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The Curse Unraveled

last update publish date: 2025-11-30 07:42:04

Gwen’s POV

As always, Adrian was the only visitor in the VIP ward we shared with Kayla. However, he had not brought doctor Liang along. As if on cue, the old doctor's call came late in the evening. Doctor Liang’s voice was sharp, almost crackling with frustration. My chest tightened as I listened, the weight of his words sinking in like lead.

“Adrian… you must understand,” Liang said, his accent thick with urgency, “Gwen’s de-hypnosis has reached a bottleneck. If she remembers all her memori
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  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    The Shareholder

    GwenFor a moment, nobody in the room seemed capable of speaking. The rain continued falling outside, tapping steadily against the windows, but inside my parents' bedroom, every sound felt distant compared to the words Adrian had just spoken. Camilla DiCarpo. The sole active shareholder.I stared at Adrian, trying to process what that meant. For years, Camilla had portrayed herself as an innocent bystander. Even when evidence began surfacing, she always positioned herself one step away from direct responsibility. She was careful. Calculated. She understood the value of distance. Yet this was not distance. This was ownership.My father was the first to recover. "Are you certain?" Adrian nodded. "I wouldn't have said it otherwise." My father sank into a nearby chair and rubbed a hand across his face. The movement made him look older than I had ever seen him. "What was she thinking?" he asked quietly. "She was thinking nobody wou

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    Ghosts of Five Years Ago

    GwenThe room seemed to shrink around us. Nobody said anything immediately after Adrian revealed that the shell company had been dissolved five years ago. The date alone was enough to make my stomach tighten. Everything always led back to five years ago. The ambush. My disappearance. The loss of my memories. The beginning of Mason's lie. The beginning of Camilla's victory. Or what she had believed was her victory.Outside, rain continued drumming steadily against the windows, but inside my parents' bedroom, every person seemed trapped inside their own thoughts. Adrian studied the information on his phone while the rest of us waited. I knew that look. I had seen it more frequently during the past few months. It was the look he wore whenever dozens of separate threads were weaving themselves together inside his mind.My father finally broke the silence. "What kind of company?" Adrian lifted his eyes. "Officially, it handled logistics and transportation." Matteo frowned. "Officially?" Ad

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    Positioning

    Gwen"I think tonight was never about escape," Adrian said quietly. "I think tonight was about positioning." The words settled over the room and seemed to linger there long after he finished speaking.I looked down at the photograph resting inside the blue gift box and felt a chill creep through me. Until that moment, part of me had assumed Camilla was reacting out of fear. The walls were finally closing in around her. My brothers were beginning to question her. My father was seeing the inconsistencies. Even my mother, who had defended her for months, was finally starting to pull away.Fear should have made Camilla retreat. Fear should have made her run. Instead, she had sent us a message. A carefully chosen photograph. A carefully chosen memory. A carefully chosen threat. The realization made me uneasy because it sounded exactly like something Camilla would do. She had never been impulsive. Cruel, yes. Obsessive, absolutely. But never impulsive. Everything she did served a purpose.M

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    The Message

    GwenNobody spoke for several seconds after Adrian read the words aloud. The silence that followed felt different from the others that had filled the villa throughout the evening. This one was heavier and sharper. It carried intent because Camilla had not sent a gift. She had sent a warning.My mother stared at the photograph as though it might suddenly transform into something less horrifying if she looked at it long enough. "It can't be..." she whispered. Her voice sounded distant and lost. My father gently took the photograph from Adrian and studied it himself.The image had clearly been taken from across the street. The angle captured the hospital entrance, the emergency department sign, and part of the parking lot beyond. At first glance it looked ordinary. Until you realized what day it represented. Until you realized who had been there. Until you understood what it meant.My father's face darkened. "Someone was watching." Nobody disagreed. My mother slowly lowered herself onto

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    The Box Upstairs

    GwenThe walk upstairs felt longer than it should have. Maybe because nobody spoke. Maybe because every person in the house was imagining a different nightmare. Or maybe because deep down, we all knew Adrian would not have reacted that way without reason.Kayla stirred lightly against my shoulder as I rose from the sofa. Immediately, Adrian glanced back. Just one look. A silent question. Can she stay asleep through this? I nodded slightly. Miguel stepped closer anyway. "If she wakes up, I'll take her." I smiled weakly. Trust Miguel to notice everything.The group moved through the villa in tense silence. My parents walked ahead. Sebastian and Matteo followed. Adrian remained near the front. Not rushing or panicking. Yet somehow moving with the unmistakable energy of a predator tracking danger.The closer we got to my parents' wing, the worse the feeling in my stomach became. My mother looked increasingly distressed. "I really didn't think it was important." Nobody blamed her. At least

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    The Name Beneath The Name

    GwenNobody spoke after that. Because there was a difference between discovering a conspiracy and discovering that the conspiracy might have another layer beneath it. A much more frightening layer.Outside, rain finally began falling again. Softly at first. Then harder against the tall windows. The sound seemed to fill the silence nobody knew how to break. My mother was the first. “What do you mean she isn't the real enemy?” Her voice sounded fragile.Adrian remained standing near the windows, calculating. The phone call from earlier was still clearly bothering him. “I didn't say she wasn't an enemy.” “Then what are you saying?” Adrian looked toward her. “Camilla is dangerous.” Simple and direct truth. “But dangerous people usually answer to someone.” The room grew quiet again.My father frowned. “You think she's working for someone?” “No.” Adrian's answer surprised everyone. Including me. “No?” “No.” His gaze hardened. “I think she started as a participant and became dependent on the

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    Breaking Out Of The Cocoon

    AdrianKayla did not let go of me when we got home. That was the first thing I noticed. Usually, exhaustion sent her inward. She curled up, tucked herself away, made herself small again, as if joy cost too much to sustain for long. However, tonight is different, though. Sh

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    Exactly What I Feared

    AdrianMiguel suggested the amusement park the way one might suggest a walk around the block.Casually, and lightly, as if he was not dropping a grenade into the center of my carefully managed existence.“No.” It left my mouth instantly, sharp and absolute. Miguel

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    Stifling Compulsion

    AdrianMiguel does not knock anymore. He has not since he came back from the Maldives and claimed the east wing like it was always his. Some habits never die. Sworn brothers don’t ask permission to exist in each other’s space.I hear his footsteps before I see him. Bar

  • A Kiss For Every Bruise    When The Body Cares Not For Logic

    AdrianHappiness comes quietly now. Not the reckless, chest-bursting kind I used to imagine love would bring, but something steadier. Controlled. Like a locked room finally filled with light instead of ghosts.Gwen and I spoke today. Not openly, never openly, but in th

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