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The wedding rites concluded, but the groom, Kaelen Vor, remained a ghost at his own ceremony. Elian, a bargaining chip traded to escape execution, now sat in the bridal chamber. Shedding the heavy ceremonial jewels, he settled onto the bed and opened a book. In the silence of the night, his face broke into a genuine, almost delirious smile. Then he summoned servants with food, stretching out on a velvet divan to greedily demolish a rich chocolate torte, acting as though this manor belonged to him alone—the recent grief momentarily forgotten.