All Chapters of Reborn on my wedding day: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Derek moved fast for a man in a tuxedo. He came down the aisle with his shoulders forward and his face red, shoving past two uncles and a pack elder who barely got out of the way in time. "What is this?" His voice cracked off the stone walls. "Claire — what the hell is this?" Julian didn't look at him. He looked at Claire. One long, steady look, like he was checking that she was still decided. She held his gaze without flinching. Something in his face settled. He bent slightly, hooked one arm behind her knees, and lifted her over his shoulder in a single motion. Claire grabbed his jacket. "A little warning next time." "You'll live." He was already walking toward the side door, one hand flat against the back of her thighs to keep her steady, completely unhurried, like carrying a bride out of her own wedding was something he did every other Tuesday. "Put her down!" Derek was six feet behind them now, his voice going higher. "That's my—" "She was," Julian said without t

The courthouse closed at five.Julian had a word with someone on the phone and the courthouse opened again at eleven.Claire had changed into a white blouse and dark trousers that Julian's assistant had brought to the hotel room without question, as though dressing women pulled from their own weddings was a normal part of the job. She had eaten half a sandwich and drunk the tea and sat for an hour in the window light, watching the city go dark, thinking about everything she was about to do.She had made her peace with it before the car stopped outside the courthouse steps.Inside, the building smelled like floor polish and old paper. A clerk waited for them at the civil ceremony desk, looking like a man who had been paid well enough not to ask questions. Julian's lawyer was already there — a sharp-eyed woman named Reid who had apparently drafted the land transfer documents in the four hours since the hotel. Claire read every line twice. She signed where it mattered. Reid notarized it