The ceremony passed quickly. Roman was correct, Katie barely had to do anything except stand silently by his side. Perhaps he'd paid off the priest, or maybe he really did have this kind of power in the area, but no one seemed surprised or dismayed when the bride said nothing during her wedding ceremony. He lifted her veil at the appropriate time and took her lips in a chaste kiss that felt strangely obscene given his treatment of her earlier, and his semen still slick between her thighs. Then, he held her hand while she signed the register and placed his name boldly next to hers. And, just like that, they were married.
Katie looked up at him in stunned disbelief. He had actually done it. This man that she'd known for more than half of her life had taken her in marriage without her consen
