#Chapter 221: A Wedding and an Epilogue

For one moment after I arrived in the garden, the sun blinded me, and then my eyes cleared. Before me spread an amazing event: the wedding of our country's princess. It still hadn't fully sunken that I was that princess. The guests sat in orderly rows of brilliantly white chairs festooned in lovely shades of blue and lavender. I had chosen them because they most reminded me of the moon, and I wanted to honor the goddess at this event, as well. Without her, I would not only not have been at this wedding, but I wouldn't have been alive. She had done so much for me. The least I could do was throw a little recognition her way. I clutched the bouquet in my hand, and Theo hooked his arm through my elbow. “Are you ready?” he asked. “I'm ready.” We took a step toward the altar on the red carpet spread out in front of me, and the music swelled. The quartet played a beautiful melody full of promise and love. I didn't see the people looking at me, specifically, only that all eyes were on me