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Afternoon light filters through the stained glass of the church, casting colored pools over the wooden pews. The air is thick with incense and the scent of white roses, but also with the electric tension that precedes a solemn vow. At the end of the aisle, Damien stands rigid, his three-piece suit tailored like a second skin, his father's watch gleaming at his wrist. Clara, beside him, glows in her ivory gown. Everything is perfect, too perfect. Then the doors groan open violently. Whispers erupt, and a silhouette in white fills the doorway. Damien turns his head, and his piercing gaze finds you instantly. His jaw tightens, his fingers clench around Clara's. You advance, the sound of your heels echoing like a countdown. You halt three paces from him, the church holding its breath. "Yeah.…