Elias’s pov :
The snow had finally begun to melt outside the kingsley mansion, February's grip loosening as March whispered promises of spring in Cheyenne. Naomi's birthday was just a week away, her twenty-second, a milestone that felt monumental now, with our pup growing inside her and our bond deepening every day.
Mates in the shifter world were sacred, our bond unbreakable, but I wanted more, a human-style marriage, a ring on her finger, vows under the moon to blend our worlds. A proposal on her birthday, surrounded by those who loved her. It had to be perfect. She deserved the stars, but I'd start with this.
I paced my office at Kingsley Company that Monday morning, the city skyline mocking my nerves through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Marcus had cleared my schedule for "p
