| Forever Is a Short Time With You
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After the coronation, you'd think life would settle.
It didn't.
Not right away, at least.
Because while the crown shimmered on my head and shadows obeyed my will, I still had pieces of my old life waiting. Pieces I couldn't ignore.
First—my god-parents. My aunt and uncle.
We held a small, intimate ceremony in the human world. A wedding stripped of royal grandeur, but bursting with something far more important: love. It was just Edward and me, dressed simply, hands clasped under a dusky sky. My parents beamed, completely unaware that the man beside me was a centuries-old vampire prince. To them, he was just... Edward. My husband. My protector. The one who loved me enough to cross oceans.
We told them he lived in another continent. That it wo
