The Beast's Bride

Author: Kaosi-ND

Chapter 1 The Day of Betrothal

Word Count: 729 | Released on: 23/11/2023

through her windows. She stood up from the piece

to begin preparing, it

ork

one as she joyfully gri

for her, of course, as she

e Day of

e mused, After all, the betrothed co

mple to find out who Deros, their god of love, had chosen to be their significant others. Their names would be taken down by th

lized that it was actually the local priest, Eris, who made that decision, usi

lowly make friends with the priest, bribe him even, so that he would let Gideon and h

d not any mortal man, but as his passion and love for Iliana grew, so did his fear that sh

be fruitless. He had worked too hard at

n the special ceremony, or at least, that they had been playing since s

of the happy yet terrified women washing their hair and faces, painting thei

18 two weeks

y, for she could not imagine herself getting married to any of the men in the to

e brown or black haired women in the town, she had blood r

witch or sorceress. She literally had to perform slave labour, still did in a way as she was paid way too little for the amount of work she performed on the town farm, for the townspeople to grudgingly accept her on the conditi

t. You can have your preda

urely, it couldn't possibly be her employer,

ly and gasped as she came fa

only men in the community who had come dan

his face as he menac

t married to

Chapter End

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“She was small, too small and too slender too. Her hair, blood red, formed a halo around her body, softly grazing her back. He had noticed specks of dirt on her body but they failed to hide the loveliness and tenderness of her skin, which he could bet would shine once it was cleaned. To put it simply, she was lovely, far more beautiful than any of the other brides, despite the injury on her forehead, which had reduced in size significantly, but still angered him. He couldn't get a glimpse of her eyes because her head was turned from his but its image was already stuck to his head, a soft violet, which he assumed would gleam if she smiled. She wasn't smiling though, hadn't smiled since he met her and he had assumed that she hardly ever did. A similarity they probably both shared. He,again, remembered the swelling on her forehead which got his blood heated. What made the people of this town hate her so vehemently? What could the lovely, innocent looking girl have probably done to have deserved being thrust upon him? ........................................ 18 year old Leila has had a difficult life. Having lost her parents at the young age of 10, she has had to battle to survive, weaving her way through predators, rapists and murderers along the way. However, nothing could have possibly prepared her for the beast of a man whom she was suddenly bound to as wife... ....................................... 31 year old Voloukh, leader of men torn from their homes at a young age to act as slave warriors for the Kingdom of Ultar, has been brutally carved to be a killing machine. His features are enough to bestow fear upon the hearts of anyone who dare to gaze upon him. The Beast of the Woods, as he is referred to is hence, shocked when a girl with the most beautiful violet eyes he has ever seen, which however, gaze upon him with trepidation and horror, is given to him to wed...”