POV: KIERAN SOLIS
Timeline: Two months after the trial
Location: Neutral Ground - Wedding Planning Chaos
"NO. Absolutely NOT. I am not having THAT many flowers."
"But Your Majesty," the wedding planner—a harried woman named Cordelia—pleads, "it's traditional! Royal weddings REQUIRE—"
"I don't care about tradition. I care about not suffocating our guests in floral arrangements."
Ravion is fighting with the wedding planner. Again. Third time this week.
I rub my temples. "Ravion. Compromise. SOME flowers. Not zero. Not a thousand. SOME."
"Fine. Ten arrangements."
"FIFTY is the MINIMUM—" Cordelia starts.
"Twenty-five," I interrupt. "Final offer. Take it or we elope."
Cordelia looks horrified. "You can't ELOPE. This is a ROYAL WEDDING. A DOUBLE royal wedding! People are traveling from across the CONTINENT—"
"Which is why we need to finalize details," Kaelis says, walking in with Nyx. "Please tell me you've decided on flowers so we can move on to literally anything else."
"Twenty-five arrangements," I say. "Settled."
"FINALLY." Kaelis collapses into a chair. "Now. Music. I want the Tidelands choir. Nyx wants instrumental. What do we do?"
"Both," Ravion suggests. "Choir for the processional. Instrumental for the vows. Done."
"That's... actually reasonable." Nyx sounds surprised.
"I have my moments."
We spend the next three hours making decisions. Food. Decorations. Guest lists. Seating arrangements. A MILLION tiny details that apparently make or break royal weddings.
"Who's officiating?" Cordelia asks.
We all stop.
"Oh no," I say. "We forgot officiants."
"There's FOUR of us," Kaelis points out. "We need TWO officiants. One for each couple."
"Thelonius can do us," Ravion suggests. "He's qualified. Respected. Already knows us from the trial."
"Good. And for you two?" I look at Kaelis and Nyx.
"Elder Marina," Nyx says. "She's a sea priestess. Oldest living member of the Tidelands. She's been asking me when I'm getting married for the past DECADE."
"Perfect. Done." I check the list. "What else?"
"Vows," Cordelia says. "Traditional or personal?"
"Personal," all four of us say immediately.
She makes a note. "And the ceremony structure?"
"Simultaneous," Kaelis says. "Both couples getting married at the same time. Not one after another. TOGETHER."
"That's... unusual."
"We're unusual," I say. "It's kind of our thing."
Cordelia sighs. But makes notes.
By the end of the day, we've planned:
Ceremony location: Crystal Amphitheater (where the trial was—symbolic)
Date: Three months from now (enough time to prepare)
Guest list: 500+ (representatives from EVERY kingdom)
Colors: Silver and blue for Kaelis/Nyx. Black and gold for Kieran/Ravion
Music: Both choir and instrumental
Food: Multi-kingdom feast (dishes from everywhere)
Officiants: Thelonius and Elder Marina
Structure: Simultaneous double ceremony
"I think we did it," I say, exhausted.
"We planned a wedding," Kaelis agrees. "A DOUBLE wedding. We're insane."
"But happily insane," Nyx adds.
"The best kind," Ravion finishes.