Delilah's POV
"Come in," I called out while my voice came out flat and emotionless.
The door opened and Mom stepped inside, already dressed in her beautiful ivory gown with her hair swept up in an elegant style. She looked radiant and happy and everything a bride should look like on her mating day.
"Oh sweetheart," she breathed while her eyes filled with tears. "You look absolutely beautiful."
"Thanks, Mom," I managed to say while forcing my lips into something that might pass for a smile. "You look amazing too."
She crossed the room and pulled me into a tight hug, and I stood there stiffly in her embrace while feeling nothing except the distant awareness that I should be feeling something.
"I'm so happy you're here with me," Mom whispered against my hair. "I know these past few mont
