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8 - Wedding with the Enemy
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2026-05-04 16:51:24
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The Bride Wore Blood 60 - In every shadow
I’m on my feet, Lana rolling away across the sheets of the bed. It takes two strides to cross the room and pull the door open. A man tumbles in, falling on his side. His eyes wide as he stares up at my naked bollocks. He’s balding, his left over hair clings to the side of his head like an unwelcome vine on a house. I reach down, hauling him to his feet as Kalik reacts to the stench long before I can. It hits me hard and I hold the man away from myself, hanging him from the sweat drenched collar of his shirt.‘What are you doing here?’ I demand, hoping that I’m blocking enough sight of Lana with my body in the door.His eyes roll in his head as he squints, trying to focus on me. His face is red and puffy and the overwhelming reek is alcohol in his sweat.‘Ish my room!’ He protests and I sigh, I cross the corridor to the room I was assigned, tear open the door and throw him in. I don’t have time or the energy for such pettiness or to take revenge on a drunk. I turn back to the room, t
The Bride Wore Blood 59 - Safety
I don’t remember drifting off to sleep. The room is hot and stuffy without the air moving beyond the window. Summer heat bakes down on all of Illure and is trapped within the four walls. We’re still lying atop the covers, but fully dressed. I’m far too hot, sweat coating my skin beneath my clothes. One minute Thade and I were talking about magic seeping away from Illure and trying to replace it by increasing the population of Otherworld and then there’s just oblivion. Dreams I don’t remember as I lay awake, the sun beating down on the forests and the fields beyond as I watch him in his sleep.He looks peaceful, the lines of his face softened. His beard has grown back in the weeks since the wedding and covers his jaw and top lip. His mouth is soft, lips full beneath the line of his nose and the heavy set of his brows. Have I ever seen him so close in daylight? His lashes are impossibly long and beautiful. I want to let him rest. He clearly needs sleep. Yet there’s a gnawing worry in my
The Bride Wore Blood 58 - Fear
Thade’s POVI stroke my thumb over Lana’s cheek. It’s hard to define what I feel when I’m close to her. A longing to be closer still. To meet Kilak’s demands and make her my bonded mate, to claim her as a Wolf and mark her. It’s a demand that’s growing harder to fight, especially when she looks up at me with her beautiful green eyes, with trust.I take a slow step back and offer my hand to my wife. She accepts, frowning in a way I’ve come to recognise. She’s not sure of my intentions but she’s willing to play along for now.‘We should get some rest,’ I offer her what I hope is a comforting smile. I feel completely drained, but at least Lana no longer thinks I killed my old friend and mentor, Adulphus. I wanted to talk outside of the room where he died, because it’s not somewhere I enjoy standing.I lead Lana out into the corridor where Moira has been waiting patiently. She looks between us and I can hear her scorn in my head.Seriously, you’re playing nice with the Nix?I don’t reply,
The Bride Wore Blood 57 - What the Heart Knows
'What do you see?' Thade's voice was a low vibration, barely audible over the sudden, thrumming silence of the room. He kept his distance, a predator giving its prey just enough room to breathe, yet his presence was a heavy weight against my skin. I closed my eyes, forcing myself back into the jagged shards of that memory. The room in my mind began to shimmer, the mundane furniture dissolving into a complex web of arcane energy. It was a suffocating lattice of light, criss-crossed with a magic that felt both ancient and erratic.'You,' I whispered, my voice trembling as the vision intensified. 'I see your magic. That raw, power that pulses like a second heartbeat when we're close.' I found myself chewing on my bottom lip, the metallic tang of blood a sharp contrast to the ethereal sights. 'I see it beneath your skin sometimes, a swirling blue choked with storm-clouds of grey. Back then, the entire room was saturated with it. It was like breathing in lightning.' I let out a long, shaky
The Bride Wore Blood 56 - Happiness
Thade has this habit of making me feel as though the world isn’t the right way up anymore. He’s done it again, I feel as though I’m floating above the floorboards. No longer connected with myself, I stare at him. ‘I don’t understand,’ I say the only thing I can manage. I’m completely baffled, struck by his admission. He takes a slow breath and looks at the door. ‘Can we talk?’ He asks, quiet and I swallow.‘We are,’ I protest but really I’m clinging onto this moment. It feels as though there is something tangible in the air between us. As though the world has a chance to fall into place. If we move, or whisper or even think the wrong thing, what if it all falls apart? Thade looks across at the window, and I wonder if he’s thinking about jumping out and running away. I don’t enjoy these difficult conversations with him.‘I don’t understand,’ I repeat myself and he turns to face me. Taking far too much of the room, my heart thumping an uneven melody whenever I look at him. ‘I was ma
The Bride Wore Blood 55 - You
The rhythmic thud of hooves against the damp earth was the only pulse the world had left. The countryside beyond the walls of Soln didn't feel like the lush, verdant kingdom I would expect in the height of summer. Beside me, Thade rode with a grim silence that seemed to mimic a landscape that felt tinged with wrongness.. He looked every bit the usurper king, his shoulders broad and rigid under a heavy travelling cloak, his silver eyes fixed forward. He was a man of shadows and secrets, a man who had threatened to keep me in a "gilded cage" to ensure my compliance. And yet, when the wind shifted, I caught the scent of him, old parchment, and that underlying, primal musk of the wolf that always made my heart betray my mind.Lady Moira rode slightly behind us, her presence a cold weight. She had been Thade’s shadow since we left the city, her expression unreadable beneath her hood. I didn't trust her, but then again, I didn't trust the man I had married either.The tavern, The Hollow He
The Bride Wore Blood 6 - Two Years Ago: Interrupted
Neither of us can look away as the cord begins to slip. She’s holding her breath and I pause, bending to steal it from her with another kiss. I bend to meet her mouth with my own, only to pause. There’s shouting outside the door. I draw back, glancing down at Lana. She’s frowning, confused as she wa
The Bride Wore Blood 5 - Two Years Ago: Unstoppable Danger
Thade’s POV Yes, she says without a pause and I’m so incredibly grateful. I wonder if she can tell that I was holding my breath. I’ve won a prize, or something. After kissing Lana, it was clear she wasn’t a whore, that she’s sweet and innocent and inexperienced. I could feel the longing in her bod
The Bride Wore Blood 4 - Two Years Ago: A Whore
Coy? I don’t think I’ve ever played coy, I wouldn’t even know what it is. I feel all the air trapped in my lungs, like there isn’t enough space for it. They’re burning but I can’t think beyond the sense of his face so close to mine. The overwhelming awareness of the heat from his bare body and his c
The Bride Wore Blood 3 - Two Years Ago: Storm in the Summer
Two Years Ago - Lana’s POV ‘You can just stay with us,’ Rune shouts over the loud crack of thunder as we race across the courtyard. The water that splashes up from the puddles is warm against my ankles but the heavy rain hurts. Pinging against my face as we run. I look across at her, her short b
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