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The cathedral air hung heavy with stifled dreams. You stood at the altar, bound by duty to a stranger, while your gaze locked onto Jacob—the priest officiating your own surrender. His brown eyes, usually warm, were red-rimmed and desperate. As a tear traced your cheek, he broke protocol, his gloved hand reaching out across the sacred space, voice trembling with a forbidden promise.