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Marrying the River God
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There was a river that ran through our village. According to the legend, a river god dwelled in its depths, and every month on the 15th, the village had to send a young woman to enter the water and serve him. At first, everything seemed normal. After their service to the river god, the women would return to shore, go home, and eventually marry and start families. But this year, the peace was shattered. Every woman who spent the night with the river god turned up dead, their naked bodies floating to the surface. I secretly watched as they retrieved the corpses twice. The evidence of the violation was horrific. This month, I was selected. I had been chosen to marry the river god.
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Marrying the River God Chapter 8
After giving my statement, the police returned the box Clara had left me.Louise stood in handcuffs, glaring at me viciously. "You wretched girl! You ruined our village and got my son killed. You sisters will both die horrible deaths!"I narrowed my eyes and lunged toward her. If the police had not held me back, there was no telling what I would have done to her face.When I returned home, I opened the small box. Inside was a letter sealed in a plastic bag. I recognized Clara's handwriting immediately.It was elegant and graceful, flowing like water. Nothing like mine.Her academic performance had always been better than mine. But given our limited circumstances, she had to give up her own future to lift me up.I opened the letter. The moment I glanced at the first line, tears streamed down my face.…[Aria, by the time you read this letter, I will already be dead.[I'm sorry. I'm the one who hurt you and Ian, dragging you both into this nightmare and wasting your lives. One m
Marrying the River God Chapter 7
My gaze fell on his horrifying serpent's tail. My chest felt so tight it hurt. I could not imagine how much he had suffered over the past year.Feeling my stare, Ian looked embarrassed and tried to hide his tail, but he lacked the strength to move it.I hugged him tightly, not letting him struggle. "It's okay. As long as you're alive, that's all that matters. Have you been trapped here this whole time? Why did they... turn you into this?"Ian's fists clenched violently, his nails digging deep into his palms. After a long moment, he finally spoke."The men in this village are extremely sexist. Their reputation is terrible for miles around. No one will marry their daughters off to them."When they couldn't find wives, they kept causing trouble for the chief. They stopped tending their crops, stopped earning money. When they got hungry or thirsty, they just went to the chief's house and took what they wanted."The chief was worn down and came up with this river god bride scheme. He
Marrying the River God Chapter 6
Clara flipped open her wedding dress and pulled out a dagger from inside. Before we left, I had secretly slipped it to her when no one was looking. Clara used the dagger to cut the ropes binding me and removed my blindfold. I gripped her slightly trembling hand in return, trying to comfort her."Clara, don't be afraid. Once we find Ian, we'll all go home together."Clara froze for a moment. Her eyes reddened, and she squeezed my hand tight, then nodded.We waited in the cage for a long time, but the river god never appeared. After thinking for a while, Clara pulled me down into the water to investigate. The moment my body sank beneath the surface, I saw a pitch-black tunnel opening below the cage.Clara's face went white as paper. She surfaced and told me, "That tunnel leads straight to the bottom of the river. Ian must be down there."I was shocked, disbelief written all over my face. "There's no air at the river bottom. How could he possibly survive?"Clara lowered her head and
Marrying the River God Chapter 5
Clara was actually my older sister, and I was not Mom's biological daughter. Her name was Louise Hunch, and she had absolutely nothing to do with me.Back then, Clara and I were tricked into coming to Riverbend by Louise.Two years ago, Clara and I both fell in love with Ian Cole. Ian chose me over her. Clara refused to accept it. She begged me for a long time to give Ian up to her, but love was not an object that could be handed over at will.I rejected her absurd request, and Clara was heartbroken. A few days later, she disappeared. Ian vanished at the same time.At first, I thought Clara was just throwing a tantrum and running away. I did not think much of it. But then Ian's phone stayed off for three days straight. When I could not reach him, I started to feel something was wrong.After I hurriedly reported it to the police, Clara suddenly came back. Her face was deathly pale, her body covered in injuries. Her clothes were filthy and torn, as if she had just crawled out of a m
Marrying the River God Chapter 4
Pain twisted through my chest. I leaped up from the bed. "Why are you only telling me this now? Why didn't you save him?"My emotions surged out of control. I grabbed Clara's hands and shouted at her, my limbs trembling uncontrollably. "Why? You knew he was..."Before I could finish, Clara's expre
Marrying the River God Chapter 3
With my vision blocked, my other senses became abnormally acute. Every touch from the river god made my hair stand on end, my scalp tingling. Feeling that thing pressing closer and closer, I instinctively began to struggle, my legs thrashing."No, don't come any closer. Please, I'm begging you, let
Marrying the River God Chapter 2
Sensing Clara's anger, I quickly shooed Violet away."I know. We'll talk tomorrow. Go home for now."Violet clutched the door frame, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at me, wanting to say more but holding back.Clara's expression darkened. She walked over, pushed Violet aside, and shut
Marrying the River God Chapter 1
I was chosen to be the river god's bride this month. The village chief, Harold Whitmore, arrived with a beaming smile, delivering my wedding dress and instructing Clara Jensen, my sister-in-law and former river wife, to prepare me in advance."Teach her how to serve the river god. We cannot have
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