Chapter 89: The Ceremony (Part Two)
Damien watched as the woman tilted her head to the side with a confused look on her face as she spoke, "But we are already married."
He felt his lips twitching at her innocent look. While his mind was trying to remind him not to fall for her act, his body, soul, and heart were completely at her mercy. "This is going to be a different type of wedding according to the customs of my family, and unlike the previous time, you will be marrying only me today."
Annalise remained silent for a while, her beautiful eyes just looking at him. Only after certain moments did she react with a warm smile on her face as she nodded her head in understanding. "Don’t you hate me anymore?" She asked.
Damien took a deep breath as he was quite taken aback by the question. Looking at her initially, he wasn’t even sure that she remembered that part of their relationship anymore in her current state. "I’m really not sure what I’m feeling. All I know is that... I want to save you at any cost."
He squeezed her hands lightly before continuing, "I have decided, since there’s no turning back for me after this ceremony, I’ll try to find out the full truth. If I ended up being the wrong one in my judgment and my brothers succeeded in their beliefs in you, I’ll ask for your forgiveness and will accept whatever punishment you will want to give me..."
She remained silent but the look in her eyes told him that she was keenly anticipating him to finish the rest of the statement.
"... And if I end up finding that... that you are indeed planning something bad against me and my brothers with the help of others... I will personally make sure... that you will never achieve it." He let go of her hands and instead cupped her face with his hands as he pressed their foreheads together.
"Will you kill me?" She asked, her voice barely audible but he didn’t hear any sort of hesitation or fear in her tone, only curiosity to know his answer.
"After today, I’ll never be able to hurt you, Princess, let alone kill you. I’ll just make sure that you will fall so deeply for me and my brothers that you will never be able to hurt us. Or I’ll kill your partners and leave you no ally to work with. Or I’ll just tie you up in our bedroom and won’t allow you to step out of it at all." He received a little pinch from her at his last statement which made him chuckle.
"You are being nothing like your usual self. I can hardly recognize you." She murmured as she rested her head against his chest while closing her eyes and he immediately sensed the low level of her energy. The dark energy was almost about to reach her heart.
"Just hold on for a little bit more and all this will end soon." He whispered into her hair and felt her nodding her head twice before she became still.