Page 96 of Dagger

I inhaled John’s familiar warm, spicy scent. “You smell nice.”

His smirk got smirkier. “It’s the same one you bought me, back in the day.”

My heart flipped.

Sophie let out a soft laugh from beside me.

Atlas huffed.

John’s arms tightened around my shoulders, and my heart swelled as his scent enveloped me again.

The sound of a guitar strumming a beautiful intro suddenly filtered through the speakers.

“What’s that song?” I asked.

“A Thousand Years,” Layla whispered from the row in front of us.

A soulful male voice began to sing the words about his heart beating fast with adoration for the woman he’d loved for a thousand years.

My throat thickened with emotion.

“I thought a bitch sang this,” Atlas muttered.

John’s face twisted toward him, and he glared. “Trust you to ruin the goddamned mood.”

“Shut up, Dan,” Sophie whispered. “James Arthur’s singing it, for God’s sake.” She nodded toward Kit and smiled. “Look.”

I turned to see Kit staring down the aisle with his hand covering his heart.

Every neck craned, including mine, and I gasped at the sight of Kennedy and Kady standing at the end of the aisle, hand in hand.

The happy couple’s eyes locked, and the air thickened with so much love, I wanted to cry.

Kit leaned down to whisper something to his son, his eyes never leaving Kennedy. The instant Kai gave him a nod, he stood straight and sauntered down the aisle toward his wife-to-be.

“What’s he doin’?” Atlas muttered.

“He’s goin’ to get his woman,” John answered, his eyes glued to his son.

I craned my neck again to see Kennedy’s steps falter as her man approached her. “Hey, handsome,” she murmured.

A loud growl rumbled through Kit’s chest, then I gasped as he bent low, shoved his shoulder into Kennedy’s belly, and tipped her over it.

The entire congregation jumped up and began to howl and catcall as Kit marched back down the aisle, giving Ned’s ass a love tap as he went.

“Slap that ass, Break!”

“Show her who’s boss, brother.”

“Now, that’s what I call aDemon.”

Cara, who sat next to Cash on the front row, leaped up, did a hip shimmy, and yelled, “Woohoo!That’swhat I’m talking about.”

Kennedy’s laugh cut through the shouts and hollers as Kit got to where he needed to be—that being in front of Abe—and placed Kennedy gently back on her feet.

Cash tugged Cara back down and planted a wet kiss on her mouth. “Love you, Wildcat,” he rasped as he lifted his head.

One of Bowie’s arms slid around Layla, the other one going around Sunny and Willow’s shoulders, and he pulled them closer to him.

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