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Chapter 54: Ceremony Preparations Begin

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Roselyn

The seamstress circles me like a vulture examining carrion.

"Arms up, dear," she says, her voice falsely cheerful. I raise my arms mechanically, and she pulls the measuring tape around my waist. "Oh my. You've lost more weight. The gown will need to be taken in again."

"Sorry," I mumble, because that's what I'm supposed to say.

"No apologies necessary." She jots notes on her parchment. "Brides often lose their appetite before the big day. Nerves, you know."

It's not nerves. It's the hollow ache where my soul used to be, the one that's been growing since I left Stark sleeping by the river three days ago. But I can't tell her that.

The fitting room buzzes with activity. Three servants arrange fabric samples across tables, debating the merits of silk versus satin. Two more polish silver candlesticks until they gleam. Through the window, I see workers constructing wooden arches for the ceremony, hanging garlands of winter roses.

Seven days. Seven days until I stand before the pac
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