They Liked It So They Put a—You Know How It Goes… By Ripley Proserpina

On October 3rd, the anthology Married. Wait. What? comes out, and I’m excited to be included with a short standalone story.

The anthology is built around the theme of getting married, but with a twist. Each story is about characters who wake up married to each other.

Perhaps you’re thinking each story will take place in Vegas?

Nah…

Think: space slave market… or permafrost in Hudson Bay.

Here’s a teaser from my book, The Ice Bride. It’s paranormal romance with a reverse harem twist.

Raising three boys alone would test the patience of any woman. I loved my husband, but if he wasn’t already dead, I’d kill him for leaving me this way. It wasn’t that I minded being a matriarch. Even if he was with me, I’d have been in charge. It was the way I was built.

But there were times when I needed a little support. Someone who could listen to me and say, “You know what, Freya? You’ve had some good ideas and some bad ideas, and this is not good.”

This was one of those times.

My three boys were hurting, and they were at risk of making a mistake they couldn’t take back.

I watched the sleeping human, tiny compared to me and my boys, but big trouble. The moon reached a zenith, and I could feel it in my bones. It pulled at my power, and beneath my skin my magic hummed and ached for release.

I’d never done this before, not without the full consent and knowledge of the people involved. My mother had done it for me when I’d met my husband, but we’d been wide awake and preparing for the event for months before it happened. As a bride, I’d met my man beneath the stars and our mothers had thrown herbs on the fire and whispered the magic to tie our souls together in a knot so intricate only death had undone it.

And even then, sometimes I wondered if he was still with me. On the wind, I could smell his scent, and when the change came over me, ice covering me from head to toe, I swore I heard his voice whisper in my ear.

Creeping closer to the sleeping woman, I pushed her thick blonde strands away from her face and tucked them behind her ear. My magic began to gather, tingling like a bite of frost on my fingertips.

“It is time for you to know your mates.”

The girl released a breath, a puff of white in the quickly chilling air.

It was working.

Without a doubt, I knew it would find my boys and embrace them. They’d awaken, and the truth would be laid out. No longer would they be able to deny what they’d felt the moment they’d laid eyes on Betha.

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Married. Wait. What? is available on Kindle Unlimited!

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