The Forbidden Bride
“My other brother is wed to a lass far to the east whom we have never met. They too will have to couple for the emissary and they are yet strangers to one another. You are lucky to know me, are you not?”
“It would appear so,” she said softly as she let him help her to her feet. The emissary, fortunately, seemed to be so excited by the idea of watching them couple that he put the paper away without even checking if the ink was dry enough not to smudge. They waited for the priest to finish, neither of them really listening to him. Finally, Padraig put his arm around Eliana’s waist and held her tightly to his side as they led the emissary down the hall and up the stairs to his bed chamber.
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