The Mute Bride's Dead Groom Came Back To Life

he trunk, her once-pristine white wedding

sank to her knees, her body soaked through

ral home, surrounded by darkne

slowly made her way over. She looked down at Katherine kneeling in the rain, a faint, mocking smile tugging at the

nched hair hanging in heavy strands acro

ley seized her chin and for

ayley leaned closer, a cruel chuckle escapi

Dales are looking for a living bride to be buried along

not like me. Dad never cared about you anyway. You're nothing but a burden wasting air. At

o give her even the

ok of disdain, she turned away-only to swing her foot fo

own the steps, crashing onto her ba

e," Hayley comm

ey seized Katherine by both arms and dragged her towa

ing it were extravagant bouquets and arrangements f

coffin lay

ne and threw her in beside him

through the coffin's cracks

g of nails echoed through the cof

rfectly still in the

de had completely disappeared

k coffin, her gaze hel

reached out, her fingertips fin

cold-almost u

he felt a pulse, weak and f

ppeared at the edge o

lining of her wedding gown, where a concealed po

her fingers closed around the syrin

tion into the syringe, then gave it a q

s if she had repeated the pr

y never with someone

ll to steady herself. Her left hand moved across the man's chest, searching th

, a faint smile slowly

you lucky? I haven't found a suitable test s

cted, she withdrew the needle and

en beyond saving. She had taken a gamble-that if she could get close e

r victory, a hand shot out without w

behind it

n instinct, twisting and kicking with all her strength, but

htened, her lungs burning as the last

led?" A deep, rough voice b

he hand around Katherine's n

more than a hoarse whisper, yet the threat behin

om outside the coffin. "There's movement ins

s the heavy lid was ripped away. Light and

e the moment they s

lieved had already cross

le the other remained locked tightly around the throat o

or, but his eyes burned wit

back to life?" gasped

ing into the coffin and ca

away and staggered slightl

locked onto the woman s

ed in that darkness, he had felt

body-something that had pulled him

ave been t

climbing out o

ed and stained with mud, her

her face, completely co

fragile and

yatt had returned from the dead had r

eral home erup

and an explanation, a sorrowful cry tor

ya

aceful figure rushed inside, forcing her way past