042 The Mate's Mark

It took Elena less than seven days to arrange the whole wedding, though even for such a smart mind, it was seven busy days, not to mention--

Raven didn't help at all.

He buried himself in the files found in Iron's mansion, and all the results from the ongoing investigation -- he was determined to get to the bottom of the rogue's deal.

"Speak now or forever hold your silence." The minister said in a drawling voice.

Raven had warned himself a million times before the wedding to not expect Knight to come -- he didn't even send an invitation to Knight, let alone the fact that Knight already rejected him. But when those words of the minister fell on the ground, he couldn't help but glanced around the meadow where all the guests sat until his eyes hit the edge of the forest.

No one "spoke".

The minister carried on the process before Raven could even retrieve his eyesight. He managed the "I do" only after Elena gripped his hands lightly when his ears were ringing loud as his heart pounded fa