One day came after another, and eventually, Abel and Dani's Coupling Rites finally came. As they had planned and agreed upon, the only attendees they had present were their close friends in the form of King Nikolai, Queen Mineah, Fritz, and Dani's fellow Shadow Maidens Niran, Laura, Zaila, Krisha and Queen Mother together with some of the officials and members of Ivanov Clan. It was a small affair, one that didn't have much grandeur with how quickly they both wanted it over with.
Well, that was with Dani's case, at least. She didn't want to linger on these things, especially when there was much more to be done. That, and she didn't want to keep pretending for too long. Not that she was pretending much these days anyway.
"Are you ready, wife?" Abel asked beside her, looking absolutely dashing with his current getup. "They're all watching us now."
