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He moved on to his other leg and started again, at the ankle. — In some cases, if they and their parents are more modern, the couple can spend some time together. May be allowed to date with a date, or alone. “It still sounds archaic. Not that he believed in arranged marriage, but in his opinion, no culture he had worked out a good system for building stable, loving marriages. — Compared to Western culture, where people choose their own peers? - Yes. "And where you swear in marriage that you will be united until death do you part, but you have no

The wedding and coronation ceremonies went very well in my eyes, maybe this was due to being tied to Ryder for the rest of my life as his wife as well as his mate. I sometimes think this is a new tradition brought in recently with mates getting married as once you’re marked you have a bond for life and this is normally only broken when one of the pair dies, but this has been changed again with more mate pairs rejecting each other either from the beginning or when they no longer want to be with the other person later down the line.

"Without a word. Without an explanation. Do you have any idea what that did to me? To us?" Her eyes didn't budge. "There was no 'us,' Kai. There never was." The words hit me like a perfectly placed slap, but I wasn't backing down. "You expect me to believe that? After everything we shared, everything we- "Don't romanticize it," she cut in, her razor-sharp voice slicing into my thoughts. "Our marriage was a contract. Nothing more." I felt a cold shiver run down my spine, and I straightened in my chair. "A contract?"

I could hear his controlled breathing and feel the weight of his stare pressing against me. "Listen, Nelly," he said, at last, his voice even but firm. "This marriage will be purely contractual. No strings attached. In public, we’ll pretend to be a loving couple. In private, we go our separate ways." His eyes burned into mine, leaving no room for misunderstanding. "Especially for my parents—we just need to convince them we’re in love so they’ll stop meddling." He exhaled slowly before continuing. "If you agree, I’ll take care of your grandmother’s medical bills. It’s just for a year, and then we both walk away. No complications, no expectations."

Her fingers curled into fists. I liked that look better. “Feisty,” I said with a smirk. “I like that in a woman” “You know, this isn’t a death sentence,” I grunted Her dark eyes locked onto mine. “Death isn’t the worst thing that can happen.” The words hit harder than I expected. For a split second, I saw it from her side, dragged into a marriage with a man like me. A stranger with blood on his hands and power she couldn’t fight.

“Good. But there's one rule; no questions.” I nod. Marrying a man rumoured to be anything but a human may be much better than spending the rest of my life among lunatics in a human-sized cage. What may lie in wait? Either victory, romance, or insanity…

'' As our pact says one's wife other two's sister so I want them to have part in my marriage as my wife's brothers as well. Dad nodded and said ''That girl don't have parents only grandparents. Also her grandpa's old sickness again worked up today morning so her uncle will accompany her for marriage so he agreed that every rituals can be done by Veer and Saurya.'' I found it weird but I don't want to doubt my family's choice so I just nodded. Whole afternoon went in blink with wedding presentations.

"Just like a newlywed, he'll carry me to our room and we'll take a bath together and, well..." I smiled and didn't add anything to my mind. "What a naughty mind you have right now, Aurora! Stop your malicious mind! You shouldn't think about that because it's really different from other couples who were deeply in love with each other. Just imagine that this will all end and this will happen in a real marriage with the man for you. So self, just go with the flow. You and Damien will be free to this marriage very soon..."

And death is not an option. The story of my life and the person I wanted to marry are no longer with me. There are just memories of him. Once a person dies, they never come back. We can remember them by their memories or by the moments we cherish with them. Now here I’m doing something I never dreamt of doing in my life, and that is marrying someone other than Jared. Standing in the marriage registration office, I glanced up at the person who would soon be my husband. He is busy talking about something with the officiant that I’m not merely interested in; my mind is so focused on my thoughts, trying to process the situation.

“This doesn’t have to be a normal marriage. This doesn’t have to be the same marriage everyone else has. Ours can be different. You and I… let’s just find middle ground. I mean, we’re expected to create heirs. And… let’s be real—you and I are married. Marriage in our lives is for life. So I don’t know what you’re really hoping to achieve. But in the end, you’re going to have to produce heirs. In the end, you and I are stuck together for life. There is no way out of it.” I looked straight into her eyes and said, “It’s not for life. Because… there’s still death, right?” Something inside her flickered, suspicion, a little fear. Even though she masked it quickly, concealed it, I saw it. “What do