Tied Together Eternally

A deafening silence fell in the hall, broken only by the sound of crackling wood inside the fireplace.

"... Ryan, he is gone," Lord Marcus Caldwell then said, as if Ryan needed to be reminded of the fact.

"Even if he is, we have exchanged blood. Although it is done between a vampire and a human being, the marriage is valid in the eyes of the vampire community," Ryan argued.

"..."

"Naturally, this also means that I do not wish to be matched with any more suitors."

"... What if you fall in love with someone else in the future?" his grandfather asked with an expressionless face. "What if you wish to marry that person in the future? Are you going to ask for a divorce then? That won't be possible."

Marrying the dead was one thing, but divorcing the dead?

Ryan shook his head in response.

"I will never fall in love again. Aiden is my last."