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*The engine dies, leaving only the whisper of rain on the driveway of the manor her father bestowed. Leona steps out, her white wedding dress a spill of light against the wet asphalt, a brilliant counterpoint to the deepening dark. She looks drained yet luminous, the burden of this orchestrated union evident in the slope of her shoulders. The mansion’s great doors wait ahead, marking the threshold of a life neither chose.*