The Corpse Bride Vows Novels & Stories

I said his name in a whisper, watching him kneel on the ground with his mate’s dead body in his arms. “Savia!” seeing her body covered in bruises and a silver dagger through her chest crumbled my heart. “She is g---one!” he let out a weep to announce the agony his heart was feeling. “Ahh! She is gone!” the wailing brides repeated after him, crying and yelling while terrorizing the pack once again. It was then I noticed I was the only one accompanying my brother because the others were too afraid to get a glimpse of the wailing Brides. Though the wailing brides never interacted or got into physical contact with anyone due to being made of dust, they have the pack appalled.

he said, walking into the arena, and I followed him, not wanting to upset my parents. When we got to the podium, the pack’s witch, who had her face covered with a hood, placed our hands together and chanted some series of incantations, which I guess were in another language because I never heard anyone speak it. I didn’t understand one word coming from her mouth. When she was done, her assistant, a young woman who was tipped to be her replacement when she retired, said, “It’s time to say your vows.” The marriage vows were meant to be muttered by the groom to the bride so that no one else heard the groom say it. So Jordan brought his face closer to mine with a demonic smirk on his face.

"I vow to be peaceful when I enter the Sprite lands. I promise that no Sprite will die by my hands. I swear that when I remove the woman, Anya, from the custody of her princes, it'll only be temporary; when she reaches the age of eighteen, I'll let the Sprite Princes come to my kingdom and take back what was destined for them. I make this blood vow, knowing that if I break it, my blood will spill for eternity, leaving me to be the husk of who I once was." As soon as I recite the final word to the vow, our wound starts to heal, and my oath forever binds me. Kade's vow is simpler than mine, and I notice when Delphine only cuts into Kade's palm, not spilling any of her blood. She also speaks th

"With this hand, I will multiply your sorrows. Your cup will never empty, for I will be your lethal wine. Her heart thudded, How strange and scary, Did he just say the wrong vow? And are the people here deaf not to hear the wicked vows? "With this candle, I will dim your way in the light" He added as he impassively blew off the candle flame, It was the opposite vow. How could a groom vow to dim his bride's way to light and the whole assemblage silent like it's the most normal thing on earth? "With this ring, I bind you to eternal doom" he added and propelled her finger into the silver wedding ring violently.

He could sense, even without words, how much Alice yearned for the significance of those marriage vows. While plaguing to make this trip memorable for Alice, he had planned to give her the beautiful ceremony she deserves. In the sacred embrace of the church, they exchanged vows, their promises echoing through the hallowed halls. Bathed in the soft glow of stained glass, they sealed their union with a tender kiss, surrounded by the timeless whispers of love and devotion. The hymns swelled, uniting their souls in a tapestry of faith and commitment as they embarked on their journey as one, hand in hand, under the watchful eyes of the divine.

“No secrets.” “Never.” “And our child chooses their own future.” Dante kissed her forehead. “I swear it.” Alessia looked across the city their families had nearly destroyed. Their love had been written in vengeance, sealed through blood and tested by truth. But their future belonged to them. The vow had been kept. And this time, it promised life.

"By the blood that flows from the womb of betrayal, By the ashes of the women we buried unseen, I vow to the Order of the Crimson Shadow, To keep my heart from the touch of a woman. To drink no affection, nor taste the wine of desire. To build no home, plant no seed, For love is weakness, and weakness, death. As my father vowed, so I vow…” A slash across my palm. Blood dripped onto the altar. Then fire erupted from the cracks in the ground, and the robes began to burn. The torches screamed. The altar bled. I woke up choking, my chest soaked in sweat, my breath ragged. The room was spinning. The sheets of the bed where I laid were tangled, soaked. My skin felt like it was crawling. Like the v

Her palms were calloused, warm, and entirely steady, banishing the phantom cold of the ancient limestone dais. "I take you," I said, Bridie's hands warm in mine, "with nothing held back for anything ancient or ordinary to find purchase in. Whatever comes for us next, I choose you first." The vow wasn't drawn from an ancient scripture or a state treaty negotiated by lawyers. It was the absolute, unyielding truth of every choice we had made when slaughter would have been simpler. I squeezed her fingers, letting the weight of my grip convey every word I didn't have the voice to speak before fifty spectators—that no shadow, no ancestral curse, and no spilled blood of the past would ever stand be

At some point everyone wanted a consolation prize, they even started sending child brides. There was a reason why I was adamant to leave Peralez the night of the empress funeral. The people of Cerso gave me a bride and she died apparently like the rest. Just like the witches they despise my guts and hate me for killing their bride but if they weren't greedy. Maybe they would have thought twice about the gravity of losing their daughter. Florynn Cerso the duchess of Cerso, as well as the sister of the Empress, Amira.

She nodded in approval, "they do. But, my father claims they were in love. He and my mother that is." "Is she here too?" "No. He killed her when the court objected to their union," she replied nonchalantly. She groaned in frustration. "he's going to kill me then." Zurie studied the strange girl for a while, wondering what it was about her that bound her to the tyrant vampire. If anything, Draven would enjoy ruining and damning her soul to hell for all eternity. "He won't." "he will. Don't lie to me."