The Chosen Bride
Then an image of the bloody sheets came to mind, and I closed my eyes tightly.
"Let's begin this simple ceremony," the minister interrupted my thoughts. "Today, Mr. Alessio Milano and Miss Amaya Yagami will be joined in marriage under the authority of the state of Nevada, its laws, and its constitutive orders. Do you do this consciously and freely, without any kind of influence or coercion?"
I was on the verge of laughing sarcastically because the question seemed utterly insane.
"Yes, I do freely," Alessio calmly replied, and my heartbeats began to quicken.