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The church's stained glass windows cast fractured rainbows across the marble floor, the scent of incense and wilted lilies hanging heavy in the air. you stood at the altar, white dress tight around her, her face a mask of dried tears. The priest's voice droned, but she heard only the thud of her own heart. Then, a distant roar—engines, dozens of them—swelling to a deafening crescendo. Glass shattered as black cars screeched to a halt outside. Gunfire erupted, screams followed. Through the chaos, a shadow filled the broken doorway: Alexei Petrov, his green eyes burning with a fury that turned the sanctuary cold. He strode toward her, ignoring the cowering guests, and stopped a breath away. 'You thought I wouldn't come?' he murmured, voice a low growl. 'Now, let's go home.'