We slowly walked down the center of the crowd, I noticed the archbishop standing in the center of the alter. His bible was already open and waiting to be read. I took a deep, steadying breath as we neared closer and closer. Clare’s instructions were ringing in my ear, there’s nothing to it. The blade will hurt for a fraction of a second and then the pain is gone. I wondered how Clare knew so much about the ceremony, I didn’t see a scar and she didn’t have an escort so I know that she hadn’t been through it herself.
Graham and I stood across from each other up at the alter. The archbishop began the ceremony with a reading. I tried so hard to concentrate on what he was saying but I couldn’t focus with Graham’s eyes undressing me. I felt like my brain was on autopilot, thanks to Graham, it
