New Name, Same Love

Briar couldn't keep the wide, happy grin off of her lips, giggling softly as Artorias leaned his forehead into hers, her long tail swaying behind her. She couldn't possibly imagine being happier than she was in this moment, but Artorias always found a way to make her even more happy with their life together so she had a feeling that one day he'd find a way to top even this. "It feels amazing," she replied when he asked how it felt to be Mrs. Carpathius now, making her giggle and wiggle excitedly in her chair. In her mind she didn't feel like a wedding and being given his name alone would really make her a Carpathius, but she had already been working incredibly hard to make herself worthy of carrying his family name and she would only continue to do that now that she was properly given his name. She knew Artorias would disagree with her and would insist that she was already worthy and had already been part of his family for ages now, but she never wanted to feel like she didn't earn everything she was given. She wanted to know that she was making him and his family proud.

Her turquoise gaze found his again as his forehead left hers, beaming happily as his paw settled over her own and her ears flicking with her natural demure shyness at his compliments about her beauty. "And you're the most handsome wolf in the world, she replied with a giggle, returning his kiss and lifting her other paw to gently straighten the pale orange and white sash around his neck. She was throughly impressed with how both of their outfits had come out and she made a little mental note to send some kind of thank you gift to Ashen and Plague for making them for them. When he asked if this was everything she had wanted it was easy for her to smile and reply, "It's so much more than I could have ever hoped for. Everything is perfect." This was even more extravagant than she could have ever imagined for herself and at some points through the process she worried that they were doing too much, that they were spending too many of the pack's resources on this one event, but she worked very hard to make sure that none of this impacted the pack's daily resources and that there was still going to be more than enough food and supplies left when all of this was over so that helped ease her worries. Now that everyone was here, enjoying the party and having a good time, it all felt worth it and she felt like the luckiest wolf in the world.

A little grin tugged at her lips as she lifted the paw that was straightening his sash to his cheek, guiding his muzzle to hers to give him a more firm, tender kiss. She knew for a fact that there was going to be more kisses than she could possibly count by the time this evening was over, but that certainly didn't mean that they couldn't get a head start on things. When her lips parted from hers and her gaze found his rich amber gaze once more she grinned and told him softly, "Te iubesc atat de mult." The lessons in the Carpathian language that she had originally planned on doing with Bowen never came to fruition for some obvious and understandable reasons and they had been too busy with all the preparations for Artorias to teach her much himself, but that just opened up a opportunity for her to surprise him a little bit. She managed to find some time to learn from Gwynevere and even though she only knew a few phrases so far she wanted to at least be able to say that she loved him on their wedding day and that at least had been accomplished.

"Artorias & Briar Carpathius"