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It was today. Today he would take on a new mate, his second mate. A mate that believed in him and his dreams for Casa, who supported him and cared about the pack as much as he did. Standing in front of the cracked mirror in his room he looked himself over: red shirt, beige pants, leather gauntlets and shoulder piece, sword on back, bear fur cloak neatly placed over he left shoulder (so that the shoulder piece was clearly visible) and kept in place by a gold tinted metal sun clip. Anxiety filled him, butterflies creating a tiny hurricane within his gut as he started out of his room and towards the gardens.
He had asked Aro to officiate the mateship, since both leaders were preoccupied with the becoming mate’s issue and neither had a Destra or Sinistra to keep everything in order. Earlier in the day he had moved fallen logs in front of the river so that his pack mates would have a place to sit. It was the perfect location, flowers in blossom, trees providing shade, a river trickling behind where they would stand. As he drew closer to the growing crowd the anxiety slowly became replaced with excitement. He was happy, happier than he had been in a long time. When Ghita had cast him out and called him a traitor he had questioned who he was, but before him now stood a group of Cavaliers, his friends, and he was certain he had chosen wisely.
With a large goofy grin on his face he marched right up to Aro and Sophia, large hands finding a place on both of their shoulders, Sophie. He warned teasingly, You best not be bugging your brother now, I need him in tip top shape. He winked with a sideways smirk at his eldest boy before turning his gaze back to his daughter, Why don’t you go find a seat darling? It seemed that Alyssum had yet to arrive but Jazper didn’t give it a second thought, he would wait for her all day if need be.
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