"Come on let's get you down that aisle before he has a fit." Reynolds smiles down at me. With a final nod I tighten my hold around his arm. When the music starts I feel my heartbeat quicken. This was it. I was finally going to have a family that I could call my own and have a real last name. Ryder would be mine forever. Walking down the aisle I hear the gasps and the whispers that are directed at me and how beautiful I look. They're comments would have made me blush had not been for the fact that my mind was only on one thing. Ryder. Like Reynolds had said he wasn't facing me but all the others were after they gave a look at their respective mate. They smiled and I could see all the care that they had for me, they would always protect me. The closer we got the more I could see the muscles of Ryder's back tensing and the way he also seemed to be taking deep calming breathes. He was nervous as well. With one final step up onto the small platform he finally turns towards me. My eyes stay locked on Ryder as Reynolds takes my hand and places it into my mates before he walks over to stand on the other side of Maxon. Ryder's eyes give my body a quick once over as he helps to stand me up next to him. His jaw tenses and I can see the admirable look in his eyes. I could feel my hand shaking in his and he smiles at me as he squeezes it lightly. "Hi beautiful," he whispers and I can feel the tears starting to sting my eyes already. "Hi," I don't know how I get my voice to come out but it does. The officiant who was a member of the council started talking but I was too concentrated on Ryder to pay attention to what he was actually saying. He looked beautiful. His hair was tidy for once and the light stubble that he usually let cover his jaw was gone and with it I could see every fine detail of his facial structure. Twenty minutes later Ryder's eyes flick over to the officiant and mine follow realising that I should probably start listening to our ceremony. Out of the corner of my eye I see Ryder smirk as I finally took notice of his presence in my mind. I didn't want to block him out. I love you. Ryder's smirk disappears and it's replaced by a soft smile. We're still facing each with our hands locked together and when the thought crosses my mind he seems to subconsciously pull me in so I'm standing closer to him. "Do you Ryder promise to care for Charlotte through all that may happen and to love her as both your wife and your Queen?" "I do," His voice is deep as he speaks the two words. He sounds like he's holding back tears. The officiant looks to me and I know that next I have to make my promise to Ryder. It was an easy promise but I was still nervous to make it. "Do you Charlotte promise to care for Ryder through all that may happen and to love him as both your husband and your King." A lot could happen. A lot was happening within the next few days and Ryder had guessed that soon the rebels would attack. I didn't know how I was going to care for him, he was the one that seemed to steady me both physically and emotionally and I was supposed to do that for him as well. "I do," I didn't know if I could do it but I would try my best because I loved him. Ryder chuckles lightly and I don't know why until he pulls a hand from mine and wipes away the tears I hadn't noticed had fallen. The crowd had seemed nearly non-existent till a collective awe came from them. Behind Ryder and me the groomsmen and bridesmaids chuckle as a wave of anxiety erupts over me and I feel my face heat up. "Elijah, the rings," Reynolds steps up with the little boy in his arms more concentrated on his sash that he has taken to using as a pacifier. My eyes stay on Ryder as he smiles down at the mini version of Cole he takes the small circle that is encrusted with expensive diamonds. Reaching out to take the large thicker ring of tungsten I barely notice as Ryder's smiling eyes flick from Elijah to my stomach. I shifted knowing of what was to come. "Ryder, will you please place the ring onto the third finger of Charlotte's left hand and repeat your vows." For the wedding my engagement ring was on my right ring finger and as he slides the cool metal on to my previous bare hand a pleasurable shiver runs through me. Ryder takes a deep breathe watching the way his thumb rubs my hand before he looks up to meet my still watering eyes. This was happening.