The marking ceremony had long since been prepared.There was no grand crowd or spectacle, only the closest kin of both families, simple and solemn.We spoke our vows beneath the moon and marked each other with our teeth, until the new mate bond had fully taken shape.When the ceremony ended, there was quiet relief on every face.My mother sat in her wheelchair, still pale, but her eyes brimming with release.She stroked the back of my hand. "Ella, the Alpha loves you truly. From now on, let the past go and build a good life with him."I bent to rest against her shoulder, blinking back the wetness in my eyes, and nodded."I know, Mother."These five years, I'd worn myself down for Warren, body and soul, while my mother worried through her days and lay sleepless through her nights.Heavy as her illness was, what she'd feared most was never who I would marry, but whether I'd have someone to lean on, someone to cherish me.Now, at last, she could rest.The morning after the ceremony, my mo
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