Tainted

Nine/Wedding(Cyrus)

"Are you nervous"Axel stood at the door frame, I glanced up in the mirror locking my eyes on his while fixing my cuffs to my tux.
"I gave her an out and she refused to leave"
"Isn't that a good thing" I grabbed my vest and put it on.
"I don't want her waking up one day and regretting not leaving"
"Do you love her"
Do I love her? Yes!No! I don't know
"I have to love her"
"That's not what I asked"
"I know what you asked, I just can't answer that"
"You can still call this off, I can handle everything else"
"As much as I would love to see you handle the shit show that gets thrown at you, I can't"
"Cyrus, you know as your best friend I will support you with anything I'll always be on your side but also as your best friend I have to make you think clearly"he pushed himself off the door and walked towards me
"Are you positive about this, once you marry Artemis that means the chances of you being with your real Luna will blow back in your face, your reputation will be tarnished after this scandal, every high-rank pack will most likely kick you out, and your family name well that speaks for itself"
"They came into my territory and attacked my member, am the strongest wolf since my father but am also the weakest without a Luna"
"Cyrus fuck the stupid power, you have always been stubborn and headstrong but you are also power-hungry which blurs all your lines of right and wrong"
"Am not power hungry"
"Really cause you have been without your Luna for six years and did fine but once Charlie got attacked, and your conversation with your mother about Alec you made the craziest decision of having a fake Luna"
Okay maybe he was right
"Okay your right, but it's too late Axel"
"How so"
"Everyone knows about the wedding which is in an hour, and my mother already fell in love with her, it's too late"
"Then you better hope and pray to the moon goddess that you were right about not having a mate because if your real mate shows up, well" he shrugged his shoulders.
"I swear to God Cyrus if you have your mate and continue to have Artemis as the Luna I swear I will kill you myself"
"Look am an asshole but am not that much of an asshole to be like some Alphas"
"Good, but like I said-"
"Yes I know pray"
"You know am just looking out for you right"
"I know, I appreciate it" I pulled him into a hug.
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I stood looking out the window looking at the ceremony arch. The big pillars covered in white and gold cloth with our crescent right in the middle.
This is it
I felt I hand on my shoulder, I pulled myself away from the window and looked at my Mom as she laid her head down on my shoulder.
"I haven't seen this arch since mine and your father's wedding"
And there it was the guilt swirling around in me as I looked back at the arch, Axel was right. This arch isn't meant to be disrespected but yet here I was marrying a woman who wasn't my real mate under the same arch my father made his vows as Alpha. I wasn't damn near close to the man my father was
"Will you be okay?" I asked
"Oh darling don't worry about me, am finally seeing my baby married under the arch"
"Besides after today everything changes" She kissed my cheek and then left.
In just a couple of minutes, I was gonna be officially the Alpha and gain all my powers.
"It's too late to back down," I said out loud to myself, I fixed my tux and walked outside to the arch, as I was standing there I took in all the people who were here including my grandparents who I hadn't seen in years, Liam and Sandra St James, Kyle and Laya Lovell who don't get along with each other. The high-ranking Alpha's and Luna's, one particularly in mind was Marcus and Kelly Volkov. Wolf weddings were just basically a fucken ceremony where you take your place as the Alpha and Luna while the uppers watch you to make sure you're taking your place, a true wedding was romantic where you declared your love for your other half, have sweet nothing vows that tug on people hearts strings and make them cry, it meant something real.
Wolf weddings were nothing like that if it was it was really rare, wolfs don't feel love like humans they mate to keep themselves alive than breed, if you were a lone wolf you were a target and died faster than lions eat their prey. Wolf and Human feelings don't like to mix, their just as strong and you don't know what to do but because of our canine instincts, we follow our wolves more than our humans.