"𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞."
A STORY IN WHICH, you've never had a choice, especially not when you were forced to marry the future king of marley, 𝘻𝘦𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳.
things were difficult from the start, a foreign country a host...
& this chapter is dedicated to @kathaaros bc you saw it coming before anybody else did!! (it'll make sense in a moment hopefully😵💫)
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Eren was slipping scrambling through a thousand pages and documents. Anything he could get his hands on that would prove him wrong.
His mind couldn't rest, he couldn't sleep a wink after what Zeke had told him the day before.
They were kneeling in front of the chapel, and Eren had noticed Zeke acting relatively cold, but that wasn't anything too different from his usual demeanor.
It was just that today was the anniversary of their father's death, the first one Zeke and Eren had spent together in years. Usually, Eren and Hitch would leave flowers at a chapel and pray, before pouring out a drink for his late father... but since he was back at court – against his will at this point – he figured he might as well spend the day and mourn with his brother.
But his suspicions began when he made a cross against his face and said, "He was a good man, he had many more years to live."
Zeke shook his head and Eren jerked his head over to look at him.
"What?"
"I didn't utter a word and you already find something to attack me for."
"You made a face." Eren countered. "When I said our father was a good man."
"I never said he was not a good man." Zeke trailed away his cold eyes seeming lost in thought for a moment.
"But you have something to say in that respect?"
Zeke sighed as he flipped through the worn bible in his hands.
"Mark ten-eighteen," Zeke said, handing Eren the open bible with a quote that had been underlined with a messy line of ink. "There is none good but one, that is, God."
Eren scoffed and pushed the book back into his brother's hands. "Since when did you become so religious?"
"I've always followed the lord's path."
Eren couldn't help the snort he let out, making a couple of people stare back at them for the interruption.
"You?" Eren laughed, in a lower voice. "A Godly man? The one with a recognized mistress?"
No sooner had those words slipped from his mouth, had Zeke already reached over and pull at Eren's ear.
