Twist wiped his palms on his jeans. He really needed this wedding to start because he was getting nervous.
Hoax walked to the front and picked up the mic. Raven had picked the song but wouldn’t share it with Twist. She’d said she’d found it and realized it fit how she loved him.
The notes started and he tried to place the song. After a couple notes, he recognized the song as one of the ones Raven loved by Rachel Platten. But then he forgot about the song because Raven was walking toward him in her jeans, motorcycle boots, and a pink V-neck top underneath her cut. Shecarried a bouquet of pink roses. He understood the significance of that. Pink roses had been Charity’s favorite flowers.
Her blonde hair was down around her shoulders, which he loved because he liked being able to sift his fingers through it. He couldn’t help but smile. Raven was grinning at him, her love shining from her eyes.
She reached him and placed her hand in his. She handed the roses to her dad to keep.
“It really is a better place since you came into my life. Thank you, Twist,” Raven said softly.
He couldn’t stop the tears from leaking from his eyes any more than he could stop loving this woman.
Raven smiled at Twist’s reaction to her words and the song. Once she’d heard Rachel Platten’sBetter Place, it was the song she had to use. Her life was better with Twist in it, and the song said exactly how she felt about him.
Today was bittersweet. She was getting the man she loved and couldn’t imagine life without. He supported why their MC had been formed and what their mission was, but as happy as she was, she still missed her friend.
But the best way to honor her friend was to live the life she was given to the fullest. To drink up every drop of happiness. To savor each second she was gifted with Twist.
The words they pledged set the tone for their life, but if you asked her ten years from now what she’d remember about her wedding, she’d tell you it was the absolutelove that she could see in Twist’s eyes. She’d remember his hand reaching to hold her cheek as he sealed their union with a kiss—the warmth of his tongue tangling with hers, knowing he was hers and she was his.
The minister announced them as Britt and Max Graham. The roar from their friends filled the barn. She and Twist walked down the aisle, stopping to thank people for coming.
She paused at the Saint’s Outlaws’ rows. “Thank you so much for being here,” Raven said.
“We’re happy everything turned out. I hear you’re storm chasing on your honeymoon,” Pit said.
“Yes, we are. It will be just us, but next time, I told Twist we need to take Stinger with us. Views and subscribers surged afterthe last one. It would really spread the channel,” Raven said, snickering.
“Seriously. I thought you were nice, Raven,” Stinger whined.
She chuckled as she and Twist moved down the aisle.
“Thanks for the use of the RV, Booker,” Twist said.
Raven liked Lexi and Maureen. From their recommendations, she’d found a couple new authors to try, and they were looking at going to a book signing in the spring.
“No problem. Hope you have a great time,” Booker said.
Twist leaned closer to her as they got to the back rows. “Love you, Raven,” he said.
“Twist, Raven, congratulations,” War, the President of Bluff Creek Brotherhood MC, said.
“Thank you, and thank you for making the trip,” Raven said.
“Wouldn’t miss it for the world,” Remi, his wife, said, holding their daughter, Amelia.
Seeing the three-month-old made Raven long for her own little one. She and Twist had discussed so many topics this week, with babies being one of them. They were ditching the condoms and were going to let nature take its course. With both of them in their forties, they didn’t want to waste a moment.
Once they got through the aisles, instead of leading her to the reception area under the tent, Twist took her to the RV.
“I want to give you your wedding gift before the reception because I’m excited for you to see it. I can’t wait,” he said.
“When we have kids, are you going to be the parent that hands them a gift from under the tree early?” she asked, waiting while Twist pulled items out of a closet.
“Umm, probably. So we should just buy extras and give them one the day before or maybe one a week in December?” he said, placing the nine packages on the table.
He motioned for her to sit so she did.
