Promises For Vows Novels & Stories

Holding the ring between my fingers, I rubbed the plain gold band softly. I gently placed the ring back in his hands, but I didn’t let it go right away. “This…this needs to come with an understanding. I’m giving you all that’s left of me. I’m trusting you with all that I have left, Z. It’s not much but if you…if you take this and don’t come back…” “I’m never leaving you again. Not for anymore time than I absolutely have to. I promise, Evie. I promise to take care of this…” He squeezed my hand with the ring still in it. “…and your heart.”

He was getting under my skin and I didn’t want to have him know it. “We don’t know if I am pregnant yet and there is no way in hell that you are going to tell me what to do” I retorted. “I said that you are not going back to your old pack simply because it is not safe there. If you really feel like you don’t want to be here, then go somewhere else, just not there. I won’t be able to live if I find out that something might have happened to you and I am unable to protect you. After all, all those years ago when you were born and I was only seven years old, I made a promise that I will protect you with my life and I do not intend on breaking that promise any time soon” Rowan said.

I think I'm going to lose my mind. "You are going to marry him, right? Don't worry, I will tell Dad to marry you. Are you going to marry him?" She asks as she pouts her lips, and I find myself smiling sheepishly. "Yes, I will marry him. Will you get some rest now?" I stroke her hair, and she slowly nods her head. "You have to promise me first that you will marry Daddy. Pinky promise," She says as she brings forth her pinky finger, and I shake my head before I make the promise to her.

“Help? He was a loose end, just like you.” I glanced at the door, then back at her. “You don’t have to do this. Whatever they’re paying you, my father can double it. Just let me get him out of here. He still might make it if we move fast.” “Double it?” She stepped closer, voice dripping with mock pity. “Money doesn’t buy loyalty to the Swan. Your father couldn’t save your mother, and he sure as hell can’t save you. That alliance with the Volkov’s? It’s going to get you both buried. But don’t worry. I’ll make sure the message gets sent loud and clear with you dead.”

“It’s still your birthday, remember?” Their eyes lit up. “That amusement park you’ve always wanted to go to? The one I never had time for?” “We’re going there,” I said. “Then we’ll get cake. A very big cake.” They jumped in their seats. “You’re the best mum!” Luna squealed. “But mummy,” Liam said seriously, “promise you won’t cry again. When you’re sad, it makes us sad too.” My heart broke all over again. “I promise,” I said, lifting my pinky. “Mum won’t be sad again.”

“Yes, I do.” His voice was firm. Clear. Without the slightest tremor. The priest nodded, then turned. “Miss Livia… do you take Mr. Adrian as your husband, to live together in the sacred bond of marriage—to love him, to protect him, to honor him, in joy and in sorrow, in sickness and in health, and to remain faithful to him until death do you part?” The voice echoed softly. Sacred. Yet it felt unfamiliar. Because for Livia— every word sounded like a lie forced into becoming the truth.

“I, Chandler Andrew Parker take you Millie Wilson as my wife, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish you for the rest of my life, for better or for worse… till death do us part.” After Chandler placed the ring on her finger, it was her time to say her vow. “I, Millie Wilson take you Chandler Andrew Parker to be my husband…” She paused, swallowing hard and looking at Chandler. Her hand was trembling as she held the ring on the guy’s hand. “…and I will cherish you…” She wasn’t able to finish her sentence anymore, when a loud bang echoed inside the church.

That vase had been something we’d constructed together, and our initials were carved into the base. Adrian rushed forward, gripping my arm. He brushed a hand over my cheek as if nothing else mattered. "It’s alright. I’ll buy you another one. Lauren, I know you’ve blamed yourself all this time for not being able to conceive. If you can’t, then we won’t. We’ll just adopt." He paused, then spoke carefully, "I have a friend abroad. His whole family died in an accident, leaving behind a two-year-old boy. Lauren, you’ll love him."

We all knew that despite the love and unions within our individual couples, we’d need to unite as one to take on the future. Thank you for reading BOUND BY A PROMISE. If you haven't read NOW AND FOREVER, Dario and Catalina's story, or TILL DEATH DO US PART, Alejandro and Mia's story, I hope you will. The next book in the Brutal Vows series is QUEENS AND MONSTERS, Rei and Jasmine's story.

Alessia hesitated for a moment. She looked deep into Nikolai’s eyes, revealing the truth he had earned. “You once promised you’d burn for me,” she whispered. “And I will,” he vowed. She caressed his lips with her thumb—an intimate coronation. “No,” she breathed. “We burn together.” He kissed her hand—an unspoken vow sealed in silence. Then Alessia stepped to the edge of the rooftop, facing the world. Cameras zoomed in, the chanting softening as they waited for the voice that now commanded nations and syndicates.