Chapter 27: Chapter 27: CAPTIVE BRIDES

"I'm sorry about last night," Adelaide whispered as they stood watching the wedding ceremony.

Chief Long Knife looked down, acknowledging he had heard Adelaide but he didn't respond.

Adelaide slipped her hand in his, "I missed you holding me last night," she confessed just above a whisper.

He had guessed as much, waking up to her plastered against his back. His eyes twinkled a moment, although his features maintained a neutral expression inclining more towards a scowl.

"I couldn't help it! That was barbaric and disgusting and cruel what you did yesterday and there is no way I was going to cuddle with you after..."

But you did anyway…

He missed what she said next, her voice climbing above a whisper in her frustration.

"But then I realized you act like a savage because you haven't been taught any better. Well, we are going to remedy that."

"We'll speak of this later," he eventually replied.