Lies & Vows

"Till death do us part." We both parroted the words of the priest without emotion, our gazes locked in a silent battle, ignoring the cheer of the congregation who had come to witness this façade.

What is going through that mind of yours? I stared unflinchingly into those ink-black eyes. Is he already devising a means to end me permanently? Or will he be more creative, torture maybe?

He seemed too calm to just go along with this arrangement, for someone who is known to always get his way.

"Hello, husband," I smirked, needing to rile him up a bit.

"Hello to you, wife," he replied in a deep, gruff voice with a devilish smirk.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife," the priest announced, sealing my marriage to the devil.