Night wrapped its hush around the wedding house — outside, the world slept under a canopy of fairy lights gone dull after too many blessings. Inside Siya’s room, her lamp flickered soft gold over a girl who had lost sleep to a man who promised to steal her sins, drop by drop.
She sat cross-legged on her bed, hair loose, a thin cotton kurta brushing her bare thighs. Every tick of the clock made her heartbeat stumble — was he really coming? Would he dare?
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