Chapter 56

This chapter contains elements of ritual animal sacrifice and pagan rituals and mentions of blood. The reader’s caution and discretion are advised?

“The Groom and Bride may now enter the ring and let the ritual begin.” The priest in a floral tunic and a foliated tiara announced.

Iris stepped into view simultaneously as Dom and their breaths hitched at each other’s sight, just as everyone present’s heart stopped for an instant in anticipation of the wedding of the millennia.

Dom was showing off his chiseled upper body that had toughened over time and emitted the general dragon heat that could melt everyone watching. Iris, on the other hand, looked nothing less than a pagan goddess of nature with her loose curls flowing with the mild island breeze as she, too, showed off her upper body except what the wrapped strapless foliage top covered.

Both of them were wearing ancient markings on the visible naked backs of their bodies as they advanced slowly toward each o