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Alessio

Today is my wedding day.

The day is finally here and I feel different to how I thought I would.

Leif and I are in the dressing room at Hammond Castle, the wedding venue. This place is more suited to me.

Camille and I will be getting married in the ocean view private gardens.

The wedding will take place in half an hour, and everyone, including her, is here and ready.

Leif adjusts the purple sash on my shoulder, making sure it sits perfectly against my Knights tunic. The bearer of the Odin rune wears this sash when he's getting married.

Leif was entrusted with mine after the Reaping. He's giving me that proud father smile again, and I slip into one of my moments where I appreciate all he's done for me.

He's dressed in his tunic too, but as he's officiating the wedding, he's wearing a white cape with a metal laurel leaf securing it around his neck.

"Your mother would have certainly loved to be here today to see you get married." Leif's voice carries that sentiment again.

The same