It was his voice in her mind that brought the tears to her own eyes. She stuttered out a breathy laugh that was caught somewhere in her throat, tight and barely audible, a flush rising to her cheeks at his words. Thank you.. Cordelia murmurs in response, hands finding his as she settles before him, giving them a gentle squeeze as she holds his gaze with a certainty that she's never felt over anything else in the entirety of her life.
Each word washes over her, encouraging the tears to slip freely down her cheeks now with each one that passes his lips. Cordelia swallows thickly, drawing in a deep breath, "I will. For now and into eternity." She pauses, licking her lips, eyes searching his before she squares her own shoulders and begins to speak.
"Noah Olson, son of ice and storms;
I take you in joy, delighted in the love of you, and to forsake all others. To me you are the strength of the ice that covers the Sea of Glass, the first fall of snow that mutes our steps in the forest, and the comfort that brings. You're my friend, my lover, my partner. The other half of my heart and soul. I will never part from you for as long as I live. I am yours and you are mine. On this day, I bind my family to yours happily."
Cordelia reaches for the ceremonial dagger at her belt, removing one of her gloves before reaching for his own, baring his skin to the kiss of the blade before allowing him to do the same to her own.
Each word washes over her, encouraging the tears to slip freely down her cheeks now with each one that passes his lips. Cordelia swallows thickly, drawing in a deep breath, "I will. For now and into eternity." She pauses, licking her lips, eyes searching his before she squares her own shoulders and begins to speak.
"Noah Olson, son of ice and storms;
I take you in joy, delighted in the love of you, and to forsake all others. To me you are the strength of the ice that covers the Sea of Glass, the first fall of snow that mutes our steps in the forest, and the comfort that brings. You're my friend, my lover, my partner. The other half of my heart and soul. I will never part from you for as long as I live. I am yours and you are mine. On this day, I bind my family to yours happily."
Cordelia reaches for the ceremonial dagger at her belt, removing one of her gloves before reaching for his own, baring his skin to the kiss of the blade before allowing him to do the same to her own.
Cordelia
My hand was the one you reached for all throughout the Great War
