Bound to a Serpent

That year, I fell ill with a mysterious disease that no one could cure. Until one night, under the blood moon, my family was all lit up for a celebration. From that moment on, I gained an invisible husband. It was also then that my mother, looking grave, warned me to remain devoted to my husband and keep my distance from other men, or it would bring disaster. At the age of nineteen, I broke that vow, and he... appeared.