The Wedding

I sat on a chair while the hairstylist Selene hired did my hair. Today was my wedding. The week before my wedding past by so fast. I was busy with the arrangements. I needed to get the measurements for my dress and they wanted to know what kind of flowers I wanted at the wedding. We decided on orchids. For the bouquet, Selene wanted to have black and red roses that she had in her garden. The makeup artist had put on a bit of makeup, not too much.

When they were done I looked in the mirror. I looked beautiful. My hair was put into a fishtail braid and there were blue lilies in my hair. My makeup was done perfectly. The mascara and eyeliner made my green eyes looked bigger and brighter. I had some maroon lipstick on. I looked stunning, too bad I had to marry a vampire.

"Sweetie you look absolutely beautiful." My mother said. Her eyes were wide. "Now let's get you into your dress," I put the dress on and my mom zipped the back. The dress hugged all my curves. I couldn't believe I was getting married. I just turned 18 and I was already getting married. I felt tears prick at my eyes but I couldn't cry right now. The makeup artist did such a great job and I didn't want to ruin it. I looked at myself in the mirror. I was smiling but my eyes told a different story. "Well, what do you think?" My mom asked. Her eyes held so much joy. "I love it," I lied. "Well, it's almost time. Take a little rest, we only have to sort a couple of things." She walked out and I was left with my thoughts. I put my 2-inch heels on. My mother insisted that I wear hills. I wasn't a big fan of the idea.

We were in  Andrew's kingdom because they said they wanted to hold the wedding here. I wasn't allowed to see anything on the way here. The windows were dark preventing me from seeing anything. I did get to see the palace. It was bigger than ours and it was made of stone. Their maid had led me to this room. I sat there, thinking. Should I run? No, I can't do that. I let out a groan. What am I suppose to do? Andrew was evil. The way he acted when he came to our palace. My wound had finally healed. He was heartless, how would I ever survive here, with him. I was supposed to live with him too, in the vampire kingdom. With thousands of vampires around, and I'd be the only human.

I heard the door open and my father stood there. He ushered me out of the room. "It's time," He said. I grabbed the bouquet of flowers and walked toward him. He interlocked our arms and we started walking outside. We were holding the wedding outside. I looked around, we walked on the grass. That's when I saw it. The chairs lined up and the altar in the middle. There were hundreds of people. Most were vampires but some humans. The altar was beautiful, there were red and white roses on the altar with green leaves. Under the Altar, I saw Andrew. He was dressed in a black tuxedo with a red tie. I'm not going to lie, he looked very attractive. We were walking down the aisle now. I was so nervous. He walked me to the altar then let go of me. I stood under the altar with Andrew. The priest stood there, he started speaking. I couldn't focus on what he was saying.

It was overwhelming. I stared into Andrew's eyes. He didn't seem angry, there was some emotion in his eyes but I couldn't figure it out.

 "Do you take Raven as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

"I do," his response was quick. He didn't even have to think about it.

"Do you take Andrew as your lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"

I hesitated. I looked toward my parents. They sat in the front row. My mom nodded at me. I turned back and looked at Andrew. "I do,"

"The rings, please." The rings were given to the priest. I grabbed Andrew's ring and handed the bouquet to one of the bridesmaid who I didn't know. Our rings were black with a big diamond on it. I put the ring on his finger. He grabbed my hand and put, y ring on my finger. My breathing was shallow.

"You may kiss the bride." I didn't get any time to think before I felt Andrew pull me towards him and the feeling of his lips on mine. I closed my eyes. You can do this Raven, just deal with it. He broke the kiss and then everyone started clapping. I was married now, at the age of 18, to someone I didn't love. I put on a smile. My mother was crying tears of joy while my father held her.

I thought we were finished until the priest spoke. "Andrew, it's time to mark her," Mark me? What are they talking about? Andrew nodded then turned toward me. He walked closer to me. I looked toward my mother but she avoided eye contact. Is there something she didn't tell me? He grabbed me and pulled me close to him. He moved the hair away from my neck and I immediately knew what he was doing. I tried to push him away but he held me tightly. Then I felt the pain. His fangs sunk deeply into my skin. It felt like my body was on fire. I tried to push him away from me. I shut my eyes and tried to hold in a scream. A whimper escaped from me. My body started feeling weak.

He finally let go of me and I felt my body fall against him. He held me up as I was too weak to stand. I looked up at him and gasped. His eyes were a bright red color. I didn't have any energy to push him away. I heard the sound of clapping before my vision completely went black.

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