Luckily, Lily arrived during the afternoon to help me get ready. When she arrived, Nicolais and I were lying, talking to each other out in the garden, just reveling in the heat and light breeze. We had talked about my previous birthdays, laughing about the stupid things I used to do with my friends once a little alcohol found its way into my system.She smiled during our preparations, all smug and happy, and especially when she saw the exquisite necklace around my throat. “You’re going to get married soon,” she had said, almost sung at me, like it wasn’t up for debate, like it wasn’t a question if but rather when.I took a lot of deep breaths while she got me ready. Every few seconds, I would need it, just to calm my nerves, just to stay sane, just to keep convincing myself that everything would be fine. Because it would, right?!Lily had found the most beautiful tiara I had ever seen. She explained that Nicolais had dug it out of his treasure chest—me paraphrasing, of course—because
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