-Ryland Grayson:
I think the terrifying thing about love is that one day you suddenly realize another person has become part of your routine so naturally that life before them starts feeling blurry.
That was what Vaughn became to me.
Not just my boyfriend.
Not just my mate.
Not just the man I was about to marry in a few hours.
He became home in a way I didn't know another person could.
I stood alone on the balcony outside our bedroom for a moment, one hand resting against the railing while cold evening air brushed against my face. The sounds of the estate preparing for the ceremony echoed faintly below me—people moving decorations around, distant laughter, music testing somewhere outside near the forest line.
Everything was ready.
Everything except me.
Because somehow, despite everything I'd survived in my life, despite years of alpha training, fights, leadership lessons, pressure, expectations—
Nothing had ever terrified me the way loving Vaughn Blackmore did.
