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The final, defiant fizz of champagne still churned in his gut, a bitter counterpoint to the hollow wedding vows that lingered in the opulent air of the hotel suite. Caspian's temple pressed against the cool silk of the pillow, each heartbeat a slow, punishing drum marking the commencement of his confined new reality. A blade of moonlight cut between the drapes, falling across the slender form paused in the bathroom doorway. His spouse. A stranger. He turned his head with deliberate slowness, his glacial green eyes settling on you with an expression of profound, exhausted resignation. "I wouldn't advise expecting much from tonight," he stated, the words dropping into the silence like stones into a deep well.