At sight of it, he felt his chest seize.
She carriedhim, or how she thought of him, intheir garland in her hands.
On this thought, his throat closed, something happening athis eyes, and there were cuffs on his arm and slaps on his back as his brothersleft him to take their places lining the aisle opposite Cora, Circe, Idina andMaxie.The line of honor they would stride through to the altar, where Corlissand Ansley would await them and stand with them as they were wed.
The only reason he tore his gaze from her was when he felt aslight pain in his shoulder at how hard he was being gripped.
He shifted his attention to Marlow, who was gazing at himwith feeling and meaning.
And his tone was gruff when he said low, “I forgot how todream, until now, witnessing one come true for you.”
“Brother,” Loren whispered.
“Glad as fuck she makes you happy, gladder still you’reletting her.”
Then with a squeeze, his friend disappeared.
And she walked in.
They locked eyes.
It was not lost on him that his father, her mother and hersister, who had arrived with her, all came to him and touched him in differentways, murmuring their greetings and well wishes before they rushed to taketheir places in the temple.
But it was onlySatrinehe paidany real attention.
As their family faded away, she finally came to him.
“Hey,” she whispered.
Loren gazed down at her and said nothing.
“We need to wind this around our arms and get this show onthe road,” she prompted when he didn’t speak or move.
“This is lovely,” he whispered.
Her expression grew soft, but her eyes, as they had beenfrom the moment she entered the atrium, shined bright with the depth of herlove for him.
A bright so bright, it drove deep into his soul.
He allowed that to settle before he lifted a hand, pulledthat remarkable hat off her head, and sent it flying.
She cried out in surprise.
“But it has to go,” he finished.
She stared up at him for but a brief moment.
And then his soul exploded with radiance as his bride filledthe vestibule with laughter.
He had his hands full of her ass and his gaze full ofher beauty, bouncing as it was on his cock.
He lifted up to sitting, and then he had her arms around hisshoulders and her lips on his.
“Baby,” she breathed.
He pulled her off his shaft.
“Loren!”she snapped.
