0151~Aria~For most of my life, loud sounds meant danger. A slammed door meant betrayal. A sudden phone call meant loss. Even silence had once felt like something waiting to break.But today, the bronze bells rolled through the city like something different entirely.Like celebration.Like peace finally learned how to exist without asking permission.I stood in the private room just beside the cathedral’s main hall, staring at my reflection in the tall mirror. For a moment, I didn’t recognize the woman looking back at me.The gown I wore was pure white silk, soft as water, heavy only in meaning. It flowed to the floor in a long, elegant train that spread behind me like a quiet river. My hair was pinned up carefully, held in place by a diamond tiara that once belonged to my grandmother. It wasn’t just jewelry. It felt like inheritance. Like survival.Like every woman before me had fought her own war so I could stand here without trembling.And yet…My eyes were what surprised me most.
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