Epilogue Part Two
Natala (Emerald) POV:
The ceremony pauses once again, a suspended moment in time where everything is both still and swirling with emotion. As Azrael steps back, Zeke takes his place beside me. Unlike his brothers, Zeke has always been the wildfire, the force of nature that is as unpredictable as it is magnificent. Yet, when his eyes lock onto mine, they hold an intensity that is calming in its certainty.
The mystical aura of the clearing seems to respond to Zeke, the winds whispering secrets through the foliage, as if the very earth itself was listening to our vows. With his hands holding mine, I feel a power coursing through him, a raw, untamed energy that has always been part of his core being.
"Natala," he begins, and his voice has the quality of a melody long for
