloodline. I am merely the warrior who swears loyalty to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was Magnus\u2019s declaration of fealty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His binding oath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If marriage was a wager, then the Alpha\u2019s stake was his entire self-his lands, his claws, his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I laughed softly. \u201cAren\u2019t you afraid I\u2019ll regret it first?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every clause bound only him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you regret it,\u201d he answered without hesitation, \u201cthen it means I failed you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, after a pause, his wolf\u2019s gaze sharpened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut no matter where you run. I will find you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sat in his arms with the contract. pinched his cheek, teasing. \u201cYou could just say you don\u2019t allow me to regret it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus let me manhandle him, nuzzling my cheek with his nose like Rafe breaking through his Alpha\u2019s composure. \u201cThen tell me-will you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t,\u201d I said, just as seriously. \u201cOnce I place my paw, I don\u2019t turn back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He chuckled low in his chest. \u201cSeems we\u2019re both confident in ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This path of marriage belonged to Magnus Sanchez and me alone. No pack, no elder, no fate had a say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I signed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fortunately, over the decades that followed-until we shared the same long nights and silvered together\u2014 the contract gathered dust in a forgotten corner. It was never taken out again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus personally oversaw every detail of the wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perfection was the only acceptable standard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
576\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 309\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jackson watched the wedding planners being driven half-mad by the Alpha\u2019s meticulous commands and felt a deep, sympathetic dread.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Planning a mating ceremony, it turned out, was more stressful for Magnus than negotiating territories worth billions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So much for the Alpha who once claimed love was merely cooperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Magnus consumed by preparations, I-the mate-to-be-became the most idle wolf in the city, wandering with Skylar and the others, enjoying freedom before the bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet as the ceremony drew closer, I noticed something change.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One morning, I woke to his arm locked tightly around my waist, his body curled around mine as if afraid I might vanish. I patted his back, half-asleep, and murmured, \u201cYou haven\u2019t been sleeping well lately. What\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He loosened his hold slightly and kissed my forehead. \u201cNothing. Go back to sleep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to face him. \u201cSpeak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
One word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Alpha dared not ignore it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lay on the pillow, brushed my cheek as if checking my warmth, his voice hoarse. \u201cI dreamed I never met you. I destroyed the Sanchez line with my own hands. Life had no meaning. I lived like a corpse. One day, I abandoned everything and died in an avalanche.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reality was too perfect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each morning I woke beside my mate. Each night there was light waiting at home. No drifting. No emptiness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He feared this happiness was an illusion-that the cold, loveless Alpha was the destiny he was meant to fulfill.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only after meeting me did Magnus learn what Sweetness was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And the fearless wolf learned how terrifying loss could be.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took his hand, kissed his palm, then placed it back on me,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my hair. These are my brows. My eyes. My nose. My lips.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, I pressed his hand to my chest. \u201cThis is the real Aysel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked into his eyes, calm and steady, \u201cMagnus, suffering was never meant to define you. You were always meant to be happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His lashes dampened. He leaned in and kissed me, voice trembling. \u201cBaby\u2026 I love you so much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
So this was it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
12:23 Wed, Dec 24\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 309\u00a0<\/p>\n
To be loved enough to want to cry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stroked his car gently. \u201cI love you too. Don\u2019t be afraid. We still have decades ahead of us-to keep loving\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our love would outlast every hatred we had ever endured.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After that morning, something in him settled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He finally believed this world was real.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The only side effect was that he became unbearably clingy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Knowing his unease, I started going to and from work with him, discussing wedding details along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every time Skylar came to drag me out, she\u2019d find us fused together like bonded cubs and turn away with a headache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus, without lifting a claw, claimed a rare victory from the Frostfang Pack\u2019s proud heiress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And he wore it like a crown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2729\u00a0<\/p>\n
730\u00a0<\/p>\n
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