Chapter 18

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(Trigger Warning: Torture)

"This has gone on for long enough. I will not let them trap me in a corner like this! Aezera!"

"Huh? Husband?"

"You're still here. Why have you not left like the others?"

"What do you want?"

"Do you honor our marriage?"

"I don't know. Did you honor our bond when you slept with that whore?"

"I said, do you honor our marriage?"

"I do honor it, unlike you."

"Then you still stand by our bond?"

"Why are you asking me these questions?!"

"... Because I need your energy."

"What?! What do you-"

"I'm giving you your physical form back. You should be thankful."

"What?! What are you-" An ear splitting scream rang through the air.

***

"Hey, is everything okay?" Emma looked at her fiancé and nodded her head before signing her name.

"So, what do you think?" She asked. Matthew, Damien, and Thalia crowd around to look at the paper she had just written on.

Matthew hummed, "'Thank you for coming to our wedding! We are very happy you could all attend. It means so much to us that you support our step forward and we hope you enjoy the reception!' That sounds good, right?"

Thalia smiled, "It's simple and sweet. I like it." Emma smiled back at her fellow bride.

Thalia and Emma had decided to have a double wedding and their boys agreed. They had thought it would make sense since they've done everything together. "Damien and I are going to head to bed early, if you don't mind." Thalia says. Emma just nods her head and they walk out of the room.

She looked over the wedding plans and she can't help but feel like something is missing. "Hey, Matthew?"

"Huh? What is It?"

"Do you think your mom would approve of this?"

Matthew ran a hand through his hair, "Well, I don't know. I think she'd be surprised I'm marrying a human, but I think she'd be okay with it in the end. She is my mother, after all..." He just smiled and shrugged.

"Zecaeru..." Emma heard a ghostly whisper ring through the air.

"Huh?"

Matthew gives her a worried look, "Huh? What is it?"

She furrowed her brows, "You didn't hear that?"

"Hear what?"

She shook her head and rubbed her temples, Maybe I'm just imagining things.

"Zecaeru... Help me..."

She stood up from her seat to try and find the source of the voice.

"Woah, what's wrong?" asks Matthew.

She looked at Matthew, "Someone's saying your name."

Matthew furrows his brows, "... But... I don't hear anything..."

"I know I'm not making sense, but someone keeps saying your real name."

"My real name? Zecaeru?"

"Yeah... She keeps saying it, and 'help me'..."

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