The Green Ribbon Novels & Stories

I felt the dark energy of the club outside bleeding into my veins. Raphael reached into his pocket, his hand coming out with a long strip of soft pink ribbon. Without a word, he brought his hands behind my head. He slowly wrapped the pink ribbon around my bare neck, pulling it just tight enough to press against my skin, turning me into his own private prize.

With a grunt, she dragged it around herself, using all her strength to fight its thrashing and slash at its neck right under the frill for a clean kill— Green. Vibrant, breathtaking green, a cross between the hue of a pure emerald and the green of verdant grass and clovers in the lushest of meadows. Then clear blue water, sparkling under the sun, a whole pool of it under the shade of drooping palm trees with fronds as large as she was tall—

"I am here to perform the marriage ceremony that has been practiced since the very first King and Queen. Beside me is a ribbon that was blessed by the Moon Goddess, and every King and Queen who have been crowned has been crowned with this ribbon. It creates an agreement of marriage to the two and the moon goddess.” Valentina looked at the ribbon on the pedestal beside her and it gold and glowing, so much that she couldn't take her eyes off it. Matilda swiftly picked it up, and wrapped it around the hands that Valentina and Alexander had linked together. The ribbon glowed the brightest light she had ever seen and their names began to be etched upon it. Valentina felt her heart beating extreme

she asks, opening her arms and holding them out, inviting us to take a look around the room. Julian and I both direct our eyes around the room again. Taking it all in, I notice the attention to detail. The silk bows on the back of the chairs are a lime green to symbolize the color of the muscular dystrophy ribbon. Camille's has managed to muffle the raucous color with black tablecloths that almost touch the floor and black chair covers. The tables have lime green napkins and a floral arrangement on each table consisting of white, purple, and lime green flowers.

“In our traditions, I will now join our two families as one. He held up a beautiful gold ribbon with purple that ran along inside the gold. The crowd was quiet as they watched. Luna Nina came to stand next to him. Carefully, he wrapped the ribbon first around my father’s wrist then mine. When he was finished, the ribbon made a circle with our hands all together. I thought I was imagining it at first but when I looked up, it was obvious the others felt it too. There was a warmth coming from the ribbon. We all looked at each other not sure what was happening. Before we knew it, the ribbon began to glow. It was a light that matched the moonlight. Without warning, the ribbon stopped glowing. Onc