Tarian POVI shut the door of my chamber, the ticking clock echoing in the silence of the room. I stood still for a moment, letting my eyes sweep aound.This used to be Moriah’s. It was her safe space. Our safe space.“This wedding should not have happened,” I muttered to the empty air, my voice heavy with a mix of grief and irritation.I walked over to the king-sized bed, sat on the edge, and pulled open the top drawer of the nightstand. Reaching inside, my fingers found the silver frame I kept hidden beneath a stack of documents. I pulled it out, staring down at the photograph of Moriah and me. She was laughing, her chin tilted up, her eyes bright with that fierce, unyielding light that had captivated me from the very first moment we met.Instantly, my mother’s voice echoed in my head, sharp and disapproving, repeating the same vile words she had spewed five years ago:“After everything your father and I did for you, Tarian, you went ahead and married a foreigner! A so-called femini
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