Chapter 13-Of weddings and new dangers
Me: This is the last chapter of Frosty Roses formally known as Roses In the Ice. Please look for the third set in the quartet this Monday :Black Silk Masquerade. The fourth and final part of this quartet will be called Reverse of Reverse .No release date as of yet. And I'd once more like to thank my co -author, Andy. E Orian for your help and support. Thank You sooo much! Now on to the last chapter!
The next three weeks were busy ones for everyone at the temple .Especially Cassie .She was pushed, pulled, and yanked in just about every direction She had to try on dresses, sit for her hairstyling and numerous other things .All in all ,she would've been driven nuts if it weren't for Nick. When things would get too much the two of them would duck out into the forest were the rest of the girls wouldn't dare to follow them.
At last ,everything had come full circle. Three weeks had passed and it was her wedding day. Cassie had to sit through another painful styling without Nick, who had mysteriously disappeared .Cassie sat and sighed heavily .She missed Kurama terribly. She had hardly seen him over the past three weeks and frankly it was driving her nuts! The girls had finally finished her makeup and helping her into her dress. Cassie's dress was pure white silk with gemstones and bows in all the right places .She stood up and twirled around in her dress once and then set to the task of doing her hair like a medieval princess. Her hands were shaking terribly out of nervousness. She tried twice to do her hair and failed miserably As she reached up to try a third time. A hand stopped her. It was Nick! "Here Cassie let me do it." she said .With Nick's experience it was done in no time. "why are you shaking so much?" Nick questioned as she helped Cassie adjust her tiara and put her veil on. "What do you expect Nick?" "I'm getting married in a few minutes !" Nick laughed and said " Well I guess that's to be expected" .Suddenly Nick jumped up and said " oops I'd better get out there!" "I'm supposed to lead everyone else in!" She dashed out the door closing it behind her ,just to make sure Kurama wouldn't try to sneak a peak at Cassie before the wedding . She didn't need to worry though. Kurama was tied up at the moment so to speak..
"Kurama will you hold still?" Hiei said exasperatedly for the millionth time that day. Said kitsune sighed angrily and stood still as Hiei adjusted his corsage for the second time. Kurama stepped forward and looked in the mirror .His gi looked better than usual. It was made of forest green silk and there was a sliver fox stitched into the design. He looked at his hair once more and breathed a s sigh of relief. Kuroune came up and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong partner? " "you're getting married to the girl of your dreams in about two minutes. Speaking of which ,we'd better take our places . The wedding's about to start!" he exclaimed running out of the room ,dragging Kurama with him.
Cassie took a deep breath and took her place next to Hiei at the back of the walkway. Sakura came up behind her and picked up the end of her train "you ok Cassie ?" she asked with concern. "yes Sakura I'm fine." she replied ,her voice shaking. She could see everyone up at the other end of the room.. Andromeda in her little flower girl out fit, Perseus in his little ring bearer costume, Nick was in a dress {a/n wow} Kuroune was in a navy blue gi with a silver belt and was currently ogling Nick who he'd never seen in a dress in this lifetime and last but certainly not least was Kurama in his green gi. Well let's just say Cassie's jaw hit the floor and snapped back up to her face as she was nudged gently by Hiei and she started walking towards the altar.
Before she knew it, she had said "I do "And Kurama had pulled her veil up off her face, Their lips locked for like 5 minutes in one of the most passionate kisses he'd ever given her. They would've taken it to another level ,but they were stopped by Kuroune and Nick pulling them apart saying "enough .It's time to dance."
The newly married couple were granted the first dance by the band. The song just so happened to be "My Immortal" by Evanescence.
"I'm so tired of being here Suppressed by all my childish fears And if you have to leave I wish that you would just leave Cause your presence still lingers here And it won't leave me alone These wounds won't seem to heal This pain is just too real There's just too much that time can not erase When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me You used to captivate me by your resonating light Now I'm bound by the life you left behind Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me These wounds won't seem to heal This pain is just too real There's just too much that time can not erase When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone But though you're still with me I've been alone all along When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me"
Then once that song was finished there were other various songs that played but Cassie chose to sit down for most of the dance. That was a good thing as she suddenly got a hold of Kurama and pointed out the fact that Hiei was dancing with Rose. Soon everyone knew but no one really cared. Everyone had a good time at the wedding .Cassie still couldn't shake the feeling like something was going to happen to Nick. There was nothing she could do as Nick departed for her dragon den in the Makai to wait out her 24 hour transformation. Nick's last words to Cassie were "Don't let my little problem ruin your wedding Cassie. I'll be back when you get back from your honeymoon with Kurama. Have fun!" she said before she stepped through the portal and little did she know right into a trap..
Preview of Black Silk Masquerade..
Briing ..Briing.. Who 'd be calling me this early? Cassie thought as she reached over to get her cell phone off the table ..No one ever called her cell except for emergencies ,so it must be important. "Hello? Cassie asked sleepily "Cassie something's happened" It was Genkai. Cassie went pale as she listened to Genkai's words. "Right I understand . We'll be right home." She hung up the phone and reached over to wake up her still sleeping husband. "Kurama? " she said He woke up and looked at her sleepily wondering what could be so important to be up this early. "Kurama we're going to have to cut our trip short .Something's terribly wrong. It's been five days since Nick vanished into the Makai and she still hasn't returned .Hiei already is out looking for her. We need to get back to the temple right away." As she prepared to leave ,Cassie knew that whatever had hurt her friend would pay dearly for it. .But what was it? It had to be something extremely strong to hurt Nick…
Me: well I hoped you liked chapter 13 of Frosty Roses. That's it for book one of the series. Cancun Roses will be finished either tomorrow or Sunday followed up by number three getting started on Monday! Til Later everyone Ja Ne ! Luv ya all -Yoko's princess