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The wind rippled the flags that had been put out over the top of the ruined wall. Sapphire darted and dived between them, enjoying the freedom of stretching her wings. She couldn't sit with me during the ceremony, but that didn't mean she wasn't close. I tried not to focus on the fact it was my emblem on them and instead paced back and forth.
"You're going to wear a hole in the floor if you're not careful," Jonathan said, amusement dancing behind his words but not quite coming through them.
"I can't help it. What if no one shows?" It was my greatest fear about doing this ceremony. Normally, when these things happened, they were in a palace and a throne room. I had neither. I was just a displaced princess standing in a ruined castle.
"They're going to show," he assured me. "They'd be
