The first part of the ceremony was actually the same as a white wedding so following the not so tedious procedure, everyone witnessed the union of the two.

The packs never rejected religions at all but since most of them believed in the moon goddess, there was a priest who was adorned with a unique gift in almost every pack and it was the same priest that hosted the wedding.

After exchanging the wedding vows for the second time as they are already married, the two were pronounced husband and wife but this time it was in the presence of the moon goddess.

The couple exchanged the new pair of rings that Livius had commissioned for this day.

At this moment, Venus was no longer wearing a veil but her exquisite face was exposed to everyone. The other men could only feel envious of Livius for finding such a beauty to be his wife.

The ladies could only grit their teeth and hate Venus to the core, after all, it was hard to compete with someone with such beauty. If Livius’s wife was ugly or at least her beauty a bit lower than Venus, they might have gotten a chance.

It took the first part of the ceremony almost two hours and when they were done it was around seven.

Everyone took this chance to take a break and have some food. While everyone was heading for the dining area, Venus and Livius went to change into some casual clothes.

As for the dressing for the second and final part of the ceremony, that will be done after eating. If they don’t eat now, there will be fewer chances for them to eat and there was no guarantee of how long that will take.

Venus was so happy looking at the ring on her finger. Livius knew how much she loved gold. The wedding band was dark gold and there were three different gems on top, a pigeon ruby, a blue diamond, and a yellow emerald.

The ring was almost like a rainbow and the colors were so much to her liking that she was in ecstasy. Receiving four precious metals for her one ring was enough than getting a *** carat ring so big that her finger will hurt with how big it is.

Venus changed into a black gown with golden flowers embroidered on it. Her hair was let loose revealing how heavy and bulky it is. She wasn’t wearing any jewelry apart from her wedding band, her other ring and storage ring was safely kept somewhere else.

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It was the moment for her to show off this expensive ring to others. Livius was wearing a black suit and he was like the mafia boss, especially with that scar on his face.

The couple joined the rest and the dining started. Receiving a lot of greetings and congratulations from others, Venus was over the moon.

The dinner lasted for an hour and by the time they were done, it was almost nine at night. The time was getting closer so the couple left the guests and went to prepare for the most important part of the night.

Venus looked at the tiny piece of clothing that she was wearing and sighed. It wasn’t that she didn’t wear mini or short clothes. But wearing something like this in front of such a crowd, she could foresee how angry Livius will be.

Livius was already standing at the man-made altar that the Priest and elders prepared before. He was standing there wearing just a pair of black jeans but they looked so tight that all the females there were having internal nosebleeds.

As he was the groom, he waited for his bride to arrive and it didn’t take long before the cheering, applauding and the ululating started. He turned his head and his mouth opened wide open as he watched a scene, he wanted to erase in everyone’s minds.

If only he was a vampire, this was going to be an easy feat. Venus was actually dressed, it's just that she was walking with her two bare feet, exposing that diamond anklet he loves playing with.

She was wearing a red robe and everyone at this ceremony including himself knew what she was wearing inside and that made his intestines turn.

Venus wasn’t shy anymore; these were her people and she was very proud of what was happening. To be honest, she had heard so much about what was going to transpire but to witness this with her own eyes and experience it, she was looking forward to it.

Venus was soon standing before Livius and this was according to the tradition. As the Luna and the other half of the Alpha, her first duty was to love her other half with everything that she has.

The second was to submit to him and give her all to him. By standing before him and being a stair below him, it simply showed that she was submitting to him and will put him first and the pack.

Of course, she didn’t believe in all of this s** as she was someone who believes in loving oneself first before everything. Why should she be selfless and put others first when she is suffering?

If she is not happy, there was no need for her to make others happy. Call her selfish but she has lost too much before because of putting others first.

She was dragged out of her thoughts when the Priest initiated the ceremony.

“We are all gathered here with the Moon Goddess as our witness as two souls joined together as one. With Alpha ……………………….”

To be honest, if this wasn’t compulsory, Venus would have pushed this old Priest to get this done with and go to the final words.

She was forced to listen to the priest narrating vows, rules, and all kinds of things for nearly an hour. Luckily, she was draped with a robe otherwise she will freeze.

Livius was only wearing a pair of jeans with nothing covering his upper body and watching the greedy eyes of the women staring at her man, she simply wanted to wrap him up and hide him away.

After the torturous hour of standing and repeating vows, the old priest finally finished and Venus whose legs were about to go numb felt very relieved.

“Do you Livius Bradley accept Venus Stewart as your mate and eternal partner?” the priest asked and at this time no one said a thing.

It was normal for mates to reject the bond and server it. Although this was dangerous, it was very common and the ones that mostly suffered were omegas.

Although in the Ethereal pack there was no case of mates rejecting their mates, it was still a custom to ask this question.

And everyone was looking forward to hearing the answer.