#Chapter9: A Mess

Cara They say distraction is the best way to navigate through a hard time. I’m not sure the people who say that ever had to deal with planning their former Fate Mate’s wedding. But there’s so many tasks to complete. I found a hotel even more luxurious than the proposal site to host the wedding. My days are spent jumping from meeting to meeting, selecting colors and cake flavors and every last tiny detail. It’s not exactly hard work like what I’m used to, but there are so many tedious decisions to be made. Everyone on the pack’s staff is working so hard to make this wedding a celebration of the strength and prosperity of Pack DarkWood. An event to remember. I can’t let them down. I’m in an early morning meeting to pick chair fabrics when I’m lost in thought as my fingers swipe over a mint green damask option. Mint green damask and flowers. It’s exactly what I’d always dreamed of having at my own wedding… My own wedding with Alaric. I shake my head, disappointed in my