Chapter 0386

My eyes go wide when I see how packed it already is with our family, and our closest friends, and all of dad’s advisors including, of course, my grandpa.

A smile bursts onto my lips when I focus on the group of young men in the back comer – all of them dressed in Cadet black.

“Ohhh, that’s a sight for sore eyes,” Daphne murmurs, slipping in behind me and pressing the door shut, likewise looking over at our boys.

I grin and grab her hand, dragging her over to where they’re all waiting. Rafe-wearing his own crown, which shines bright against his dark hair – Jesse, Ben, and Jackson, locking just as I remember them, and Jackson looking a bit relieved, if I’m being honest, to be back in clothes he understands. I look briefly around for Luca, but he’s not here yet. Still, there’s no time to dwell on it.

Jackson instantly opens an arm to me as Daphne and I cross the room and I dart to his side, wrapping my arms around his waist and bearning up at him. “Hi, I missed you,” I whisper, grinning. “Everyone’s been torturing me all day looking for your mark.”

He laughs a little and runs a fond hand over my cheek and down my neck. “Sorry to disappoint,” he murmurs, shaking his head with a smirk. But then his face falls. “But really. sorry – I didn’t get you in trouble, did I?”