Chapter 51

Alina: After the ceremony, the branch was finally removed from our hands. Erick’s skin healed instantly, but mine took a few minutes before it was flawless again. Then the crowd was led back to the palace where the reception was being held. Erick and I hadn’t had time to have a proper conversation, it’s like it hadn’t even set in yet that he was my husband now. However, I didn’t have time to think about him right now. I was pretty sure there were over five hundred supernatural beings present in this room, and not all of them were vampires. I spotted two of the mystics earlier, both with snow white hair and near translucent skin. The others, I couldn’t recognize, however. Several servants handed out blood and champagne to the guests, but I did spot a couple trays of refreshment and.... wait, was that raw meat? God, I didn’t even want to know who they were for. In the meantime, I was introduced to almost two hundred people by Kenna and Athena. Erick was MIA, but I did spot him once with