Lucia was with Michael in the car as they drove towards the church. It was a different country and she was with her fiancé and not her sisters, but this felt oddly familiar. There were people lining the streets wearing the colours of the Rhodean flag, white, yellow, red, and green. Children were on the shoulders of their fathers and holding up banners, balloons, ribbons, and flowers.
She could not tell from the looks of the people that they had been ready to go to war a week ago… Hell… They had gone to war!
She looked down at her left hand, which was in Michael's. He was looking down at it and playing with her engagement ring. He did that a lot. He glanced up at her without lifting his head and smiled when their eyes connected. Charmed, Lucia smiled back at him.
