Owen Black is an Aster House photographer whose inherited service debt keeps trying to turn him from witness into groom.
Best for Aster House, wedding contracts, debt vows, consent records, and slow-burn trust under beautiful pressure.
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Mara Voss recognizes the burned first-dance lyric as a vow cue she helped install before Aster House started using it on real people.
Selene Ward insists the burned lyric is ceremonial while waiting for Owen to repeat the line where Aster House can record it.
Mara Voss knows the quiet badge channel belongs to runaway brides, and Owen may be the first groom it tries to save.
Selene Ward offers to restore Owen's quiet badge record only if Mara gives up the runaway channel built into Aster House.
