Clarissa couldn't still believe this. It was like a lucid dream to her as her father, king Uriel, and her mother, Lady Felicia, came up to the altar to give their blessings to their newly married and abducted daughter.Lord Duncan stood beside her, his eyes gleaming with triumph as he gazed at her parents.
"We're family now," he whispered, his voice dripping with malice, as her parents placed hands on both their heads, their faces solemn and resigned.
Clarissa felt a shiver run down her spine as she realized the true extent of Lord Duncan's power. He had manipulated her parents, the most powerful people in the land, into accepting him as their son-in-law.
King Uriel and Lady Felicia joined hands, their voices echoing in unison as they spoke a prayer for a happy marriage:
"May the blessi
