This was really happening, because they had a minister and he was reading Alfred's vows, and they had a witness who looked only a little like she wanted to flee. None of it was how Zelda had pictured it, but that didn't matter, because it was going to be legally bound by the ceremony and by the license. And even though the minister called him John Darrow, and even though her family wasn't here, a tingle went down her spine. This was really happening.
"Miss Zelda Fisk," the minister said, sounding only a little skeptical of her name as he said it. "Will you have this man to be your wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony?" They weren't talking about her God, but she'd known that when she agreed to elope, and so she didn't mind. "Will thou obey him —" Zelda bit back a wry smile at this, because they could pretend "— and serve him, love, honour, and keep him, in sickness and in health? And forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, so long as you both shall live?"
The bit about obeying and serving aside, Zelda could get behind this. Warmth spread through her chest and she squeezed Alfred's hands again as she said, "I will."
The minister continued. "Who gives this woman to be married unto this man?"
Oh — she had not entirely prepared for this. In the absence of her father or any of her family, that left her with — Zelda broke eye contact with Alfred so she could look at Delight and raise an eyebrow.
"Miss Zelda Fisk," the minister said, sounding only a little skeptical of her name as he said it. "Will you have this man to be your wedded husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of matrimony?" They weren't talking about her God, but she'd known that when she agreed to elope, and so she didn't mind. "Will thou obey him —" Zelda bit back a wry smile at this, because they could pretend "— and serve him, love, honour, and keep him, in sickness and in health? And forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him, so long as you both shall live?"
The bit about obeying and serving aside, Zelda could get behind this. Warmth spread through her chest and she squeezed Alfred's hands again as she said, "I will."
The minister continued. "Who gives this woman to be married unto this man?"
Oh — she had not entirely prepared for this. In the absence of her father or any of her family, that left her with — Zelda broke eye contact with Alfred so she could look at Delight and raise an eyebrow.
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AMAZING set by MJ