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Three

Thorn

I can’t help but smile, knowing at any moment my best friend, my lover, and my queen will be in my arms, vowing before all these people that I am hers.

I started as nothing, having lost everything that meant something to me.

I’ve struggled, and I almost gave into the darkness this world holds, but look at me.

I’m marrying an incredible fighter, a warrior, the woman of my dreams. To those gathered, she may be their leader, their queen, but to me she is everything I never knew I needed.

We came to the North to escape, but instead we found our future.

We found her.

She turns the corner, and my mouth drops open.

I am unable to resist her beauty, her strength, her composure and regality, yet I see the teasing gleam in her eyes.

The tilt of her lips. I’m excited for the ceremony, but I’m eager for the days after as well.

For the start of our lives together. Our love may be unconventional, but it’s so filled with kindness, happiness, laughter, and pain that I can’t imagine it any other way.

Tazanna Worth is my best friend. She’s my family now.

Forever.