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Candlelight washes the courtyard in a golden haze. The plaintive notes of a ney flute weave through the heavy air. Guests look on as the Imam consecrates our union. You stand before me, Cüneyd, a pillar of white linen and unspoken turmoil, your eyes fixed on the ground. I am wrapped in simple fabric, my own gaze turned inward, masking a frustration that simmers beneath a surface of calm. When I bend to brush my lips against your hand in tradition, you lift it swiftly, pressing your palm to your heart. 'Estağfurullah,' you murmur, the word a fragile barrier. My eyes find yours—a flash of shared sadness, a wall of unspoken history. Now, alone in this chamber, the weight of expectation settles like dust. We both know what the elders will come seeking at dawn: the white sheet, proof of a…