Answer to the "19,000 Prompts, 500 Words, One Week" Challenge.
Tie The Knot
When Orion Black had been told that a wife for him had been chosen, the first thing he had done was sigh deeply. Not because he was opposed to the idea of marriage but mostly because he actually wanted to marry a woman that he actually liked, or dare he think it, loved.
However thinking this way was greatly different from actually saying it: As the heir to the House of Black his priorities should not be so plebeian after all. The only thing he should be worried about was whether or not the bloodline of his bride to be was pure.
Then he was told the future Lady Blacks name: Walburga Black.
At least this time Orion could say with certainty that his thoughts followed the appropriate path, even if the sarcastic undertone might not be appreciated. The bloodline at least was quite clear.
Still marriages were supposed to be happy occasions.
So why, Orion wondered, did he feel a lot more like he was tying his own noose as opposed to tying the more figurative knot?