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=nt +*\%Ki(ng, Silvan. He's made up [his% mind and ha- )+s`.+ ma_*rk++!ed ^\her +)as his. On Be] lla!'s+* wedd? );ing da] ?_y, he cras$
hes the cer?emony and declar^es [:%he+\r his in* front^ of@ !_ev[eryon :#e. Despe[? rate to escape this possessive mons,+ter,_+ B@-el*[la de ci^des to run away wi th h!`:#er childhoo d sweetheart. But to he.*=r shock, the%, man she trusts most betrays her and of f *er:s her up as $!a sa*]c ]rific: !e. % Betray.. ed, hunted, an,*d on the,% edge.- of[ death, t(^;he man she once f]@(ear _ed most becomes the o([!nly one l!e!ft% pr+-%.ote.\ctin(g h!#e @r.