Page 221 of Caged Between the Beta & Alpha
“Seriously, babe, focus.”
I will focus on what’s most important to me. Her.
I wrapped my arm around her, kissing her forehead. I had never been happier.
She leaned against me as the musicians began to play, and we all turned to see Dante, in a tux, carrying the cushion bearing the rings as he walked down the aisle at a rather brisk pace. Robyn laced her fingers with mine, her heart skipping a beat as our eyes met. I pecked her lips as we turned to see our own little princess walk down the aisle, her large blue eyes wandering around, and I almost chuckled. Azura really did love to take things at her own pace.
Goddess, kids were damn cute. She seemed to pause, getting distracted by something before Aunty Red called her.
“Baby… sprinkle the petals,” she whispered.
“Oh, yes, Mama!” Azura replied, making some of the guests chuckle.
She began to sprinkle the petals, walking along. She stumbled a little on the hem of her princess dress and paused. I realised her shoe had fallen off.
“Oh no,” she said, confused, glancing at her shoe and then ahead at the stage. I knew she had been told to keep going forward.
I watched as Alejandro’s nephew, Leo, got up from his seat, as it was on the edge of the row not far from where Azura was standing and grabbed her little heeled boot, holding it out to her. She blinked and lifted her dress, sticking her foot out and making me smile.
Cute. Damn, I need a picture of this.
Aunty Red was about to get up, but when Leo knelt down, she smiled and sat down again. He was frowning as he put the shoe on for Azura, glancing around and glaring at all of us who were watching. Damn, the kid had the Rossi fire in him. He needed a mate to tame that anger…
“What’s your name?” Azura asked him, seemingly not bothered that she was being videoed right then or that we were in the middle of a wedding concession, ever the curious little princess.
“Leo,” he answered moodily as he stood up.
“Thank you, Weo,” she replied cutely before turning and walking to the front, forgetting to scatter the rest of the petals in her basket. Well, she did well enough, and the carpet was made of flowers anyway…
“That was so cute,” Robyn whispered, smiling softly.
“Yeah, and that move coming from a Rossi,” I said, feeling several eyes turn to me, including Rayhan’s, Alejandro’s, and Leo’s.Damn werewolf hearing.I guess only a Westwood princess could make Rossi’s do stuff like that. I smiled in amusement just as Raven came down the aisle, taking her place on the stage. Then it was time for the bride herself to enter.
We all turned as Kiara stepped out. She looked stunning in her gown, her eyes fixed on her king ahead…
Elijah
No matter howmany times we did something like this, it was still hard giving your daughter away…
It wasn’t the only role of mine in this wedding either. I looked at Kiara, thinking she had come so far from the little girl I used to worry so much over. I walked her down the aisle, but there was no regret or worry in me. The man who awaited her, the one who made her heart race and looked at her as if she was the most precious thing in the world, was the one man I could trust her with. The King, yet before that, he was hers. Her hand may be on my arm, but her eyes were locked with her mate’s.
Life had been hard, but the light had returned, and talking about it all had helped. Liam may have pushed me, but it had worked. I was able to enjoy life and cherish what I still had…
We reached the small stage, and I placed Kiara’s hand in Alejandro’s, their eyes on each other’s and unseeing of anything else. The intensity of their love for one another was clear as day. I smiled slightly, stepping onto the stage and taking the place of the best man, a position that Alejandro had asked me to take months ago…
“I had something I wanted to ask you,” Alejandro said, taking a drag on his cigarette.
“Not like you to ask. Don’t you usually state what you want?” I replied, cocking a brow.
“Yeah, well, we all know you don’t fucking listen to shit.”
“Yeah, I don’t,” I smirked arrogantly. He gave me a cold glare before frowning.
“I want you to be my best man at the wedding.”
What?I looked at him in shock, but he was dead serious, his eyes shadowed.
“You were Raf’s closest friend… and probably the next person in line who understands me the most….”
