The Ghost Bride

I had too much left unfinished—my soul was full of unfulfilled desires and yearnings.

 



My heart was too full, my thoughts a storm of paper fragments.




For all who have seen ghosts and spirits are marked with a stain...




Haunted, I chafe at the tight orbit of mahjong parties that I once thought so glamorous, and glance over my shoulder for wind and shadows, yearning for the forbidden.

 



When Er Lang comes for his answer, I will tell him that I've always thought he was a monster. And that I want to be his bride.