All Chapters of He Thought His Dead Bride Was Sulking: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Half an hour remained before the mate ceremony.When Nolan opened the bridal suite door again, my wolf spirit had already begun to fade.I hovered above the vanity, looking down at my own bowed head.My heavy veil pooled at the nape of my neck. Blood was hidden beneath my hair, slowly soaking into the back of my wedding dress.Nolan was holding my shawl. Vera had returned before him and was standing in front of the mirror, fixing her hair."She's still sitting there. No matter how much I try to coax her, she won't even talk to me."Evan gently nudged the hem of my dress with the toe of his shoe."Eileen, Nolan's here to make it up to you."Kyle stepped aside with a smile.When we were children, Evan and Kyle used to compete to carry me home whenever I scraped my knees.Now, neither of them even bothered to bend down and look at me.Nolan crouched beside me and pulled my shawl back over my shoulder."Why aren't you sitting in the chair?"He brushed his fingers over my hand, then wrapped

Fourteen minutes remained before the mate ceremony. The priest came to confirm the order of the vows, and Nolan was called outside.Kyle glanced at the time. "We can't keep the entire pack waiting for her, can we?"Evan moved to my side. "Let's get her up first. Her veil needs fixing too."Vera pulled out the chair in front of the vanity, and Evan and Kyle each grabbed one of my arms, dragging me out of the cushioned chair.My feet scraped against the floor, and the toe of my shoe caught on my dress, causing one of the shoes Nolan had put on me to fall off."Eileen, you need to help us a little."Evan was already sounding impatient.My head hung limply, and my updo bumped against his shoulder.He shifted away, focusing only on getting me into the chair.I floated over, helplessly trying to shield my own body.When we were children, Evan and Kyle had each taken one of my hands and helped me cross a frozen creek.Kyle had said, "Don't be scared. You won't fall." Evan had added, "We've go

"Eileen?"Her loose hair fell aside, revealing a jagged shard of metal embedded in the wound.Nolan reached out to check for breath beneath my nose, then pressed his fingers against the side of my neck, trying one spot and then another in search of a pulse."Eileen, look at me.""I won't rush you anymore. We can postpone the ceremony.""Just open your eyes first."I floated in front of him, watching his eyes slowly turn red.Whenever he'd looked at me like that in the past, I could never resist reaching out to touch his face, but this time, my hand passed straight through him.Nolan suddenly bent down and pressed his ear against my chest before jerking his head up and shouting, "Get the healer!"The door burst open as Vera and the two boys rushed inside."What happened? Is she still refusing to..."Vera's voice died in her throat when she saw my wedding dress.Evan instinctively hid his hands behind his back, but there was still blood between his fingers that he hadn't managed to wipe

My body was taken away for examination, with Mom and Dad accompanying it, while I remained at the temple, watching the Council investigators take control of the bridal suite.Nolan asked to see Vera's phone, but the investigator refused to hand it over, reminding him, "You're a party to this investigation, too."He froze for a moment before slowly withdrawing his hand.When the video was projected onto the screen, Vera suddenly burst into tears and begged them not to play it, but no one paid her any attention.In the footage, the vanity mirror reflected Vera's smiling face as well as the phone she was holding up."One last photo before you say goodbye to being single, future Luna. Give me a smile!"Her other hand was gripping the back of the chair, and just as I began to sit down, she yanked it away.The back of my head slammed into the corner of the vanity with a dull thud.Watching from outside the footage, Nolan's fingers suddenly curled into a tight fist. On the screen, he was sta

At my funeral, Nolan stood at the very back dressed in black, clutching the Mate Vows he'd never gotten the chance to recite.When the priest called my name, he finally raised his head."Eileen."There was no mention of Luna or anyone's future wife; Mom had insisted that they use only my name.She personally placed a white lisianthus on my chest, while Dad gently straightened the hem of my dress.When it was Nolan's turn to come forward, he approached slowly, folding and refolding the vows in his hands before finally deciding not to place them in my coffin. Instead, he left a piece of honey candy beside the flower."This one is clean."Mom turned away and covered her mouth.Nolan's hand hovered in the air as though he wanted to touch my face, but in the end, he drew it back and whispered, "Eileen, I came too late."I looked at him, remembering how many times he'd actually come back to me that day, putting my shoes back on, covering my shoulders with my shawl, placing candy in my palm,