Jolie pov
I woke up to chaos.
Someone was hammering outside my window as music blasted from the garage. People shouted back and forth across the compound.
I checked my phone. Two in the afternoon. I'd slept fourteen hours.
My door opened. Luna came in carrying clothes and a huge grin.
"You're awake," she said, tossing the clothes on my bed. "Good. We've got six hours until the ceremony and a lot to do."
"Six hours?" I sat up too fast as my head spun.
"Ryder moved it up. Again," Luna explained, opening my closet and pulling things out. "Apparently some Council observers showed up in town this morning. We need you officially mated before they can file any injunctions."
The words took a moment to process. "They're trying to stop it?" I asked, my voice coming out smaller than I wanted
