Forsworn Fate (Sisters of Danu) by Mia Pride

Author:Mia Pride
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical, fantasy, romance, Ireland, ancient, Irish
Publisher: Mia Pride
Published: 2017-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Ceara stared at her mother in defiant silence as Abigael continued to unfold the length of light blue cloth, revealing a lovely dress made of the softest, finest fabric she had ever seen. It almost shimmered in the light of the hearth. Though she desperately wanted to know what the material was, she did not ask because she did not want to seem at all interested in anything having to do with this wedding.

ABIGAEL HELD THE GOWN up to Ceara and she reluctantly took it, letting the smooth fabric slip through her fingers. “Tis silk, Ceara. The finest. King Doran traded with a man many moons ago to get a bolt of this just for you and Gwynneth. He insisted it be used for your wedding to Garreth.”

Ceara swallowed hard and her chin began to quiver. “You are truly going to make me marry him, are you not?”

Abigael sighed and grabbed Ceara’s free hand. “Considering the compromising way I have found the two of you twice now, can you blame me? There is an obvious attraction between you two. You have been promised to him your entire life, you are of an age to marry now...why is this suddenly so distasteful to you?”

Ceara felt her stomach knotting up painfully at the memories of yesterday. “Mama, he does not want me. He has made that clear. He told me he was my prisoner just yesterday. He has embarrassed me with other lassies intentionally, just to prove to me how very little interest he had in me. Then last night, suddenly...everything changed.”

“Aye. He claimed you, quite publicly. What does that say to you?”

“Only that he is a jealous man with too much pride! He only did that to protect himself from embarrassment! He can carry on with any lass in front of the entire tribe, but one man in all my life shows me attention, and Garreth breaks his nose!”

“He wants to marry you, Ceara,” Abigael said confidently.

“Only because his father wills it!” Ceara blurted back. “That is all he ever says! His father wills it!”

“Ceara...his father is gone,” Abigael shook her head sadly and guilt suddenly shot through Ceara. She was being cruel to Garreth the very morning after losing his father. But how could she marry him simply out of pity? “King Connor is gone; may he rest in peace in the Otherworld. Garreth will be King. He can reject this marriage if he wishes it, and yet he insists upon it. He wants you, Ceara.”

“He has a very strange way of showing it,” Ceara murmured.

“Aye, he does. But I can see it. Something has changed in him. He is ready for this, to take you as his wife. And not because he feels honor bound. The man wants you, the woman. I have seen it,” Abigael chuckled.

“Mama, please, tis very embarrassing!” Ceara placed her cool palms on her brightening cheeks. “Why must it be today? Why can we not plan slowly while Garreth and I get to know one another?”

“Why wait? He is a good man.

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