Within one hour:
Nina’s aunt called relatives.
My mother found an old decoration agency.
cult members volunteered aggressively
demon royalty got recruited into carrying chairs.
The younger brother stared at a box of fairy lights in betrayal. “I am royal blood.”
Nina shoved more decorations into his arms. “You’re also tall. Move.”
“This feels exploitative.”
“It’s character building.”
Meanwhile outside my apartment building, the tiny rooftop transformed beneath city lights while evening settled over Earth.
It was simple, warm, painfully human, and absolutely perfect. Meanwhile, the cult members hung silver candles around the room while bursting into tears every ten minutes.
One kept whispering: “OUR SUMMONING WORKED.”
Meanwhile my demon stood beside me near the rooftop entrance wearing a simple black suit that finally looked morehuman than royal tonight. Not because he changed. Because he belonged here now too.
Then softly beside me, he admitted:
“I did not understand human ceremonies before.”
I gazed up at him. “And now.”
His gaze stayed locked completely onto me.
“Now I think choosing someone publicly may be one of the bravest things humans do.”
Chapter 35
Eva POV
By sunset, the rooftop above my apartment building was more like chaos decorated with fairy lights. It fit us perfectly.
Silver candles lined the edges of the roof while warm city lights stretched endlessly beyond the buildings around us. Somebody, probably the cult members, had scattered black roses absolutely everywhere.
Nina stared around the rooftop in disbelief. “…Okay wait. This is actually beautiful.”
One cult member burst into tears. “WE HELPED CREATE LOVE.”
“You sold me candles while I was drunk .”
“DESTINY CANDLES.”
Meanwhile the younger brother was still carrying folding chairs with deeply offended royal dignity.
“I survived war councils for this.”
Nina grabbed his tie and pulled him down into a quick kiss instantly. “You’re doing amazing sweetheart.”
The younger brother forgot his own sentence halfway through existence. Across the rooftop, my mother aggressively rearranged decorations while Nina’s aunt argued with the cult members about candle placement like this was an international diplomatic crisis. His mother was delighted watching human wedding chaos unfold in real time.
