Flash Marriage To My Mysterious Immortal Husband

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mother Eleanor Kensington's gravestone. Just three hours earlier, I had witnessed my

cond video of Liam scrambling under the sheets while Ruby shrieked in mock horror,

's will in my face. The terms were brutally clear: I had until my twenty-fourth birthday--which was exactly three days away--to enter a legal marr

d, his eyes gleaming with triumphant greed. "You're all out of

veins. I was a Goodwin; my blood carried the legacy of stubborn purifiers and independent restorers. I would rather marry a s

wiping the freezing rainwater from my lashes.

dead for things that

h the sound of rain

ix-foot-three--draped in a tailored charcoal overcoat, holding a plain black umbrella. His skin was pale as polished alabaster, his jawline ca

ier I'd had since childhood, that quiet sanctuary in the back of

His chest wasn't moving, and his gloved fingers gripped the umbrella handle so tightly that the lea

ts," I said, my voice steady, cutting through

smile touched his lips, though it carried no warmth. "A

ht," I countered, stepping toward him. "I'm

nt, and the sheer, raw power radiating from him. He was dangerous, unquest

ng the initials C.S. engraved on the silver cla

r between us dropped five degrees, a fros

baritone rumble

nances. I need a marriage certificate stamped by the town hall before Friday to secure an inheritance from my manipulative r

llow of my throat where my pulse beat rhythmically. He swallowed, hi

n," he said quietly, his voice vibrat

name?" I narr

ssing a beat, his expression reverting to a mask of polite indifference. "As it happens, my elders have be

my damp wool glove and extended

around mine, a shock of pure, arctic cold shot up my arm. His s

mb brushing the side of my palm. "Tomorr

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rain long after her foot

ips. The scent lingering on my skin was intoxicating--pure, holy free

ully against the inside of my lower

ye

Frost-Fir when she had saved my dying soul with her blood, only for her memory to be shatt

he howling wind, feeling the ancient covenant hum benea