Knotting the Captive Bride
Kianna~
They dragged me through the cold stone corridors of what had once been my home.
My bare feet scraped against the floor as the guards pulled me toward the lord’s private chambers. The heavy iron chains around my wrists clanked with every struggling step. My heart beat faster I feared it would burst from my chest.
This could not be happening.
I had watched this man slaughter my father on the battlefield. I had heard the screams of my brothers as Silverthorn Keep fell. And now the conqueror intended to take me as his bride on the very night he claimed victory.
The doors to the grand bedchamber swung open. The room was vast and oppressive, dominated by a massive four-poster bed draped in dark furs and crimson silk. A fire roared in the hearth, casting g
