Paranoid Mage - Chapter 102

… I get that you want a “normal” marriage, but that bunker would’ve been perfect. Spacious, safe, and you could totally doll it up to look like a gorgeous indoor wedding hall. Paint everything white, lay down nice wooden flooring, hang fake vines (or big curtains) over the walls to hide the bunker wall texture, bring in some nice furniture, set up decorative lights, the whole shebang. It would take a while to set up if you want to go all-out, but if you don’t, you could just set up a pretty wedding tent inside the bunker and give only that the proper ambiance (cheaper, quicker, less work). Furthermore, while normal wedding invites are cute and contribute to the “vibe” of having a wedding, it would be much safer to send encrypted digital scans of the invites, then after the fact give out physical copies. I think Lucy is being naive/having too much wishful thinking here. By getting rid of Gar, they’ve completely upended the established supernatural order, and in so doing, ushered in a time of war. Many individual forces are angry with Callum for his actions and hold a grudge.

For everyone’s sake, I hope the invites they sent out have the wrong date, time, or place and that the real event is somewhere else. Ideally, the place would be wrong, but the time and date correct — luring your enemies to a random wedding venue about 1,000 miles away from where you’re having the real one would be great. Actually, purposefully leaking conflicting time/dates/locations would be even better. Force them to split up. You know what, have the decoy day be the day before, and choose to monitor every false location so you can assassinate anyone who comes after you, before they have a chance to regroup and try to attack again.