Scarlet From Gold (Book 3) by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle [Quyle, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ingenairii Press
Published: 2014-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16 – A Wedding at Sant Jeroni

The wedding took place with beautiful simplicity. The main hall, a grand and ornate formal space that Marco had seldom even walked through, was half full with members of the staff and a few attendees from the nearest village who had learned of and traveled to the suddenly-arranged event.

Marco entered from the left of the chaplain as Mirra entered from the right, and when they met they looked deeply into each other’s eyes.

“I’m glad you suggested this,” Mirra said softly, so that only Marco and the chaplain heard.

“I wish I had thought of it months ago. I never knew it was going to be such a long wait to get here,” he answered.

Mirra’s maid stood nearby, holding Sybele in her arms, as the young toddler squirmed anxiously, wanting to use her feet to explore the new room she hadn’t visited before.

As the ceremony progressed, the priest asked if there were any tokens of attachment to be exchanged. The chaplain and the audience murmured in wonder when the ring suddenly appeared in midair, held out to Marco by Mitment.

“Marco, it’s extraordinary!” Mirra breathed softly, looking down at her hand as Marco gently slid the ring onto her finger. “When did you order this? You’ve been planning this for a long time!” she smiled at him.

“I just made it today,” he answered. “Inspired by you.”

Mirra in turn handed Marco a polished silver cuff, an engraved, wide bracelet engraved with the crest of Sant Jeroni, that she slid onto his right arm. “Now you’ve got both silver and gold,” she said, looking at the contrast between his silver ornament and his golden-skinned hand.

“I had this made over the winter, when we thought we would be married in the spring,” she sheepishly admitted. “I’ve had it ready and waiting a long time; I’m glad it can finally be worn.”

“Shall we carry on with the ceremony?” the chaplain asked nervously as the couple’s conversation interrupted the wedding rites.

He resumed the reading from the scripture. “You may now kiss the bride,” he told Marco, who snuck a nervous peek at the watching crowd first.

“Get on with it!” Mitment hissed from behind him, and Marco promptly hugged Mirra as he began a passionate kiss that elicited a few whoops from the crowd, and then a round of happy applause.

“I’d like to introduce the Marquess and Marquessa of Sant Jeroni,” the chaplain said proudly.

“Everyone is invited to join us in the courtyard for greetings, and then you may all come back tomorrow morning for breakfast,” Mirra announced to the crowd. They immediately grew silent as soon as she started to speak, then cheered warmly when she finished.

Outside in the courtyard, the last of the red sunset light glowed overhead and reflected off the buildings, adding to the illumination that a number of lanterns and torches provided, as a long line formed to pass by Marco and Mirra. The visitors shook hands with Marco, most with an air of shyness and uncertainty about the nobleman who so few of them knew because of his long absence from the castle.

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