Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 567

Chapter 567: At The Altar_Part 1

I knew it, something was bound to go wrong, Elle thought in despair, almost close to tears.

The groom was supposed to come ahead of the bride and stand at the altar, waiting for her to be given to him. They had rehearsed this days ago and practiced, and Elle knew the vows she was to give, his words, and his expected reactions. But right where her groom was supposed to be standing, the space was empty.

Only the priest was there, his expression was that of impatience. It seemed the guests had expected the groom to arrive first, and when they realized it was her, the murmuring grew loud, everyone whispering and wondering where he was.

Elle scanned the crowd of guests.

The McKay relatives were all present, but her groom’s parents were not. A sinking feeling twisted in her stomach, and she tightened her hand around her uncle’s arm.

"What’s going on? Where is the groom?" she heard her uncle demand of someone.

"W-we don’t know, my Lord. He was supposed to be here minutes ago, but there is no sign of him," replied the person, who sounded nervous being in the presence of her uncle.

Did something delay him, or... had he really changed his mind about the marriage because of her refusal last night? Elle thought. She hadn’t told anyone about what had happened, but after what Eryx had said, that she was to leave her homeland and go with him to another country after the marriage, and that it would be up to her to tell her family, he had kissed her.

That kiss had led... to him touching her in places that repulsed her and made her uncomfortable, while he whispered in her ear what he intended to do to her on their wedding night.

Elle had never felt so repulsed and horrified in her life. She had pushed him away, pulling back the sleeve of her dress he had pulled down to touch her. He had looked hurt that she stopped him, turned around, and left, saying they would meet at the altar. She hadn’t been able to share this with anyone because she felt ashamed and also thought it was a normal behavior of a groom, but in her heart, she had feared Eryx had changed his mind about her the moment she put a stop to his advances.

Now, entering the church to find that the groom hadn’t arrived when she and her family were twenty minutes late as per the scheduled time, she began to suspect it had something to do with that night.

Not long after, someone came running down the aisle with a folded paper in hand. The person passed by her and her uncle to stand at the altar and began reading the letter. Elle recognized him, it was Eryx’s best friend, and her insides clenched as he began to read.

"Everyone, settle down. This is a message from the groom, which he asked me to read aloud to save another man from making the same mistake he almost made in his life," the man at the altar announced.

Immediately, the noise in the church quieted. When it came to gossip or anything juicy, the people of Mirehaven were always listening.

"Here goes the groom’s words: ’I wish I felt guilty enough to offer an apology to my so-called bride for not showing up today, but I don’t. I have no reason to apologize now that I am finally seeing what I was blinded to.’

Elle felt her head begin to ring at those words.

"’The Hathaways are nothing but disgraceful to society, and no man should lower himself to marry such a woman. I do believe many have heard of my wonderful love story with Arielle; unfortunately, I realized too late that Arielle and her brother were having an unholy affair. He admitted it himself to me the night he came to see me and told me that if I dare hurt the love of his life, my corpse would be delivered to the doorstep of my family...’"

All eyes in the hall turned to Aryen at those words, and horror and disbelief spread across their faces. The ladies sitting next to him in the front row moved away quickly, while Aryen himself was too flabbergasted to even blink. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"’I didn’t announce my withdrawal from the wedding because I feared for my life and family. I had to make them believe I was still interested in order to escape. I know that by the time everyone is hearing this, I am far away across the world with my parents. My sincere apologies to my close relatives who have traveled to witness my wedding and to the people of Mirehaven, who...’"

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