Violet
Mating Affirmation Ceremony Record
Parties Involved: Lucas Reed & Nora Sinclair of Twining River
Result: Confirmed Mate Pair
It was certified by the temple, glowing with the magic of the seals on it, signed by the High Priest, and dated almost two years before we married, a year before we had even started dating.
Months before we'd met and just before he'd started showing up at the Academy. It felt like the world was swirling around me. I could hear my father's voice, my own, echoing and trembling through miles of water and fog. I felt hollowed out. Scraped raw. The realization echoed in my ears, both too real and… expected, like part of me had always known.
Why hadn't I been suspicious when we had that the private ceremony without a priest? Why had I gone along with it?
Had
