All the men filed in. Raze followed Lucian's order and after everyone was seated walked to the front of the room. The men began to play a classical folksong, but Raze's nerves were skyrocketing. He didn't like all the men staring at him and he slightly wished their love was still in the shadows. Then Lucian and Amelia appeared around the corner. Raze's jaw dropped at the sight before him.

"Rise," Lucian says ordering everyone to stand. Amelia blushed as she saw all the eyes turned to her, but Lucian gave the arm wrapped around his a comforting squeeze and the two walked down the aisle to the podium in the middle. Lucian kisses her forehead then places Amelia across from Raze as he goes to stand behind the podium. He gestures for everyone to sit and the music stops. Lucian looks down at his prepared papers and takes a deep breath.

Raze and Amelia to turn to him, but Raze cast a sideways glance at Amelia and whispers,"You look beautiful."

"Thank you," Amelia whispers and turns her attention to her father as he speaks.

"Tonight, we celebrate the union of two of our dearest friends. One a slave that became second in command and fought bravely from the very beginning of this war, yet trembled at the thought of telling a woman how he feels for her," everyone, including Raze and Amelia smiled and laughed,"and another a child..." Amelia's eyes met her fathers,"who stumbled into our camp and won our hearts as she became a woman...a friend... and daughter to all here. Who braved the vampire's keep and survied to become one of us. Tonight is not about vampires however, but about us, the lycans. Though in the light of the full moon we are animals, our hearts will forever be men...and women." Lucian smiles,"Last night, I saw everyone bustle about, some decorating, other practicing up on their instrument, gathering flowers, and some preparing food. This is what a society is...this is what we are...we are more than warriors but people who live and breath to help one another. And these two have chosen to become more than friends, and wish to mate and bind themselves together forever in love for all their immortal lives. Join hands."

Raze and Amelia turn to each other and smile widely. Amelia takes a deep breath trying to steady her heart and Raze tries to keep his breathing even. "Do you Raze promise to love, respect, and protect this woman until the end of your immortal days?" Lucian asks.

"I do," Raze says.

"And do you Amelia promise to love, respect, AND protect this man until the end of your immortal days?" Lucian asks.

"I do," Amelia says smiling about the thought of having to protect Raze...although she had done it once.

"Raze do you promise to take Amelia as your one and only mate for all of your lycan days?"

"I do indeed," Raze says.

"And Amelia, do you promise to take Raze as your one and only mate for all of your lycan days?"

Amelia nods,"I do."

Lucian turned around and retrieved a gold challace and a gold dagger. The treasure of the castle had was very much intact and held a few very precious articles such as this. He raised the two above his head. "Blood is what binds all of us. It carries the magic that keeps us all alive and holds our true selves with each drop. Let the blood exchanged here, hold no secrets between them."

Lucian handed the blade to Raze and the challace to Amelia. Raze rolls up his sleeve and extends his arm in front of him as he faces Amelia. She holds the challace until his wrist. "Repeat after me as your cut, with this blood, I bind myself to you forever," Lucian says.

Raze puts the blade to his wrist and slowly cuts as he says,"With this blood...I bind myself to you...forever." He squeezes off the blood and watches as the wound heals.

Amelia looks at the blood. No more secrets. She had only seen what the ingestion of blood did to someone and now everyone was watching. She brings the challace to her lips and sees Raze's eyes. He smiles widely. Amelia relaxes and lets the blood flow freely into her mouth. Like a shock Amelia jerks and is pulled into memory after memory. She watched Raze victorious in battles killing vampires viciously. She saw him on his knees being whipped as a young man long ago then saw the fear in his eyes as he was turned into a lycan and the first time he saw Lucian. Then she saw the first time he saw her as a child, and saw him running, chasing her in a field as they played. She saw Raze read letters she wrote to him and how he longed to hug her and then did see her hugging him. She felt the lust and want in his body as she saw several flashes of them being close then being in private. She also saw that he saw her naked in the cave and felt what her touches made him feel.

Amelia gasped and jerked her eyes open. With a deep breath she didn't know she was holding she exhaled. Lucian and Raze were looking horribly worried, but Amelia nodded her head and smiled, letting them know she was okay. She looked at Raze with completely new eyes. She had felt the hard side of him, but now knew the second he had laid eyes on her little form he had loved her. And now he truely loved her, for her body and mind.

They traded the articles and Amelia held the dagger to her wrist. "With this blood...I bind myself to you...forever," Amelia says as she cuts her wrist slowly. The blood drizzled into the cup and when it was finished Raze put the challace to his mouth. He had Amelia's blood before, but these would be scattered memories. He drank and instantly saw her modeling the dress for Lucian, saw how she saw him as she laid ontop of him, then saw as a child her excitement to see him as he and Lucian returned from a battle. He watched as she sparred with Lucian then watched as she rescued him from the archer, and noticed his lack of clothes. Many things flashed before his eyes and nearly dropped the challace as he tried to pull himself from the memories.

Lucian takes the ceremonial instruments and places them behind the podium. "May the blood bind the two of you as lycans and may a kiss bind you as husband and wife. As pack leader and alpha male I proclaim you mates and partners in your life's journey forever. Now...kiss your wife!"

The two smile and close the small gap between then, binding and showing the world a symbol of their love. Their lips met and it was only a moment later that the men shot to their feet cheering. Raze and Amelia only parted for a smile then kissed again. Lucian sighed. Amelia and Raze turned to the pack. Lucian stepped infront of the podium between them and placed their hands together and raised their entwined hands above his head. As everyone happily clapped, Amelia looked back at her father.

It was then Lucian knew, she was all grown up.