the chapel stood at the edge of the old cemetery where the mist rolled thick and the moon hung like a pale coin in the sky the guests had arrived long ago though none had spoken a word in hours they sat still in their pews faces hidden beneath dusty veils the air heavy with the scent of wilted roses
lila walked down the aisle her white gown brushing against cracked stone her groom waited at the altar pale handsome and smiling faintly just as he had the night he died
the organ played by itself keys pressing down with ghostly precision when she reached him he took her trembling hand cold as the grave
i do she whispered
i did he replied
and as their vows echoed through the hollow chapel the guests rose bones creaking to applaud outside the bells tolled midnight sealing their eternal union beneath the earth
some say if you pass that chapel on halloween night you can still hear their wedding song and see two shadows dancing forever bound by love and death
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