the sheer fact that , after everything , he still took aelin at her word was an aspect of rowan she would never not find humor in. and one she would not exploit for her own amusement even now. witnessing the joining of elide and lorcan , of aedion and lysandra , and the grand event that it should rightly be , left aelin in loss of what she and rowan had not been given. yes their union had been officiated nearly a year prior in just a days time already , it was the hastened piece of it that left the queen feeling empty. the looming darkness of war forced them to speed through their wedding. if one could call it such upon a ship preparing for battle. a joining of two in love solely for the technicalities of it in case she was to fall — to ensure terrasen would have a king. but sharing her sadness with her dearest shapeshifting friend was what had spurred the idea. a proper wedding on the day of their first anniversary. a wedding to go down in history books. and by all the gods aelin had banished did she lay the false trail for her husband to believe this wedding would be the most extravagant show the nation of erilea had ever seen. and somehow he believed her every step.
morning of the day had come , doors to the throne room closed as for the aids to ready the space in what she conveyed as what would be overly decorated and filled to the brim with guests from all corners of the nation , and aelin had sat within their chambers. the simple dress white as terrasen snow resting atop the staghorns with a golden depiction of the lord of the north on her back , sat in the bag hanging from the changing screen. a suit identical in color with its own take of the symbol of the northernmost territory on its lapel , a surprise for the man who she had led to believe would be wearing forest green robes for the better half of a month , resting in its own bag upon her lap as she awaited her mate.
hand ringless for the first time shook as she waited for him to exit the bathroom. lysandra had taken both of them as to prepare them for the event. but without them , even for a few hours , left aelin feeling a different sort of naked. thankfully the shaking did not last long as the door opened and eyes wicked with her own schemes locked to his. ❛ aedion brought up your robes for the wedding while you were in there doing god knows what for so long. ❜ arms extend the bag in his direction as she rose to her feet closing the space between the two , inhaling his clean scent. ❛ i see you found the lavender soap. ❜
@homiines get's a happy starter for rowan!















