Chapter 20

The guests were all abuzz with excitement and anticipation of an impromptu wedding ceremony.  The only guest not in attendance was Lilith.  Jason was missing amongst the crowd, but, then, I didn’t consider him a guest.  He was family, after all.  It was just as well that he wasn’t kept abreast of what was happening.  I wouldn’t put it past him to challenge Lance right there in the middle of the ceremony.

Even though I came from a time where pre-marital sex was accepted.  Loose sexual behavior was still frowned upon.  The fact that I’d been sleeping with one brother while bonded by a marriage contract to another being openly discussed by strangers was completely humiliating.  I hated Jason Northrup for playing such a dirty trick on me.  I hated him even more for going public with it.  I hoped that my sudden wedding totally destroyed his plans and knocked him right on his ass.

Lance was waiting at