Author name: Hauda.A

Fifteen months after the vote, the United Coven held its first official Unity Ceremony. Not a bonding—though Elena and Cassian […]

Sage stood in her greenhouse, hands deep in rich soil, humming while her plants sang back to her. A year.

Six months after the bonding ceremony, both covens gathered for the vote. Continue cooperation or return to separation. Sage stood

Three months after the bonding ceremony, the house was nearly complete. Sage stood in what would be her greenhouse, watching

The first joint coven gathering was held on neutral ground—the clearing where Sage and Thorne had chosen to build their

Two weeks after the bonding ceremony, Sage and Thorne called a joint coven meeting. Both families gathered—still in separate groups,

They returned to the cabin as husband and wife. Officially, ceremonially, witnessed by everyone who mattered. Thorne carried Sage over

Sage woke to chaos. “She’s awake!” someone shouted, and suddenly her bedroom was full of Mitchell women armed with makeup,

Sage woke the morning before the ceremony to an empty bed. Through the bond, she could feel Thorne—awake, anxious, somewhere

“Absolutely not.” Sage stared at the dress Iris was holding up. It was green—Mitchell green—and covered in so many ruffles