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Coming back to the hallway, Ron was in unbelievable state for a long time. He watched how his adorable daughter was clinging onto an unknown man whom she was calling 'Dad' affectionately. A pain surged deep from his heart that he couldn't afford to endure at any cost. The most intolerable pain might be that one you are actually aching inside but you have no rights to say anything.

Anna stole a glimpse of his perturbed expression but couldn't do anything except hanging her head down to hide her unsettled emotions. Leah who wasn't even familiar with Ron paid zero attention to Ron and was playfully chatting with her adopted father. The trio imposed just a perfect familiy and Ron as an outsider could only watch them from afar.

As if he started to exasperate after a while and suddenly mumbled before taking the other way,

" Ex..excuse..me.."

Ron took his leave hurriedly and didn't cast a second glance at them. Anna kept staring at his retreating back blankly. After so many years, she didn't expect that her marriage to someone else would bother Ron ever. Indeed she was married to this man who appeared in her life as blessing for her and Leah. Gabriel Maxwell,her husband was belonged to the group of east soldiers from Dalastia. They met each others just after Leah's birth accidently. Anna never expected that this man would express his feelings to someone who was already with a child. Though Anna rejected his proposal at the beginning, Gabriel didn't give up and later convinced her to marry her to give Leah a proper family. Therefore, his unconditional love towards Leah had made her warmth from heart thus she agreed to marry at the end. Deep down, she never stopped loving Ron. Time, decades had passed and now she started to cherish the person who was by her side always. Sometimes loving twice isn't so difficult as long as the second person gives you the warmth, love that you crave desperatly. Anna learnt to love Gabriel wholeheartedly and as the time went by, Ron had only became a part of her memory.

Anna smiled bitterly at Ron's running back and shifted her attention on her own family emotionally. Gabriel returned her smile with a curious smirk and went over to feed Leah who was asking him a ton of questions. From the distant, Esme didn't miss the interaction between Ron and Anna. She could only feel sympathy for Ron. Some people realizes when it's too late. She could only hope that Ron would take the initiate to meet his daughter often. After all, blood was thicker than water.

The preparations were all done within just one night. With the help of so many royal staffs, the wedding venue was prepared smoothly. Cedric was going to marry her from there. As a king, he had just to pass his commands through his butler and all the preparations from Dixon family were nearly done. The sudden news of having queen for Basarisk had caused an uproar in the kingdom. Some couldn't even believe that Dalastia had agreed to marry off their precious Princess to someone who held a bad reputation across the world. Most surprisingly, the other three kingdoms weren't welcomed at Cedric's wedding at all. Though their cold war was a hot topic among rurals, they still didn't expect that Cedric would loath every family relationship so openly.

The next day came afterwards within a blink of eye. The white castle was enormously decorated with colorful lights and flowers from outside. From the early morning, even Alexander and Arthur seemed busy in taking care of everything. Though they were upset of Ayra's leaving, they still didn't less in effort. The wedding was going to follow the rituals of "Vampire" world. Since Ayra had always favoured her vampiric side more than fairy powers, they thought that it would be the best choice. Cedric had no say on their arrangement. As long as he could marry her, he wouldn't even mind marrying her in all three rituals of Vampire, Fairy or Dragon.

Ayra was awakened up from her sleep with an urging voice of her mother. Though she was irritated, as soon as she opened her eyes, she jumped off in excitement when she saw Anna beside Esme. She excitedly hugged her and chatted for a long time. Even she made friend with Leah within a short time who didn't stop chattering. Leah told her that Anna mentioned about Ayra many times and sometimes she got even jealous on her. Ayra felt emotional while reminding the days with Anna in her childhood.

As Ayra chatted with Leah in her room, Arthur entered holding a long veil in his hand. Stopping in front of them, Arthur passed the veil with a smile,

" Mom wants you to wear her own wedding veil today. Hope, you like it."

Ayra accepted the veil stunningly and beamed into an emotional smile,

" Of course, I love it. You look exhausted. My wedding is giving pressure to everyone."

Arthur shook his head denying and patted on her head lovingly. With a deep sigh, he assured softly,

" Not at all. This is the last thing that we can do for you. After today, you will enter into a new world without us."

Ayra blinked with tears in her eyes and suddenly hugged Arthur who was startled before accepting her embrace. Indeed her entire world was going to change after today. The thought of living with such scram man horrified her.

Why did things change so unexpectedly? She always thought that she would marry Seth but fate had never on her side.

After leaving his embrace, Ayra assured that she would wear this veil and saw Arthur leaving with a faint smile. As soon as he left, Leah exclaimed excitedly from her side,

" Wow! Is that a prince?"

Ayra replied with a smile while examining the veil in her hand,

" Yes, it's the second prince,Arthur Richards."

Leah muttered blazing her eyes excitedly,

" He is so handsome! "

Ayra chuckled, amused by her sudden confrontation towards men and encouraged after patting her head sweetly,

" You will have someone who is more handsome than him."

Leah pouted dropping her eyes down on her veil excitedly and muttured incoherently,

" Hmm! I am so little or I would have chased him."

Ayra didn't pay attention on Leah's words and started to chat randomly. She was little taken back at the thought of wearing such grand veil tonight. Though the veil was nearly decades older, it was still glistening like a new one.

The wedding was going to happen at midnight which was the perfect time for Vampires to adhere any important task. Everything was going on according to Ethan's order.

Inside Ayra's chamber, Siemus was personally taking care of her outfit. Ayra's wedding dress was sent in the evening and she was helping her out to wear it off since hours. Sitting in front of the dresser, Ayra's thought were full of different things as she couldn't help but recalling her days with Seth.

Love was gone but memories were still there as a piece of scrambled paper which wasn't looking pretty from outside but there were words of memories inside of it. Ayra subconsciously sighed deeply and encouraged herself to embrace this new life of hers. Perhaps they were never destined from the beginning.

Her wedding gown was made of four parts. Above the long gown, there was another tight shamise underneath it. Siemus had only worn her out the shamise and noticed that her bruise was missing from the gown.

Excusing herself from there, Siemus headed outside to look for the missing staff and left the door unlocked since she was going to come back soon. Ayra kept staring at her reflection blankly. She was thinking herself as a mere doll who was ready to be decorated now.

As her thoughts kept floating randomly, someone entered into the room without any warning. Thinking of Siemus, Ayra didn't even look back and muttered lazily,

" Aunty! Can you do it fast? I am bored. Really! "

" Me too! ", a voice came afterwards with a low chuckle from her back.

Ayra almost jumped off from her spot and turned around swiftly. Meeting those familiar dark eyes, her mood worsened more.

Cedric continued smiling, a box could be seen in his hand and his eyes subconsciously trailed on her bare showcased shoulders. Ayra was a bit embarrassed and questioned uncomfortably,

" What.. what are you doing in my room?"

Cedric looked up at her face deeply and answered with a grin,

" I came for you."

Ayra replied with a harsh glare,

" I can see that. Why do you need me now?"

Cedric continued flirting while stepping ahead with the colorful box in his hand,

" I will need you all in my life."

Ayra gulped down nervously when she saw him approaching and subconsciously retreated back. With fear leaping out from her voice, she asked shakingly,

" You... Don't mess around.. why do you need me?"

Cedric paused midway, scanned through her nervous face deeply and spoke passionately,

" To help you with dressing up for me."

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