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  Finally it was the day of the marking ceremony and Victoria was nervous as hell. Walter could feel the nervous coming from her in waves through the mate bond.

  Ever since Walter found out about what a mate bond was he could tell exactly how she was at all times. He was also told that he could put up a barrier to stop being affected by how she was feeling but he preferred not to. Mostly because he was worried about Victoria not being able to control her powers yet.

  Every time Victoria got angry there would be a small power outage in the house and once she calmed down everything would go back to normal. He certainly hoped that a power outage wouldn't happen today. That would be way too much stress and today had to be perfect. Or at least he was hoping today would be perfect.

  He waited outside Victoria's dressing waiting for her to finish getting dressed.

  "Oh hell no!" He heard Ross growl.

  He turned and looked at him. "What?"

  "Grooms are not allowed to see the bride until they get to the altar," Ross said. "It brings bad luck to the marriage."

  Jaxon came up from behind Ross and laughed, "Hate to break it to you but I think Ross is right. Besides, she's with Rose and Riley right now. She'll be fine. And I am curious to see how this ceremony is going to go because I heard it's different from a normal wedding."

  Jaxon and Ross grabbed Walter and dragged him away from the bride's dressing room towards the groom's dressing room so he could finish getting ready.

  Meanwhile in the bride's dressing room Victoria was having trouble sitting still. That was annoying the people helping her get ready.

  "It's going to be fine Victoria, calm down," Riley said.

  "I can't help it! What if something goes wrong? What if I lose control of my powers again? I don't want to ruin this day!" Victoria exclaimed.

  Riley put a reassuring hand on Victoria's shoulder. "Victoria, take a couple of deep breaths, you're fine."

  Victoria did as she was told and settled down as much as she could. She did settle down a little bit but not much. Finally, the maids who were helping Victoria get dressed finished helping her get ready.

  The wedding was simple, there were at least a total of fifty people there and that was fine by Victoria and the rest of her mates. Of course there were some cameras and news media there to record the event. A couple of the people recording the event were YouTubers that had been given special permission to record and use the footage for content on their channels.

  In this wedding there was no walking down the aisle as the grooms and brides were already there. The person who was overseeing the wedding was Alpha Maxwell and he was there with his mate and now Luna of the pack Sami. Sami found it in her heart to forgive him a lot sooner than he expected. She became the rightful Luna to his pack. Now the pack absolutely loves Sami because Sami is a kind and patient Luna. She learned to be humble and kind during her days of serving as a maid to the pack.

  While Sami sat in the audience, Alpha Maxwell was overseeing the wedding. The first main focus was on Victoria. She would sit on the altar and her mates would come up one by one to mark her. Victoria would in turn mark her mates. Once that was done Walter would sit on the altar next and the same thing would happen with him.

  The main focuses of the wedding were Victoria and Walter because they were the main mates in the arrangement and everyone else came along after.

  As Victoria sat on the altar Alpha Maxwell turned to the audience. “Ladies and gentlemen, today we are before you the marriage of Victoria Lee and Walter Hawkins. I’m not allowing anyone to reject this union because once a bond has been set there’s no going back. Today Victoria and Walter will claim each other along with their other mates.”

  He turned to Victoria and Walter and motioned for him to step up to the altar and stand in front of Victoria.

  “Walter, repeat after me. I, Walter Hawkins, accept you Victoria Lee as my mate. With this mark I claim you as mine for the rest of my life,” Alpha Maxwell said.

  ”I, Walter Hawkins, accept you Victoria Lee as my mate. With this mark I claim you as mine for the rest of my life,” Walter repeated.

  Alpha Maxwell nodded. “Victoria, repeat after me. I, Victoria Lee, accept you Walter Hawkins as my mate. With this mark I claim you as mine for the rest of my life.”

  ”I, Victoria Lee, accept you Walter Hawkins as my mate. With this mark I claim you as mine for the rest of my life,” Victoria repeated.

  Alpha Maxwell nodded again. “You may now mark each other.”

  Walter approached Victoria and she tilted her head to the side exposing her neck. He found the spot he was looking for and bit down on her neck. He held the bite for a couple of seconds and then when he released it he licked it clean. Then he pulled back and tilted his head to the side exposing his neck for Victoria to bite.

  Victoria reached over and found the spot she was looking for and bit him. She held the bite for a couple of seconds and then licked it clean. This process was repeated for the rest of her mates. Once she marked Louis, Ben, Riley and Ross, Walter sat down on the altar and marked Louis, Ben and Rose.

  Once that was done Alpha Maxwell said, “I now pronounce the mate bond complete!”

  Everyone in the audience clapped and cheered for the newly formed union. After that everyone went to the reception venue.

  It was time for Victoria's and Walter's first dance and shortly after they started dancing Louis, Ben, Riley, Ross and Rose joined in. After the first dance Victoria, Walter, Louis, Ben, Riley, Ross and Rose took their seats at the wedding party table and waited for their meal to be served. While they were waiting for their food it was time for the toasts.

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  Alpha Maxwell was the first to go. He stood by the stage and grabbed a microphone. "Is this thing on?" He tapped the microphone making it squeal in the protest and that definitely got the audience's attention.

  "The microphone's on!" Sami called out. That earned a chuckle from the crowd.

  Alpha Maxwell took a deep breath and let it out. "First of all, I give my congratulations to the bride and groom. Victoria and Walter, may you two have a happy marriage! And to your companions I wish them happiness too. And Victoria I would like to thank you for knocking some sense into me and making me go fight for the love of my life Sami. If you hadn't done that I might've missed out on something important and special to me."

  There was a chorus of the word "awww" around the room. He stepped aside and handed the microphone to Jenny.

  Jenny cleared her throat. "Victoria, I can't believe that you're all grown up! I never thought this day would come! You'll always be my baby sister and I wish you a happy and long marriage!"

  There were two more toasts after Jenny's. Aiden and Aiden told a couple of stories from Walter's childhood that had Walter's face turning red from embarrassment. Victoria couldn't help but laugh at his reaction.

  Aiden told a story about the time Walter thought he was still small enough to fit into a child's toy car and when he tried to drive it down the street he got stuck. He told another story about how Walter accidentally rolled down a hill to get away from a dog that was chasing him.

  Jaxon was the last person to toast and he gave Victoria a surprise by bringing out her baby pictures. A few people in the crowd commented on how cute Victoria was as a baby and Victoria's face turned red. She wanted the ground to swallow her whole.

  "I can't believe he brought out my baby pictures!" Victoria exclaimed.

  "Aww! But you were so cute as a baby! And I can tell your future children will be adorable!" Louis gushed.

  At this point Victoria's face was as red as a tomato!

  Once the crowd calmed down from gushing over Victoria's baby pictures it was time for food. Right on cue Victoria's stomach grumbled. It was loud enough for some people in the audience to hear as they turned to look at Victoria with a raised eyebrow. That reaction caused Victoria more embarrassment.

  "What? I haven't eaten anything all day! I can't eat much when I'm nervous," Victoria said.

  Walter gave her a look of concern. "Yeah but I've never heard someone's stomach growl that loud before. But I guess that means we need to get some food in you and you're eating until you're full."

  Victoria rolled her eyes. "Yes Dad."

  "That was hot. But unfortunately since public sex isn't allowed, I'll have to wait until later," Walter said.

  "Damn I can't wait until my night with you guys," Louis said.

  Victoria's eyes went wide. "Yeah, I'll just focus on eating first."

  Walter nodded. "Good."

  When their food came Walter made sure that Victoria started eating right away. Halfway through their meal a gunshot rang out amongst the crowd. Someone in the audience screamed.

  Victoria dropped her fork and grabbed her gun that she had hidden on a small belt around her waist underneath her dress. She was grateful that the people who helped her pick out her wedding dress knew who she was and offered wedding dresses that were easy to move and easy to conceal her weapon in case she needed it.

  A masked person entered the room. They were dressed in all black from head to toe. They wore a tacky black ski mask on their face and at least they were smart enough to have a voice changing device underneath their mask so Victoria couldn't tell who they were.

  The masked person pointed their gun at Victoria and Victoria pointed her own gun at the masked person.

  "Don Victoria," the masked person said. "Put the gun down. If you don't want anyone to get hurt, put the gun down!"

  Victoria narrowed her eyes. "Who are you and what do you want?"

  "Fine then, you won't put the gun down and talk like a civilized person then I'll just get straight to the point. I'm a messenger from someone who really cares for you," the masked person said.

  Victoria rolled her eyes. "Okay, if this person wants to be my suitor then no thanks! I have plenty of mates, I'm good."

  The masked person shook their head. "Oh they just want to be by your side. I'll give a hint. This person has already told you that she won't take no for an answer."

  Victoria cocked her head to the side and gave the masked person an amused look. "I won't take no for an answer? Is that all you got? I'm sorry but that's just not enough. I get people that tell me that all the time."

  The masked person shrugged. "That's all I got for you. I'm not planning on killing anyone today or hurting anyone. So you should think wisely-"

  The masked person didn't get to finish their sentence when the security guards were on them. They tackled the person down to the ground and managed to grab the gun out of their hands. Once the masked person was handcuffed they were dragged away.

  The rest of the security guards stayed behind and Victoria put her gun away and managed to restore order in the room. "Everyone, calm down! I'll make sure that my security team searches the parameters and make sure that there's no other masked intruder. If you want to leave I understand but at least wait until my security team gives the all clear. That should take at least a half an hour."

  There was some grumbling amongst the audience but they did as they were told. Walter stared at Victoria in awe. She looked at him. "What?"

  "That was so badass what you just did. Damn I'm so ready to cut the cake and get out of here so I can fuck you," Walter said.

  "Well I am a Don of a mafia, I kind of have to be badass. It's my job," Victoria said in a matter of fact way.

  The leader of the security team approached Victoria. "Don Victoria. we'll make sure the parameters are secure as fast as possible. We'll also be holding the prisoner in the dungeons at the mansion so you can worry about them when you get back from your honeymoon."

  Victoria nodded. "Alright then."

  Some of the people at the reception left saying that they didn't feel safe and Victoria understood that. She wasn't going to be the type of Don that held their partygoers hostage at the party just so she could have a good time. When she first became the Don of the Royals she heard of other Don's doing stuff like that.

  The rest of the reception went off without a hitch. One of the photographers at the wedding stepped out for a bit to place a phone call to Delilah.

  Delilah didn't go to the wedding because she didn't see a point to it. She knew Victoria was trying to send her message by doing that. So Delilah sent a message of her own. She picked up on the first ring. "Hello?"

  "Boss," the photographer said. "The job is done. Charles is being dragged away by Don Victoria's guards as we speak."

  "Good. I thought that would happen. Even if Charles tells them that he was working for me that won't give them much to go on. I'll just feign ignorance. Charles is on his own now and he knew that was part of the deal. I'll pay for his brother's surgery regardless. He did his part of the deal so I'll do my part," Delilah said.

  As Delilah hung up the phone she let out an unhinged cackle. "Don't you worry Don Victoria! We'll be together. I will be by your side whether you like it or not. If I have to kill you in order to do that, then so be it!"

  Delilah paused at that last statement puzzled as to why she thought that way. "Wait… What's happening to me? I mean sure I want her to acknowledge me but no matter how hard I try the urge to kill her has come back tenfold! Should I get help?"

  After a moment of confusion over her own thoughts she shrugged. "Nah, the plan has already been set in motion. So there's no turning back now."

  She didn't realize that the reason why her thoughts turned so dark even though she wanted to be good, was because she was possessed by a demon that Alastor had planted in her. The demon was dormant for the most part but even with being dormant it still had enough power to influence her thoughts. It was just waiting for an order from Alastor to execute the final stage of what would be her downfall.