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Chapter 5: Wedding

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We were both going through the motions.

To an outsider we probably looked ecstatic, but the people who knew that this wedding was a sham also knew that we were in pain. We smiled and greeted people, we pretended like we were madly in love. The wedding itself was beautiful but made me even more depressed as it was the dream wedding I had always planned.

White and Pink.

White for purity and Pink because once, when I was very young, Matt had told me I looked pretty in my pink dress. The wedding took place outside. There were white and pink linens and white chair covers, white table covers and pink and white flowers. The tables were surrounded by bushes and trees. The women of the pack were putting the last finishing touches to the wedding when Daniel called everyone to the pack house to start the ceremony.

The inside of the pack house was also decorated in pink and white and there were flower arrangements everywhere, making the room smell like the beginning of spring and giving it a peaceful aura. Matt was standing at the front of the room, next to him was Daniel. I walked to the front with my father at my side and I had to clutch his arm for fear of fainting.

It's strange when you spend your childhood years dreaming about marrying your prince charming, dreaming about the boy you love. Well, right then, I was supposed to be living my dream .I was walking up to the man who I had spent eight years loving. But all I wanted to do was leave. Leave the pack house, run out the door into the woods and go somewhere where no one would ever find me. But I couldn't, I had given Daniel my word and I would follow through no matter what. I arranged this marriage after all.

Funny how it's always (for?) the parents.

Through the mind link there was a constant “I hate you” from a certain wolf. Yes, it was a wonderful day.

It went by fast. Daniel was giving the sickness and in health speech. Vows that didn't mean anything. A rough kiss that I'm sure was meant to hurt.

Cheers and Congratulations.

More motions we had through go through.

Shaking hands with pack members. People calling me Luna, fake smiles plastered on our faces.

More motions.

And finally night.

There would be no wedding night for us. Matthew was leaving for 'meetings' but I knew that it was just an excuse to get away.

We were standing at the border of our land and I'm sending him off like a good Luna does to her mate. He kisses my cheek for show and whispers in my ear, "I hate you."

I smiled and whispered back, "I hate you too," and kissed him on the cheek, turning and walking away knowing it was true. I hated him a little now too.

I walked away and to an outsider, I looked like I was running away because I couldn't stand saying goodbye to my mate, when in truth we wanted to be miles apart.

Yes, I guess I still loved him but not like before. For that I was glad, no need to cause myself heartbreak.

I was finally doing what I had wanted to do at the beginning of that horrible day.

I was walking away.