Chapter1
CHAPTER 1 — THE EMPTY ALTAR
Amara stared at the church doors.
Every few seconds, she looked at the entrance.
Daniel was supposed to be there.
Her wedding dress felt heavier with every passing minute.
“Where is he?” she whispered.
Her father looked at his watch.
Guests began murmuring.
The music had already stopped.
Five minutes became ten.
Then twenty.
Amara's hands began trembling.
Her phone suddenly vibrated.
She looked down.
One message.
Daniel: I'm sorry. I can't marry you.
Her heart stopped.
“What?”
She read it again.
Then again.
Her father noticed her expression.
“Amara, what happened?”
She couldn't answer.
She simply handed him the phone.
A terrible silence filled the room.
And then someone screamed from the back.
“Daniel is gone!”
