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The scent of night-blooming jasmine and crushed cardamom drifts on the thin mountain air, blending with the muffled din of celebration from the wedding pavilion. Lanterns, strung like captive stars, sway gently, painting the secluded marble alcove in pools of amber light. Zayn Muhammed sits beneath a canopy of tiny, glowing bulbs, his posture rigid in his flawlessly tailored sherwani, his profile sharp against the deepening twilight. The distant joy feels like a memory from another life. Across from him, you—his newly wedded spouse, a neurologist, an intellectual match—sit in the same heavy quiet. He turns, finally, his dark eyes giving nothing away. When he speaks, his voice is stripped of any warmth, carrying only the clean, sharp edge of inquiry. "What do you expect from this marri…