Eden

After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, 'It is not good for man to be alone.' He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith.

Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, 'I will not lie below,' and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.' Lilith responded, 'We are equal to each other in as much as we were both created from the earth.' But they would not listen to one another.

When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air...

It started with a wedding of a life time... 

Eloise was led into the bathwater by the maids, The mixture smelled like lavender and other spices there was bits of the herbs floating in the water that rippled as she moved into the water. Her long black hair turned darker as the water began to soak through the mess of tangled curls, She sat back as the maids started to scrub her down from her long curls to her petite toes. 

Her stomach felt like the stones she use to skip on the pond next to the royal palace, She wished that there was going to be more people at the ceremony but the Lords commanded that there will be only the royal family, Her family was not royalty. The water was a dingy brown as the maids silently lifted up her up and she moved silently also, her vocal cords felt like someone had cut them as she moved from one room to the other. 

She was sat down on the stood her body on full display for the maids to go to work on creating the perfect bride, Their lords perfect bride, Oils where poured on her hair again it smelled of lavender, The maids face fell into a blank frown as they worked the comb through her tangled hair.  They pulled her hair up and she could feel the weight of her own wet hair as it was pinned in a elaborate cascading bun, Then came the eyeshadow and her lips tainted blood red. 

One of the maids went to the leather bag and pulled out a sliver cross and looped it around her neck and clasped it on, Eloise's eyes landed on the cross and then back into the mirror to see behind her, the dress, the purest white with flowing material, She rose from the chair and the maid guided her into the middle of the room and helped her slip on the dress. Her body bare under the flowing material that as she was turned around she almost thought that it was smoke covering her body instead of cloth. 

Slipping the vail into her hair and drawing it over her eyes, the slient maids looked at each other there eyes glowing as they said in unison "She is ready." 

The room was dark, the only light came from a painted glass window of Adam and Eve but Eve had hate in her eyes as Adam was hovered over her, His hand raised as if to strike her. A man stood in the front facing the door which Eloise would make her grand entrance, His eyes where moving up and to the left, His hands gripping his rosary with a death grip. To his left was a tall handsome man with porcelain skin so pure it looked like snow, His eyes where a supernatural blue. 

His hair was pure black and long tied back with a blood red strip of Indian silk, His eye where on the door and his face was smooth and a smile perched on his lips "Thank you Father, To bless this holy union."He stated his voice was like warmed honey.  "Of c course my lord."The priest stuttered, Anton wanted something different, He bored of the normal ceremony that was an old way of uniting two souls together.  Even though his father pressed him for a handfasting, Anton decided to get a priest to preform the ceremony to bless the union indefinitely, There would be no year and a day to decided that it wasn't meant to be. 

Eloise would be his and his only, Then lords came in and took there spots along the isle each of them in order of royalty, Antons father was first and his mother sat beside him with an sour expression, His mother never approved of him marrying a commoner of meager means. Suddenly a dark note hit and the music dragging on as the doors opened, Eloise walked into the room past the statues of armor, She moved slowly trying her hardiest to not run to Anton who looked at her approvingly. She stood on the right side of Anton and the priest cleared his throat "Today, We are going to unite Anton Lankford and Eloise Edwards." 

Eloise's throat clenched as her eyes filled with tears, Happy tears, "If anyone here has any reason for these two people should not be united speak now or forever hold your tongue." Silence rang through the room nobody spoke not even moved. Eloise could barley see Antion through the thick light layers of the Vail but she could see his beautiful eyes, "Before we begin the ceremony Lord Lankford has asked for me to say a passage in our lords Bible.  From Corinthians 13:4-13"

The Lords faces turned into frowns and some of the ladies shifted uncomfortably as the priest continued " Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, It does not boast, It is not proud. It is not ruse, It is not self-seeking, It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, Always trusts, Always hopes, and Always perseveres. And now faith, Hope , and love abide, but the greatest of these is love." Eloise smiled kindly her own blue eyes are filling again with tears. 

"Do you Eloise Edwards take Anton Lankford to be your lawfully wedded husband, through sickness and heath, till your life end?" Anton looked at the priest with his supernatural eyes that where reflecting his displeasure. "I do."Eloise said softly her voice was like a river of emotions, Her love for the man before her was strong. "Do you Anton Lankford take Eloise Edwards to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and health, till death?"The priest said Anton raised Eloise's hand to his mouth and gave her knuckles a kiss "I do."He said in his rich voice. 

The priest nodded and raised his hands, the rosary shakes as it dangles from his outstretched arms "With the powers invested in me by my god and church I pronounce you, Lord and Lady Lankford the second, You may kiss the bride." The priest shuddered as he loward his hands, Eloise heart jumped as Antons hands moved closer to lifting the vail, The lords and ladies rose there eyes trained on the couple. "God help me."The priest said softly, It was unhonored as Anton lifted the vail. 

He took a step foreward, His hand grased over her cheek and her eyes fluttered closed, Anton's eyes glowed as he leaned in and then Eloise's world went dark.