The Dragon's Secret Bride by Jasmine Wylder

Author:Jasmine Wylder [Wylder, Jasmine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Eirrick

Brighid was quiet and demure at all times.

All times.

If he took her to the feasts she sat by his side with her hands folded in her lap and only nibbled at the food which he had prepared for her. If he took her to his chambers she would lie on the bed and watch him while he drank mead alone and eventually slept. Never once did she make any effort to touch him.

The days of rest would soon be over, though, and once they were, he would be back on the raids and hunt to refill their ship’s stores. Then his time with his virgin bride would be over. She had shown no signs of softening towards him and he eventually turned to Mother and the harem girls for their advice.

“Do an activity together,” they had suggested. “The poor girl has been locked away in a temple her whole life. Take her somewhere she can breathe clean air.”

So he decided to take her for a ride. At the next planet they stopped at to refuel in the light of the sun, Eirrick took two of the robohorses so that he and Brighid could go for a ride. He made sure to program them for a gentle pace as they rode over sloping fields and swaying grass. Brighid clung to the bridle of hers with eyes wide nonetheless. Eventually, he pulled them to a stop.

“You would be able to guide your mount better if you wore trousers,” he told her. “We can’t have true horses on a ship but these are programmed to act like them in every way. You steer with your legs.”

Brighid released the reigns of her mount and rubbed her hands. “I have never worn trousers. At the College, we all wore black gowns that went from chin to floor, so as not to tempt the priests before we were marriage age.”

Eirrick snorted. “And so you wore those gowns all your adult life?”

Brighid’s brow furrows. “No. All my life. Ever since I was eight.”

Eirrick considered her for a moment. Eight years old and being stuffed into constrictive clothing so as not to tempt adult men? He'd like to kill the priests for that. What sort of sick, perverted creatures were they?

But saying that out loud would only frighten her. She had shared something about her life with him, so perhaps it would be best if he returned the favor. That was other advice he had been given. To share with her more of himself so she could get to know him. What could he tell her, though? Most of his past he had tried to forget.

“I was sold into my clan, too,” he offered. “When my blood clan was conquered, all the boys four and younger were given to this clan. Mother took us in and they became my brothers. I was from a low family but we were made as equals in our new clan. I fought and trained to be the best warrior I could—"

Brighid lunged forward, half toppling from her horse.

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