Dark strings

Handfasting

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Over the past three months my bell had grown to where you could just see that I was pregnant. We all knew that our child was valuable. News like that doesn't take long to spread. Crowe and Alastair had made their last delivery a couple of days ago and they had heard people talking about the perfect and the baby they were going to have. They had even come across a rumor that the king was interested in our baby. All we could do was be careful and not let anything happen to our child. Well the weather had turned warm and today is our handfasting. Crowe had stayed at his house last night, along with Alastair, so he wouldn't see my dress until today. Mom and Abagail were going to help me get ready. Abagail had put my hair into a braided bun and left some loose strands to frame my face. They then helped my step into my dress and started lacing it up. The dress was a off white color with elaborate blue stitching across the chest and along the bottom of the dress and sleeves, which were a sheer material and were billowy. They had finished lacing up the back and the dress didn't constrict my bell or hide it. Mom had turned me around to face her "Oh. You look so beautiful. What do you think Abagail?"

"I think my son picked the perfect women to fall in love with." Abagail took my hand after giving me a hug "We better hurry. We don't want to be late."

I was standing in front of Crowe, he took my hands in his and had a big smile on his face. Aggie was standing before us with four cords lying on the table. She held the first chord in her hand and spoke " I bid you look in each other's eyes. Will you honor and respect one another and seek never to break that honor?"

"We will" She drapes the first cord over our hands and picks up the second cord

"Will you share each other's pain and seek to ease it?"

"We will." She drapes the second cord over our hands and picks up the third cord.

"Will you share the burdens of each so that your spirits may grow in this union?"

"We will." The third cord is draped over our hands and the fourth is picked up

"Will you share each other's laughter and look for the brightness in life and the positive in each other?"

"We will." All of the cords are tied around our hands and Aggie closes her hands around ours and looks us in the face

"Salina and Crowe, as your hands are bound together now, so your lives and spirits are joined in the union of love and trust. You two have already seen your fair share of hardships, but there will be many more to come. Trust in yourselves and in one another and nothing should stand in your way.Above are the stars and below is the earth. Like the stars, your love should be a constant source of light, and like the earth, a firm foundation from which to grow. "

We kissed to seal our fate and though there weren't many people at the ceremony, they were clapping. Aggie had untied our hands and we exchanged rings before dancing. Alastair had asked me to dance so we did. While dancing he had told me that he was happy for me and told me that I looked beautiful in my dress. Everyone seemed to be having a good time and many wished us luck in our marriage. I know we didn't need luck but I gladly took it. Everyone watched us as we left. Crowe was taking me to a cabin outside of town. It was in a secluded part of the forest where only Lucious knew where was. When we arrived it was peaceful and beautiful.

We were staying here for two weeks and once we made it inside, we settled in. The cabin had small front room and kitchen and up the stairs was the bedroom. Thats where we set our bags down and Crowe turned to me and embraced me " I hope you like it here." He had started unlacing my dress and I said "With you here, I love it." I pulled him close and gave him a kiss. His fingers moved quicker to finish unlacing my dress, and when he did it fell to the floor. His clothes were off in a flash and we were on the bed in a kissing frenzy. I know I was pregnant, but that doesn't mean I can't have sex. We were going to have a pretty sleepless night and it was only starting to get dark. If there were neighbors around, they might have thought that someone had just been murdered. I don't know where he was keeping this before, but I liked it.