The Ghost's Bride
In the quiet, scholarly life of Emma Carter, a young college student with a passion for the mystic and unexplained, reality and fantasy blur in a dream that refuses to fade with the morning light. One night, plunged into a dreamscape shrouded in mist and mystery, she finds herself in an ancient, moonlit ceremony, marrying a stranger with eyes like the void. His voice, a cold whisper tethering her to him, declares her his wife with an authority that brooks no argument, binding her to a fate she cannot understand. "Now that you have taken the vow, you are my wife! You can never escape in this life!" he proclaims, setting the stage for a story that weaves through the threads of dreams and reality.
As days pass, the dream repeats, each night drawing her deeper into the enigmatic world of her nocturnal husband, Lance —a spirit ancient beyond measure, whose heart has long been closed to the world of the living. Emma's days become haunted by memories of their dreamt nuptials, the enigmatic words he spoke, and a compelling pull towards him she can neither explain nor resist. With each dream, the boundary between her waking life and the night’s embrace blurs, leaving her to question the nature of her reality.
Lance bound by the chains of time and thirst, finds in Emma a light he thought lost to his world. Bound to him by a dream, she becomes an obsession, a beacon calling him to break the shackles of his own making. However, this union is not without its dangers.
Caught in the storm of her own feelings and the darkness of a world she never imagined could be real, She must navigate her way through this labyrinth of love. As she delves deeper into Lance world, she discovers that her dreams may not be as ephemeral as they seem. The bond they share ties her to him in ways that are both a curse and a blessing, a source of strength and a perilous weakness.
As she embraces her role in Lance's life, she faces the challenge of reconciling the life she knows with the dark, enthralling world into which she has been thrust. Her journey is one of self-discovery, love, and the fight to maintain her agency in a world where ancient rituals and unbreakable vows threaten to define her existence.
GothChick · Fantasi
