Bonnie One month later "You look incredible, Bon. I'm so incredibly proud and lucky to have you in my life... to have you as my mom." I look at Lottie to see her with the biggest smile on her face while her eyes water, and that in turn sets my waterworks off. "No, stop that now! No water works, please. It will ruin your makeup that I worked so hard on, and I don't have time to redo it." Lily walks over to us as she talks, making both of us laugh. If she planned to use those words to make us stop any tears, then it worked. She walks over to me and gives me the brightest smile. "Of course she's right, but it's not the time for sentimentality. You can do that at the wedding reception." She looks between Lottie and me with the biggest smile before stepping back. "Now, I need to go and make sure that everything is still running smoothly. Can I trust the pair of you to refrain from crying until after the I do's?" We both nod, smiling, which seems to satisfy her as she heads for the door, waving her hand in the air. "Be back soon." "I love that girl," Lottie says the moment the door closes. I nod as I move to face the mirror once more, checking my appearance for what feels like the millionth time in the past thirty minutes. As I look at my reflection, I think back to the moment that Nick asked me to marry him. It was unexpected, unromantic and yet, I wouldn't change a thing about it. It was raw and real and all I needed. Of course, I hadn't long given birth, so any form of celebrating was out of the window, not that I minded. However, we did have a big family dinner, which for me was perfect. Before that night, I had never experienced a family dinner, and it turned out to be everything that I imagined a family dinner to be, including bickering, banter, and someone getting way too wasted and acting like a fool, making everything laugh so hard it hurt. Yes, that fool was Shane... goodness, I love that guy. I love all of Nick's brothers and wouldn't change anything about them. Although if I could do anything for any of them, it would be Robbie. He's struggling with his mate situation, and there's not a thing I can do to help him, and it hurts my heart. I shake my head a little as I push those thoughts away. I will continue to try and help him every single day, but right now I need to push it to the back of my mind, for a few hours at least and enjoy every second of this day. "You look beautiful. My dad is one lucky guy." Lottie says as she comes to stand beside me. "Thank you, sweetheart. You do too. You are an incredible girl, Lottie, and I'm so proud to have you in my life -" She holds up her hand to stop me from saying anymore. "Stop there before i start bawling and aunt Lily comes after my ass." A laugh bursts out of me, but I nod, agreeing with her. When Wade was born, Lily very quickly assembled herself as his auntie. She made sure to include Lottie in that, too, and I love her for it. I suppose technically she is their aunt as she is Shane's mate, but I know that even if she wasn't that she would still take the auntie title and in no way would I stop her, and as always, hearing Lottie call Lily auntie makes my heart skip a beat. They have an incredible bond, and I love watching every moment of it. "Yeah, she will come after you and then she'll come after me for making you cry." She goes to speak but is interrupted by the door opening and Nick's dads walking in. "Oh goodness, don't you two look incredible." His smile is warm and filled with love. That man has been a rock to me since the moment we first met. He's been the dad I always wanted, kind and caring, but not afraid to put me in my place if I need it, and this is the reason why I asked him if he would walk me down the aisle. I'll never forget the moment I asked him he give me the biggest smile while fighting back tears. That was also the day that he informed me that I was no longer allowed to call him by his name. I was only to use the name Dad, and the same went for Nick's mom too. Nick didn't know that I planned on asking his dad to walk me down the aisle, and when he found out, he showed me how much he appreciated it... twice. At first, I didn't put the pieces together of why he was so grateful, but then it hit me... his sister... his dad wouldn't get to walk his sister down the aisle, so maybe this meant more to both Nick and his dad than I had ever thought it would. "I'm going to see if Lily needs any help," Lottie says, bringing my attention back to the room. "Whose got my baby brother?" She asks Dad as she heads towards him. She is an incredibly proud sister and very rarely uses his name. It's always my baby brother, and it makes me insanely happy. "He was with your dad when I left them, but I passed Rosie on the way." "Ahh bugger!" Lottie groans. She and Rosie have a fun game of who can hog Wade the most, and it always makes me laugh. I think Wade is a huge help for Rosie right now and Lottie knows that and always means well when she acts offeneded by Rosie hogging her baby brother. I laugh as she leaves the room, but the moment the door closes, Dad moves closer to me, and nerves suddenly swarm through my body. I'm getting married. I'm going to be a Wife. I'm going to be a Luna. I'm getting married. As if getting married wasn't already a huge deal, because of how busy things have been, we decided to tie both the wedding and the Luna ceremony together, so today, not only do I become the wife of an Alpha, I also become the Luna to his pack, our pack. In less than a year, I have gone from being abused and feeling alone to having a mate who worships me (even if we did have a rough start). I've become a mom of two, and now I'm about to become a wife and Luna. The feeling is scary, terrifying even, but I wouldn't change a thing about it, even if I do feel like I'm currently trying to breathe and failing miserably. "Deep breaths, sweet girl." I look up to find Dad standing in front of me with his hands on my arms. I didn't even see him move. "It's ok. Just breathe." I try to talk, but I feel winded. "Just concentrate on breathing. All of this is overwhelming, I get that, but you, my girl... you've got this. Both your mom and I do not doubt that you are going to make one incredible Luna." His words warm my heart, and as he continues to talk in a soothing tone and guide me through my breathing, I feel myself slowly calm down, and after what feels like an eternity, my focus comes back, and I finally feel like I can breathe. "You ready?" One thing I love about this man is how he handles situations. He will give you all the time you need to deal with something, but once he can sense that you are ready but are stalling, he puts a stop to it. He won't let you wallow, and that's exactly what I need right now. I nod as I straighten my shoulders and take his outstretched arm, letting him guide me to the door and to my new way of life. Here we go. Alpha Nicholas I'm nervous so fucking nervous but I wouldn't change whats about to happen for anything in this world. I'm about to make my mate, the mother of my pups, my wife, and despite the nerves that make me want to throw up, I can't wait! Yes, I know that saying getting married makes me so nervous that I want to throw up sounds bad, but it's got nothing to do with my mate becoming my wife, that I can't wait for. That reality fills my stomach with butterflies like a teenage boy and makes me hard as a rock like the full-grown Alpha that I am. It's the idea of me messing up anything today that has me nervous. Bonnie has had a shit life, my proposal wasn't romantic in the least bit. She decided against a hen party because my stupid ass wanted her married to me asap and she didn't want to leave our son for long enough to have a hen party and while the girls all give her a in house hen party it wasn't enough, she deserved more so today… Yeah, today has to be perfect or I'll never forgive myself for being the one to rush it all. I won't regret making her my wife, but she deserves this day to be one of the best days of her life. I've had my son by me at all times today to help calm my nerves and it was working until Rosie came and stole him away from me and told me to march my ass down the aisle and that's when a storm of nerves hit me like a tidle wave. This is happening. Fuck, I'm one lucky bastard! Once I finally feel calm, I take my place at the front of the aisle with Tony as my best man, only the moment I hear the music playing and see my mate walking down the aisle towards me, any calmness I felt just minutes ago goes right out the window. My heart is beating so hard, I swear I'm heading for a heart attack. My palms are sweaty. My legs are shaky, and I'm almost certain that a tear has left my eye. I want to say that there's no way that a tear just escaped, but feeling how I feel at seeing my mate... yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if that did just happen. The next few moments go by in a blur as I stare into my mate's eyes and block everything and everyone else out. "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." Cheers and howls sound out as I take my mate in my arms and kiss her with all I have. I love you, husband." Bonnie's smile is wide as she speaks and makes my heart skip a beat. "I love you, my wife, my Luna." She sucks in a breath as her nerves shine through but she has no reason to be nervous, she's already an incredable Luna, tonight we just make it offical. "Let's get this celebration started!"