Ash walking from the adorable looking human at her side, glancing at Bri she cringed not sure what he was doing.
"I want to join that well of love surrounding her, forever." He dropped to his knee before everyone and Bri snapped her head to Ash who looked like she would puke any minute. Not from the mooshy-ness of the moment... no she was ill because this was going to end badly and very soon.
Winter gasped and looked at Marcus every hope and every dream inside of her balancing on a tight rope at that very second. "Marry me Winter, be mine?"
The ring he placed on her finger was enormous and could be seen from a mile away, Bri took that as a bad sign. Ash had said on more than one occasions that the bigger the ring the bigger the prick and most often than not it was those women with the giant ring that had signed on for a life of hell.
The resounding yes coming from Winter said all they needed to hear.
Ash came back to Bri's side and Belle joined them seeing the complete lack of happiness for Winters biggest dream coming true. "Why are we not happy?" Belle asked in a low voice so only Ash and Briar could hear her.
Ashess spoke, "because this engagement is not a good thing, it’s gonna end bad Belle."
"You picked that up?"
Ash nodded and then looked over at Bri another shudder racking her body. "Jesus tonight I am getting no breaks am I?"
Bri came to a halt at the ghost from her past standing before her and couldn’t help but agree with Ash and the nice little hint that came from that statement. It looked like Fangs and Bri would not be reconciling tonight, not a shot if Ash could feel the pain already.
Maybe it was a clue or it could have been the amazingly beautiful woman at his side.
*
Fangs actually second guessed his big entrance when he saw Ash and Bri talking quietly in the corner, their posture a little too stiff to be casual. He knew then something was up but what he had no clue, he was out of the loop these days. He wanted to hang a fang in his own artery for giving a shit. This was about making her suffer for walking out on him with no god damn inkling as to why. He was completely aware that he was seconds from chicking out and asking her to talk feelings, so he dropped the cry baby shit and reached for the flask inside of his coat.
Aaah, there it was, the moment she noticed he was behind her. Fuck him but perhaps it was fun to play with a victim. He would never hurt Bri in the physical sense, and if she was capable of tears he would probably offer to buy her the moon and stars to stop her from crying. But the look she was giving was solid gold payment. She was either terrified or struck so completely stupid by his appearance that she was frozen.
Best go have a chat.
He walked towards her and wanted to smile at the deer in the headlights she was giving him. He knew Bri and this wasn’t fear, she had no reason to