Axel walked me down the aisle, slowly and steadily keeping a firm grip on my arm. I was dizzy with excitement and I couldn’t wait to be married to this man. When we stopped before the boys, Axel gently let my arm go and then reached over to kiss my cheek.
“You look beautiful, Brooklyn. Gunner is lucky to have you,” he said and I wondered if Axel had ever said such words in his life before.
Gunner came forward and offered me his arm, which I took and walked up to the alter in front of the priest. I was itching and desperate to kiss him, but we had to control ourselves till we were officially married and till the priest told us we could kiss. The next time we’d be naked in bed together, I wouldn’t even have my old name…I’d be Brooklyn Alton!
I knew I had tears in my eyes. I wished daddy and Luke were alive to see this. They would have been proud of me. Even though I was surrounded by Bad Disciples…I was in a church full of them! I knew that despite this, they would have been happy that I had made the right decision. That I had chosen to be with a man who I knew would make me happy and would be as fiercely protective of me as they were.
Gunner couldn’t take his eyes off me and I couldn’t look away from him.
When the priest started speaking…it felt like I was drifting off, like something was changing in me…we were going to be bound together for life and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
THE END