It was already noon when everyone, except Kai and Kelly, arrived in Viscarria.
Alex had made an announcement last night that all of them will accompany Zeke and Alicia back to Reigns’ castle. And all of them, except for Lilith and her witch sidekick will be staying in the castle until the big day arrives.
Lilith had separated from them while they were on their way over to the Reigns castle, but she had earlier on promised and swore to Alicia that she would attend the wedding no matter what. This was an event that she would not miss for her life.
Iryz on the other hand, had helplessly tagged along. She had tried her very best to decline the invitation this morning after being brought up to date on what had happened while she was sleeping the night before. But Abigail and Alexander, as well as Alicia herself, had coaxed and urged for her to come along with them too.
Iryz had always wanted to visit Viscarria, and this invitation was now her chance to make her wish come true. Of course, she had asked Zeres about it and if he were averse to her attending as his plus one. Thankfully, the man did not seem to mind her tagging along at all.
Once they had reached the castle, the atmosphere that enveloped the whole place was the complete opposite of what the company had been expecting. Everyone was busy running about. No, busy was an understatement. Everyone was actually scrambling around as though they had lost their heads! There were just a whole lot of people buzzing about in small groups, literally running with various things in their hands as they rushed to get things organized and prepped for the wedding that was to be held soon. Some were arranging tables, others were putting up beautifully designed place cards that would determine the seating for the many guests that would be attending, while another group were dragging yards of cloths and other little trinkets to be put up as décor and accessories. There were also a large group that were obviously in charge of cleaning up and polishing every surface of the place until it shined. Others were bringing in truckloads of all kinds of flowers to be added on to the décor as well as to naturally perfume up the castle. All in all, just looking at the preparations for such a grand but extremely rushed wedding was just dizzying to the group of people who had just arrived.
Even Zeke was rendered speechless as he and the rest looked on in a daze at the massive courtyard now being systematically and professionally turned into a venue that is fit for a luxurious wedding.
Alicia could only stand there, blinking her eyes owlishly. What on earth had happened? She was not expecting this. At all! She had actually thought that they would need to only need to get through with some formalities with only the Reigns family first and foremost. Thus, she had not been expecting to see such a grand wedding being planned out at all!
She thought that it would be a simple and private one that will only be attended by their closest family, friends and loved ones. Last night, she and Ezekiel had already discussed about this, and they had both expressed that they wanted it to be simple and exclusive.
Slowly, Alicia turned to look at Ezekiel. But before Ezekiel could say a word, Alexander’s voice echoed out.
“Ha! It seems that everyone is excited to finally wed their beloved prince Ezekiel off after hundreds of years of waiting! Look at how eager they are! But it is pretty understandable, if you ask me.” Alexander exclaimed like he was enjoying himself. Of course, it was obvious that he was just happy to tease Ezekiel, knowing that the man was not a fan of extravagant events, and also because Ezekiel had already told everyone last night that it would only be a simple occasion.
“Seems to me like the whole country is going to celebrate your wedding, Your Highness.” Lucas commented, looking pretty amused as well. They all knew Zeke was all about privacy. Hell, privacy was his middle name!
But Zeke was quiet and had not made any comments about the matter up till now. He had instead prompted Alex to go and settle his family before calling on the servants to lead Zeres and Iryz to their respective rooms to stay in for the next few days.
While Alicia and Zeke were headed to the throne room where everyone was waiting for them, Zeke asked Alicia. “Is this okay for you?”
“An extravagant wedding?” Alicia halted, facing him. Many thoughts swirled around in her mind as she kept silent for a few seconds to think.
He nodded.
“How about you?” she then opted to question him instead of answering.
Zeke stared into her eyes. “If it’s okay with you, it’s all good for me. But if not, I can have everyone get rid of all those decorations and everything immediately.”
Alicia looked outside the massive windows overlooking the courtyard. The preparations were already half done. No, more than half done, in fact! The vampires really work fast!
“I think I don’t mind. It’d be a waste to have all those beautiful decorations going to waste.” She replied. Though they had both deciding and agreeing on a simple wedding, Alicia felt like Zeke was not all that against this either as she had thought. Honestly, right now, she unexpectedly found herself to be okay with it as well.
She had been a little bothered about how the vampires will welcome her now that everyone had found out that she was Ezekiel’s lover. But this was truly unexpected. And she could not help but feel the warmth and relief spread within her. She was glad that there seemed to be no more trouble they needed to solve first before the marriage happened.
“If there will no consequence, I’m cool with it.” Alicia added, flashing him a soft smile.
Zeke nodded in agreement too as he lifted his hand and brushed a stray lock of hair that had curled over her cheek. “There will be no consequence, don’t worry. We’re just going to get married. Extravagant or not… it doesn’t make any difference to me.” He said before squeezing her hand reassuringly as he led her into the room where the King and everyone else were waiting.
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