CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
The sun crowns the horizon, bleeding light into a sky of soft pinks and blues. Today isn't just another dawn—it's my wedding day. My heart dances between nerves and excitement, a cacophony of beats that echo the rhythm of the forest waking up around me. I stand before the full-length mirror in a room fragrant with wildflowers, watching as my bridesmaids weave honey blonde strands into an intricate braid adorned with tiny blooms. The reflection staring back at me is a bride, Isla, soon to be Alpha female.
"Look at you," whispers Daisy, my childhood friend and now maid of honor. "Alex is going to lose his mind when he sees you."
I try to laugh, but it comes out more as a breathless sigh. Alex, with his rich brown hair that always seems perfectly tousled, those deep blue
