Page 40 of Storm's Mistake
“Shadow, what is going on?”
He lowered down to one knee.
“Lisa, the love of my life, my mate, my reason for even breathing. I am completely and totally in love with you. I don’t want to be with anyone else. As the whole pack knows, I messed up. I nearly lost you, and I’m not a man who doesn’t learn from the error of his ways. I want to make this right for both of us.” He let go of her hand long enough to grab a small box out of his jacket. “I don’t want to go another day where you’re not my wife. Where you don’t belong to me. Also, I want to belong to you. I am yours, Lisa. Before my pack, I declare myself to you. Every single part of me, the whole of my being. I am your loyal servant. I’m in love with you, and I intend to spend the rest of my life being yours. I will never give you a reason to cry again. I will never let you go. Will you please do me the honor of becoming my wife?”
Lisa was speechless for a moment. There was the videoapology, where he allowed himself to be vulnerable, not just to her but also to Pam. Speaking of Pam, she saw the other woman waiting at the gate, holding some beautiful red roses.
Adele gave her a nudge. She didn’t even realize she’d been so quiet.
“Yes,” Lisa said. “I … wow, I don’t know what to say.” She glanced down at her dress that was covered by a dirty apron.
Adele was already helping her out of it.
“I don’t have a dress.”
“If you want a ceremony later where you can wear your dress, then I’ll get you one,” Shadow said. “I don’t want to waste a moment not belonging to you.”
Adele leaned in close and whispered against her ear. “He’s afraid you’re going to realize he can be an asshole.”
Lisa laughed as Shadow shot her a glare.
“Sorry, dude, but it is true. Tell me I’m wrong?”
Shadow didn’t say anything for several seconds. “I’m also doing this because I want the pack and the world to know you’re mine, as I am yours.”
“I said yes,” Lisa said. “And I don’t need another ceremony. This is perfect.”
His pack, her friends, this was exactly how a wedding should be.
“That’s your cue to run, my friend,” Adele said. “To the top of the altar, to wait for her, not to run off. I don’t even think I’ve got control of my words anymore.” She shook her head, and Lisa laughed.
Shadow leaned in, kissed her cheek, and then ran toward the altar.
She saw there was a priest waiting.
“This is happening,” Lisa said.
“Yes, it is,” Adele said.
She turned toward her friend. “Did you know about this?”
“I didn’t exactly know this was happening, but I might have known something was happening.”
“I never thought you to be a liar,” Lisa said.
“I am, for a good cause.” Her friend winked at her, and then placed a hand on her back. “I’m also the getaway car if you need one.”
“Stop it.”
“I’m your last chance to ditch it for freedom, if you have any doubts.”
She didn’t have any.
Staring straight ahead at Shadow, she knew without a doubt this was the man for her. Regardless of how they had gotten to this point, the fact was they were here in this moment, and nothing was going to change that. She also didn’t want anything to change it.
Taking one step in front of the other, she walked toward Shadow, where she knew her life was going to be.
For better or for worse.