A few hours later, everyone gathered around after cleaning themselves and changing into formal clothing.
The preparations took a bit longer than planned. By Lilith's account, there was some malfunction with the elevators and the platform's levitating mechanism, but James fixed everything.
The disaster with Nick's introduction got quickly fixed, when Vicky suggested explaining everything later.
She told them that Nick was Sera's and Bran's child, but for now, she kept the details about the pregnancy and delivery a secret.
Overwhelmed by this information, nobody protested, and instead they took the few hours to reorganize their thoughts. Now they were all mentally prepared for a gruesome, boring ceremony.
Besides those arriving that morning, Lydia and the children also wished to attend. Their parents stayed home, watching over Nick.
Her brother, interestingly, didn't want Vicky to leave. In the past hour, whenever she wasn't in eyesight, the little boy began wailing.
