One month later, the long-awaited wedding finally arrived, and the city of Lisle seemed to awaken into a celebration unlike anything it had ever witnessed before, as though every street, every building, and every person had been drawn into a single moment that would be remembered for years to come. The venue chosen for the ceremony was the largest stadium in the entire city, a place vast enough to hold more than a hundred thousand people, yet even that immense space proved barely sufficient for the crowd that gathered, because a month earlier, Alexander had made a promise that no one had taken lightly—he had said that he would invite the entire city to witness his marriage, and now, on this very day, he had fulfilled that promise completely. From the highest-ranking elites to ordinary ci

