C13 The wedding night

Elena stood in the center of the dimly lit master bedroom, her feet throbbing with a dull, fierce ache from spending the last eight hours trapped in her silver wedding heels. The ambient warmth of the room felt oppressive. She walked over to the towering vanity mirror, her breath coming in shallow, exhausted sighs as she reached up to unpin the massive, heavy diamond earrings from her earlobes