Lunae and the Wolf’s Deception

A Ring

A ring of fate

Tried and true

To seal a man

She barely knew

A vow was made

By sunset’s glow

Husband and wife

To hide her woes

She left her home

To sail the seas

A free heart

For a captain to seize

 Prologue

Some might call me crazy after what I had done, and I couldn’t really blame them. When word would get out around the village, I was sure everyone would be whispering even more than they already had.

“Did you hear about Lunae?”

“Of course. Lying about marrying that no-good tradesman.”

“Well, sure, he was no good and we all knew that, but I meant what she did last night.”

“Ay, what’s she done?”

“Nothing, except marrying a man she’d just met and making off with him this very morning.”

Yes, word would travel fast, and I’d have no one to blame but myself. With everything I had done and the consequences of those actions, there was little I could say to defend myself. Which is why I had taken up with Captain Bjorn at the first opportunity. My mind jumped back to the conversation that brought me to this point.

“I apologize, Miss Lunae. The only arrangements I can make are for the captain’s wife, and she does not yet exist.”

“Then make me a captain’s wife.”

Anyone in my position would have done the same. At least, that was what I continued to tell myself. And if that wasn’t true, then I tried to ignore the fact as best I could.

Either way, it was done now, and I was a married woman, just as I had always longed to be. It was what Gray would not give me until he was forced, and it was what this sea captain had given me the moment I asked for it. I couldn’t decide whether that was a good thing or not. Only time would tell how this would play out.

So, as we stood with one another exchanging vows, there was hope in my eyes and kindness in his. Perhaps it wasn’t a love match, but it was the best I was going to get. I would work aboard the ship, and in the end, we could become friends.

This was what my life held for me, I was certain of that. A marriage of friendship was better than none at all.

Or was it?