The small ceremony was arranged to be held in the throne room. Lucas woke me with a kiss and then slipped out of bed with the order for me to get my ass up and ready.

It was a struggle to get out of bed because my men kept me up most of the night. Not that I was complaining, but I was just human while they were so much more.

I wished more than anything that I could be like them, but then again if I was like them, I was sure that I wouldn’t have met them at all. And I was ...