PART 2
Carefully, I lifted the tiara from the box.
With slow, deliberate movements, I placed it directly onto my bare head.
It was cold.
Heavy.
Magnificent.
For the first time that day, I did not look like a woman trying to hide what she had survived.
I looked like a queen who had walked through battle and refused to kneel.
I did not give Chloe another word.
I simply turned and left the bridal suite, the diamonds catching the chandelier light as I walked down the hallway. Weddings
When I reached the grand entrance of the cathedral, Chloe saw me and gasped, both hands flying to her mouth.