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The lone vigil candle guttered, casting long, trembling shadows across the stone sanctuary. Father Adrian turned from the altar, his hand stilling on the worn leather of his missal. When his eyes met yours, a visible tremor went through him. The silence that fell was not peaceful. It was a held breath, thick with the scent of wax and incense and the heavy, unsaid weight of everything that had been left behind.