Astrea's pov

Today is the day
The most special day of my life
The day when Nico and I will become one
our wedding day

And right now, sitting in my old bedroom in my parent's manor in Greece, all I felt was nervousness, excitement, joy and most of all love.

We decided to get married in the place where thousands of our memories are stored. The place where we got married as children. Even though we were children, our love was real. The wedding is to be an intimate small ceremony with only significant people joining.

However, we are to go to Russia and have a big traditional Russian wedding afterwards and sign the legal papers there considering we are the future Bratva leaders.

"You look flaming hot" Maya said after she is done fixing my hair after making a show of looking me up and down and playfully licking her lips
"I am right here you know" Ariana, Maya's girlfriend of one year said playfully

"Doesn't mean I can't appreciate beauty" she grinned while her girlfriend rolled her eyes and I just chuckled at their cute behaviour.

I looked into the mirror and I indeed look pretty good. The dress, a simple yet beautiful white dress hugs my figure perfectly and a tiara rests on my precisely styled hair. I am wearing the bracelet that Nico gave me on my hand and a necklace on my neck and my makeup is done expertly.

"You look beautiful baby" my mother said as she kissed my forehead. Her eyes shone with tears as she smiled. After her, Athena, Ares's wife also hugged me and complimented me.

Ares and Athena got married about seven months ago. Their marriage was an arranged one but they are working on their differences if the three month baby bump is any indication.

My phone rang and my heart skipped a beat when I noticed it is my soon-to-be husband while Maya passes me a smirk before they left the room

"Missing me?" I asked as soon as I picked up
"Just wanted to confirm that you haven't run away" he said and I could practically feel his smile through the phone
"You aren't going to rid of me this easily" I remarked
"Good because I don't ever want to" he replied

A knock resonates through the room and I hang up the phone as I saw my father enter the room.

"Dad" I greeted and a smile appears on his face like it always does when I address him like that
I watched as emotions appears on his face as he took me in. Emotions of joy, sadness, and pride.

"You look gorgeous" he said kissing my head
"When you were born, I never wanted you to marry so you would never leave me and because I thought that no one deserved you but he does. Only he does. The boy loves you so much and he looks at you like nothing else exists. I am glad that you found him" he says and my eyes sting.

Oh god

"You aren't going to make me cry on my own wedding day dad" I said shaking the tears away with great difficulty as he chuckles before he looks at his watch

"It's time. Let's go before the impatient shit come here to drag you to the altar himself" he said making me laugh and roll my eyes.

That does sounds like something he would do. He may have the patient of a saint but the man had waited too much for the day.

He offered me his hand and I looped my arm around him as we started walking. I brushed the fingers of my other hand on the necklace sitting on my neck.
The necklace that was the first gift my dad gave to my mom. My adoptive ones.

'I want you to have this. They are always here with us' Ryan had said when he had plugged it around my neck just this morning.

They are here with me.

We reached the doors and nervousness bubbled in my chest. A bark echoes through the hall as Atlas came running and licked my hand and I petted his head, standing straight when the doors opened.

A thousand years plays through the soeakers as I walked with my arm in my father's and Atlas trailing behind us. I took in the beautiful decorations and the audience. My brothers, mother, Nico's father and other close family and friends and Ronan and mila who stands in their place as the maid of honour and the best man before they finally settle on him.

Clad in a black tux, he looked gorgeous like always. And his eyes sparkled with love as a tear trailed down his eye which he quickly brushed away. His eyes conveyed a hundred love letters and promises. A small smile played on his lips that didn't leave his face for even a second.

It didn't leave as my father placed my hand on his and whispered something in his ear. It didn't leave as he rubbed his thumb on the back of my hand in circular motion while the priest said something that I couldn't focus on and it didn't leave as we said our vows and exchanged our rings.

"Do you Nikolai Leonid dimitriev take Astrea dahlia Addison Andino as your legally wedded wife"

He stared deep into my eyes as he whispered "I do"

"Do you Astrea Dahlia Addison take Nikolai Leonid Dimitriev as your legally wedded husband"

"I do" I said, my eyes never straying from his

"I present to you Mr And Mrs Dimitriev. You may now kiss the bride"

And that's all it took for him to take me into the sweetest of kisses. Our lips danced in perfect harmony. The cheers and shouts faded as I kissed him. As I kissed my soulmate and now also my husband.