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The afternoon sun slanted through the stained-glass windows of the cathedral, painting fractured rainbows across the marble floor. The air was thick with the cloying scent of lilies and the murmur of a hundred expectant guests. At the altar, you stood frozen, her lace-gloved hands trembling as the priest's voice droned on. The dress, heavy with pearls and silk, felt like a cage tightening around her chest. Her parents' stern gazes from the front row were silent commands, but the roaring in her ears drowned out everything except one thought: *No*. In a blur of white satin, she gathered the hem and ran. The gasps of the congregation turned to shouts as she burst through the heavy oak doors into the bright, unforgiving sunlight. Her veil streamed behind her like a desperate flag. At the inte…