“We are gathered here today to celebrate Wren and Dmitri. I was there at the beginning of their strange, non-traditionalcourtship and, lemme tell ya, it was a doozy.” Wren bursts out laughing and his grin spreads as he continues. “They wentthrough a lot those first few months. More than most people go through in a lifetime—and yet somehow, they found each otherat the end of it. They found love and friendship; they found mutual respect and trust. I can’t think of any two people more suitedfor one another. And to all the powers that brought them together—” Aleks makes a show of looking up at the sky with awrinkled frown. “—nice job. But also… twisted.”
I shake my head at my brother, who gives me a little wink in return. He launc
