The priest began speaking, but I couldn’t look away from Evren. His words became a blur, and I barely managed to speak the words he asked of me. But Evren was steady and sure. He was the rock against which I crashed, and he held me firm in his gaze as he lifted a simple gold band in his fingers and slipped it over my own. He handed another to me, and I repeated the act on him with trembling fingers and a full heart. “You are bound in this world and the one beyond.” The priest spoke
