Claimed by my Sister's Fiancé
A gentle, sisterly smile touched her mouth, smoothing the academic tension from her brow.
"Goddess knows you've earned one evening that isn't about ancient hungers or thin ground."
She turned and melted back into the crowd, leaving us to the music and the smoke.
We danced until the fires burned low, and for one full evening the weight of everything ahead of us felt distant enough to set down entirely.
The heavy oak door clicked shut, cutting off the faint music and distant laughter echoing from the lower courtyards.
Bridie stood in the center of the quiet chamber, the silver thread woven through her bridal plaits catching the golden hearthlight. She turned to face me, breathing softly, the s