Chapter 90: The Ceremony (Part Three)
"I, Damien, the heir of the shadow and second prince of the Midnight Realm, accept the power that binds me to Annalise, my wife and the future queen of this realm. I accept her at the rising of the moon and the setting of the stars. To love and to honor, to cherish and respect, through all of the eras and times that may fall before us, until our souls do us part. I give unto her my trust, my love, my shadow and accept hers in return. My power belongs to her now just as hers is now mine. And I shall never forsake her for another, my soul forever belonging to her. To the stars may we never part."
Damien repeated his vows after Annalise was finished with hers and felt his soul finally responding to her vows. Their moon threads glowed bright red with darkness surrounding them as a golden thread connected both of them before it entered their hands and spread across their bodies and headed straight to their hearts, creating the purest form of soulmate bond.
He pulled the woman back in his arms as he sealed her lips in a deep and passionate kiss. His hands went around her small body to pull her closer to him if that was even possible considering their bodies were almost pressed together.
He felt his shadow power sleeping deep inside her and this time, her body accepted him and his powers without any resistance. This gave him the opening that he wanted as he directed his darkness to fight against the dark energy.
Back in the Ceremony Hall, the High Priestess ended the ceremony as she chanted the last sacred spell before the crystal, that had been hanging over their heads, burst open and a small stone dropped from it that Damien immediately caught.
"The ceremony is over. Second Prince Damien and Princess Annalise are now husband and wife, their hearts bound together by the sacred golden thread and their souls by the sacred vows to the Stars." The High Priestess announced as she officially ended the ceremony by making declaration.
"Damien, take your wife to your bed-chambers." The queen ordered before she left the hall with the High Priestess, Valerius, and Kenric. The doors of the hall closed behind them as Damien and Annalise were the only ones left behind.
Damien ended the kiss as he pulled away to look at his wife and saw that the fight of powers inside her body was proving very harsh on her already exhausted body. "Let me end this hurriedly. But this will hurt a little bit as it’s gonna be your first time."
She opened her mouth to say something but seemed like no words came out of her mouth. She just stared at him with confused eyes.
Damien let one of his hands rest against her nape while the other one remained wrapped around her waist. He tilted her head to the side, allowing himself full access to the left side of her pale neck. He moved his face closer and placed a kiss against her pulsing vein and immediately felt her shudder in his arms.