The Space Needle – Seattle
The world was watching.
It wasn't a figure of speech. CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, and the newly acquired Carter News Network were all broadcasting live from the base of the Space Needle. Helicopters circled overhead like a swarm of mechanical dragonflies, their cameras zoomed in on the glass elevators ascending the iconic spire.
The headline running across the bottom of every screen on the planet was simple: THE HYBRID KING’S PARENTS WED.
For the human world, it was the "Wedding of the Century"—a billionaire recluse marrying his Cinderella story. For the supernatural world, it was a coronation. It was the moment the old laws were formally buried under silk and flowers.
Inside the observation deck, the air smelled of ozone, expensive perfume, and nervous wolf phero
