Chapter 87

'By the power vested in me, I hereby crown you, Prince Riel Rutherford and Lady Desse Van Amstel, king and queen of Moon Stone pack." He drops the crown on their head.
' You may stand now." They stood up, facing each other.
' And to my fellow beloved brethrens who have come to witness the union of our King and queen, Riel Rutherford and Desse Van Amstel. I hereby declare the both of you, husband and wife. You may kiss your bride."
Desse's heart beat in excitement as she stared fixedly at him. Their eyes locked, his lips drew near and near.
When their lips made contact, everyone stood to their feet clapping their hands at them.
Desire was clapping and at the same time screaming in joy. If possible, her clap was the loudest of every other witnesses.
Riel broke free, hugging her tight to himself. They were facing the congregation, Desse's eyes moved to Desire who smiled back at her.
'Congratulations." She mouthed.
She nodded with a smile. 'Thank you." She mouthed back.
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After the ceremony was over and every one had eaten to their satisfaction, they all went to their respective homes.
Riel and his wife left to their room. But before that, Desse's eyes has been searching every where for Sophie.
The last time she asked, she was told that she was still in the castle. And it's almost like a week since Riel first kissed her, would she be in the castle until now?
Riel noticed this, he decided to ask. 'Are you expecting someone?" He asked.
'Uhmm.. no. No, I'm not. I was thinking if Sophie is still in the castle, I haven't seen her for weeks now."
' Oh, she left to Texas a week ago. Do you have something to give to her? ' He asked.
' No. I鈥� you know, I wanted her to witness my wedding since she felt like taking Matt away from me was the end of my world. So, I wanted her to feel the pain and jealousy watching us get married. '
'You really want her to get jealous?" He chuckled.
' That's the only pain a woman can feel for her fellow woman, so yes, I do want her to feel the pain. But thankfully she's gone, I'm happy."
He smiled, taking her hand into his. 'No one is taking me away from you, not even the opposite. She shouldn't be our problem now."
He shut the door behind him as they entered his room. It was like a dream come true to Desse that she would be sharing the same bed with him.
He took off his shirt, Desse was alerted and all her mind could think off was Sin.
'What are you trying to do?" She asked immediately.
Riel glared confusedly at her. 'I'm taking off my shirt. Is there a problem with that?" He inquired.
'Yes, I鈥� I meant no. I was just鈥� just.. just鈥� ' She stammered.
He stood before her, his face plastered with smile. ' Are you scared I'd drag you on the bed?" He asked, still with the smile.
'I鈥� I don't know, maybe. I mean, who knows." She shrugged.
' Look, I respect women and whatever decision they make. If your scared of tonight then we can forget about it for some other time, I won't force you."
She nodded her head. ' Okay. Thanks for understanding."
' You need to get changed too." He finally took off his shirt, hanging it on the hanger.
Desse was ashamed to take off her dress, and worst still she didn't know how to unlock the ropes from the back.
The ropes was the only thing which held the dress in position, if she has to untie it, it would fall off her breast and. . .
But she can't do it alone. She needed help with the ropes.
'Can you鈥� help me with the ropes, please?" She requested.
He was loosening the last rope of his shoe lace he had on when she requested for his help.
He drags it out of his leg, dropping it by the side of the bed.
'How is it done?" He asked, staring at the lines of robes knotted at different sections.
'Just pull the rope by the left off the other rope, that's how it's done." She directed.
He did as she had said while she stared at the mirror watching as he did so. 'What next?" He asked again.
'Loose each ropes from the ends carefully down to the least." She said again.
He did so, the tip of his fingers touched her skin. Cold shivers ran through her spine as his skin touched hers.
After he was done, 'Mind if I?" He wanted to help her take off her dress but he wouldn't want to do so without her permission.
She gave him a single nod to go ahead.
He pulled of the fabric of her cloth off her hands, and she held the front from falling off.
'I'll鈥� leave the rest for you."
'You don't have to." He stops, turning to her. 'Are you shy to look at me? 'She teased.
' No, I鈥�" He sighs. ' No." He didn't know what to say.
She smiled. She let the gown fall off her chest, exposing her bare skin. Riel was surprised, she wasn't putting on a bra??
It's obviously clear she wasn't as the gown was a shoulder level dress with her breasts slightly above the top end of the gown.
His eyes were fixed at her breast that he didn't realize her put on her night gown.
'Riel?" She called him, flicking her fingers at him, bringing him back to reality. 'I think we should get some sleep."
'Yeah. Yeah, we should鈥� get some sleep now."
Desse silently laughed at him as they headed to bed. They got on the bed, Desse shifted towards him, resting her head on his chest.
'I never thought a day like this would come." She said, eyes fixed to the ceiling. 'Did you seriously meant it when you said you were gonna kill me?" She asked.
He was rubbing his fingers on her hair. ' I didn't. I only said that out of anger, I wasn't intending on having you dead."
' Why didn't you call me back when I pushed you off?"
' I didn't want to add to your anger, so I had to let you be. You know, I'm still surprise you haven't done that thing?"
She looked at him. ' Done what thing?" She asked.
'You and Matt, you know鈥� the other thing."
'Like what couples do?"
' Yeah, kinda. Yeah, what couples do."
She chuckled. ' Like I told you, yes I did love Matt so much but that doesn't mean I could let him have his way inside me. Well, sometimes, things happens for a reason.
Most night, we don't end up sleeping together, I mean one thing or the other prevents us from doing so. And even if we do, I end up sleeping early and鈥� he can't just wake me up because he wants us to have s*x."
' Even on your wedding night?"
' Even on my wedding night. I couldn't act like every thing is alright when nothing was. Not after what you'd said, you'll come after seven days, that wasn't a joke to me. Honestly, I was scared to the bone."
' You didn't let Matt in you because you knew I would come?"
She nodded. ' Yeah, I knew you would come."
She moved higher that their faces were close. 'Well, here I am with my once upon a time鈥� what will I call it again? Urgh鈥� it doesn't matter, you know. What matters is that we are both together now."
She kissed his lips, resting her head back on his chest. 'Where would he be鈥� now?" She asked.
'Who?" He asked back.
'Matt. You think he's in hell?"
'Who wants to know. '
She shrugged her shoulders, yawning. ' I think I need to get some sleep now. Good night."
'Good night." Kisses her head.
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Riel opened his eyes to see the bed empty. He sat up, staring around the room.
'Hey.." Desse said from one corner of the room, she was on Riel's t-shirt with a cup of coffee in her hand.
'Good morning." He rubbed his eyes.
'Good morning. Mind for a coffee?" She asked.
'Coffee?" He repeated.
' Yeah, I brought extra." Points at the table.
' Yeah, I guess so." She took the coffee from the table, handing it over to him. 'How long have you been up?" He asked.
'An hour ago, I guess." She shrugged.
' Why did you wake me up?"
' You look stressed out. You needed rest more than anyone." She sipped on her coffee. ' So, what now?" She asked.
'What now?" He asked back.
Desse sat close to him, her shirt almost exposing her panties. His gaze fell on her thighs, moving up to her waist but she had her hands in between her legs.
'u're tempting me." He whispered.