The headline was on the very front page of the digital news.
LUNA AND BLOSSOM FAMILIES UNITE!
Her last name was Blossom.Were they freaking kidding? I tried to control my breathing. Half of me wanted to laugh. Half of me wanted to cry. And how in the world were they able to get engagement photos that quick? Sterling and Cherry were holding each other in a super cheesy awkward hug and both were smiling like they'd been punked.
"Serves him right," I muttered, but I still read the article.
Cherry was from a prominent family I'd never heard of in the werewolf circle. I'd heard of Sterling's family before because they were the only ones who'd ever balked the alpha’s father. They both came from old money, though there was no employment listed for either of them. Apparently Sterling's work with the weirdo conspiracy society wasn't held in too high esteem with his family. Their wedding date was listed four months away.
Perfect. A summer wedding.
Even though the temps were never too hot or too cold around here, I imagined Cherry being outside in the middle of our summer and melting into a little pool of frigid water at Sterling's feet.
I cackled at the imagery and tossed my phone down. It had been maybe three weeks since they'd met and he was already getting married. Sadness trickled through me. I guess he'd found his soulmate.
It bothered me, though. Especially after the incident next to the coat closet. The one I kept trying to forget about but couldn't. It played in my head every time Dimitri kissed me, and that did not bode well for my future as a potential wife to someone else.
I couldn't help but think this wasn't how the soul mate search was supposed to go. But I also didn't think wanting to claw each other's eyes out like Sterling and I did was a good thing, either. I sighed and fully reclined on the couch. Life was weird and it seemed to be getting weirder every single day. How hard was it for a girl to fall in love in this town?
With Portia around here, the answer should have been not hard at all. Was she making me work for this? If so, she was running her dating agency the wrong way. I picked my phone back up to look at Sterling and Cherry’s stiff smiles. He didn’t really want to marry her, did he?
A plan began to form in the back of my mind.
A terrible one.
But one that would answer my questions about this whole soulmate search.
