Chapter 43

I walked slowly through the center of the guests to meet with Brayan. He had a charming smile on and I smiled in return.

He held his hands out for me and I took it. We were now standing beside each other and the crowd cheered.

“You look beautiful” he whispered in my ears and I blushed.

“You look handsome too” I returned the compliment. Gwyneth moved towards us and the other women followed. They each had small clay plates in their hands.

The guests went silent. The final ritual was about to start. The women moved silently around us, holding the plates to their chests.

They hummed a traditional tune and we just stood still.

“Hold both hands” Gwyneth commanded and he took both of my hands. We were facing each other, his eyes still looking down at me.

The humming continues until I started to feel strange.

The women stopped and in a single file, they walked over to his family, handing each of them a clay pot. His family came in a single line too, and repeated the same thing the women h