The Life and Times Of Ralf Wylde! Chapter 13


At Dargan Castle Rachael was getting ready to leave to go to the wedding.
"I fed the baby and put him in his crib. He should stay asleep until I get back", she said.


"Don't worry so much. I know how to give him a bottle and change his diaper if he wakes up", said Vincent.


Then Rachael left to go to the wedding. All her friends and neighbors would be there. And her daughters of course. She hoped they wouldn't be able to tell she had recently had a baby by looking at her.


By the time Rachael arrived at the church, Father Sullivan was beginning the ceremony.
"Village! We are gathered here in the sight of God and His bounty of Angels to join this man and this woman in a binding of life; it is an honorable estate, ordained in Paradise, and into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be bound."


The priest's words brought back memories of when she and Edward had gotten married. It was hard to believe that she had been so young and in love back then.


As Raulin and Olivia took their vows, Rachael thought about the hopes and plans she had had for her future with Aaron.


She saw Ralf with his plate of food. The villagers must have all donated their share of food for a week to make the wedding as lavish as possible.


Alyson saw her and came over to where Rachael was standing.
She asked "Mother, why didn't you come to visit us last Sunday?"
"I wasn't feeling well and was afraid I might have something you and the others in the village would catch", she explained.
"Will you be coming to visit tomorrow?", asked Alyson.
"Lord Vincent let me miss work today to come to the wedding. I can't ask him for tomorrow off, too", she said.


Ralf came over to thank her for coming.
"I delivered the benevolences to Lord Vincent. I didn't see you around anywhere", he said.
"Lord Vincent told me you had come. I was upstairs doing my chores", she said.


"Hello Rachael", said Father Sullivan, "How is the position as Lord Vincent's housekeeper working out for you?"
"Just fine your holiness", she said, "There's plenty to do and it pays enough for me to support my girls."


"I was hoping to see the Landlord today at the wedding, but I guess he doen't mingle with the peasants", he said.
"Oh, I'm sure he would have liked to come, but he had more pressing matters that needed his attention", she said.
She couldn't very well tell the priest that Vincent was a vampire and couldn't step foot inside the church. And the pressing matter that needed his attention was their infant son.


Rachael was taken aback when she saw Caleb Fenton.


The boy was the spitting image of Ralf. Caleb even had those unusual grey eyes like Ralf's. But who was she to be wondering, if Jonathan accepted him as his own.


Raulin and Olivia left to go home.


Rachael said her goodbyes and left to go back to Dargan Castle.


She saw the newlyweds kissing outside. She hoped their life together would be a happy one.


In the village, Raulin and Olivia were given their own two-room hut. It wasn't much, but to them it was a castle.


After changing into their night clothes, Raulin picked Olivia up in his arms and took her into the bedroom.


He layed her gently onto the bed and kissed her passionalely.


They cuddled and kissed until Raulin could stand it no longer.


"Can we now Olivia", he asked.
"Yes, we've waited so long", she said.


"It was everything I had imagined it to be", she said.
"Me too", said Raulin.


The next morning Ralf was up early hanging fish. He liked to get his chores done early so he could have the rest of the afternoon . . .


To swim in the pond.




"Where you going Garath!", he called.


"My back hurts. I'm going back inside", he said. Garath had never been known to be athletic like his father and Raulin.


Ralf went out to the barn and relaxed on the haystack. The wedding yesterday made him remember when he and Sarah got married. Those were the happiest times of his life.


"Ralf, would you like some company?", asked Abra Ousby.
"Sure come on over", he said.


"What are you thinking about that's making you so sad looking?", she asked.
"The wedding yesterday made me remember how happy me and Sarah were when we was first married", he said.


"I think you should be considering taking you another wife. Ralf, I could comfort you in your time of need", said Abra.


He held her in his arms and kissed her tenderly.


"Abra, I think I better stop while I can. I wouldn't want to do anything that we would regret later", he said.
"I wouldn't regret anything I do with you", she said.
"You should go now", said Ralf.
"You know where to find me if you should change your mind", she said.



To be continued . . .