The Corpse Groom's Lovely Lady [Corpse Groom X Reader]

ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕆𝕗 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕣𝕦𝕖𝕝 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙

Questions along with confusion start to grow in (Y/n)'s mind when she saw the face of the figure approaching them. "Nicholas?" she mumbled underneath her breath, unconsciously furrowing her brows together in incertitude as she repeated the words Nicholas has said just now in her head.

Just what exactly did he mean when he said a simple dagger or a sword wouldn't have done the trick?

(Y/n) didn't know why, but looking at Nicholas now, she suddenly had this very unsettling in the pit of her stomach and no matter what she did, she couldn't shake off the feeling that something really bad was about to happen. The sudden change in Nicholas's demeanor also didn't make her feel any better.

She felt a shudder went down her spine as she watched the way Nicholas looked at Edward with no warmth in his eyes and a strange look on his face. For someone who was meeting a friend who was still alive as a corpse, Nicholas was far too eerily calm.

In fact, she was starting to become well aware of the fact that the 'Nicholas' in front of her now and the 'Nicholas' she thought she knew...They were nothing alike.

"Brother?" she heard Raymond mumbling too with the same confusion she felt just now growing in his eyes.

Everyone else in the church was also just as confused as they were as they watched Nicholas come out of the shadows and head towards the alter.

Feeling uneasy, (Y/n) glanced around nervously, but stopped when she noticed her beloved's hands trembling slightly and she looked up to see that Edward's eyes were also on Nicholas, the horror struck look on his face taking her back by surprise.

Worried, she reached out towards him, gently calling his name, "Edward?"

But Edward didn't seem to have heard her call his name as his eyes remained fixed on Nicholas who was in front of him. For a minute, it was almost as if he was in some kind of a trance before he finally said something, "You...It was you!"

"What?"

"Been quite a long time since we last talked, isn't it?" Nicholas asked with a smile that didn't quite reached his eyes while Edward's gaze turned into a glare at his words. "Yes. The last time we did, you poisoned me...and then, you stabbed me to death," Edward said and everyone in the church gasped, shocked by the sudden revelation of the truth.

"What?!" The Duke, Raymond, (F/n) and Loen all exclaimed in disbelief, their eyes darting back and forth between Edward and Nicholas in shock and confusion though Nicolas took no notice of them and only continued to focus on Edward.

(Y/n) felt her blood ran ice cold at her beloved's words as her eyes widened with shock and her mouth fell open, her bouquet slipping out of her hands to the floor in her shocked state. Stunned, she slowly turned to look at Nicholas who only had a sinister smile on his face and her emotions started to become mixed.

Shock.

Disbelief.

Bitterness.

And anger.