CHAPTER 54 – LUNA CEREMONY

*PHOEBE POV*

The ceremony that should have begun at six this evening has been delayed. I’m attired for the event and angrily pacing the bedroom floor. It’s been over ten hours and no one has seen Dwayne or Hudson. Now it was past eight o’clock and I’m rattling on nerves.

My outfit was a rose-gold long mermaid gown with a sophisticated v-neckline, sweeping cape sleeves, and floral lace trim. My hair was a tousled half updo with flowing curls, adorned with a fabulous 14-karat gold long pearl, crystal, and silver hair vine as a hairpiece accessory.

Wendy, Joana, and Fiona helped with make-up and hair but I’m here by myself because I needed some alone time. I do not wish to show my face downstairs to the awaiting crowd, uttering apologies again. Melody, Joana, Mom, and Dad popped in a few times but I told them to give me some space.

“Hudson, where the fuck are you?” I have said this a million times through the mind-linked and he does not respond. And every time that he becomes like th