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Chapter 35: The Declarations
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His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 36: Shadows of Blackridge
Aurora's POVI turned toward the entrance. A man stood there in the dark, his shape barely visible. I couldn't make out his face. Aridian stepped in front of me right away, blocking most of my view.The man didn't move closer. He just said, "You were never supposed to find that document."I gripped the parchment tighter against my chest. "Who are you?"He shifted slightly, letting a bit of light catch his face. I recognized him then , one of the Hawthorne estate's senior security men. But something was wrong. He wasn't holding a weapon. He looked scared out of his mind."You have minutes," he said, his voice shaking a little. "Before others get here."Neither of us trusted him. Not for a second. His eyes dropped to the succession document in my hands."If they find that in your hands," he said, "they won't let either of you leave this house."Then he was gone, swallowed back into the dark before I could ask anything else.I looked at Aridian. "Was that a threat? Or a warning?""I hone
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 35: The Declarations
Aurora's POVThe footsteps came again. Slow. Even. Moving somewhere beyond the shelves. I stepped closer to Aridian without even thinking about it. He raised one finger to his lips.We waited. The sound stopped.Silence pressed down on us, thick and heavy. Then a metallic scrape echoed through the chamber. Someone was moving boxes around, somewhere close."Stay behind me," Aridian whispered.I almost argued. Then I realized whoever it was wasn't coming toward us. They were searching. Looking for something. And from the sound of it, they hadn't found it yet.Aridian moved silently between the iron shelves, and I followed him even though he'd told me not to. At the far end of the chamber we found an open document box, its papers scattered across the stone floor like someone had gone through it in a hurry."They were just here," I whispered."Minutes ago, maybe."Under the scattered papers I found another leather-bound book, smaller than the family register. The cover read: *SUCCESSION R
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 34: The Erased Daughter
Aurora's POVI studied the photograph again under the weak beam of my flashlight. Vivian stood on the left, her face calm and steady. Beside her was a young woman I'd never seen before. At first she looked normal enough. Then I noticed the details. The same sharp cheekbones. The same dark eyes I'd seen in every Hawthorne portrait in that house. And stitched quietly into her dress, so small you'd miss it if you weren't looking, was the Hawthorne family crest.I flipped the photo over. Most of the writing on the back had faded away completely. Only two words were still readable.*Second branch.*Aridian took the photo from my hands. The second he looked at the woman's face, something changed in him."You know her," I said.He didn't answer right away."Aridian.""No," he said finally. Then, after a pause, "But I've seen that face before.""Where?"His voice dropped low. "In a photograph my grandfather kept locked away. One I wasn't supposed to find."So she wasn't connected to me at all
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 33: Silent Names
Aurora's POVWe stood in front of the iron gates of Blackridge House. Rust had eaten deep into the metal, flaking off in orange strips. Ivy climbed the stone walls in thick green ropes, swallowing the lower windows whole. Broken glass caught the light of the mist, glittering faintly like scattered teeth. The gardens had gone wild years ago nothing but thorns and dead roses now, tangled together in a mess nobody had cleared.The silence was strange. Too complete. Like the house itself was holding its breath, waiting to see what we'd do."Still want the truth?" Aridian asked quietly beside me.I kept my eyes on the dark front of the house. "Not knowing scares me more."Together we pushed the gates open. They groaned loud enough to make me flinch, the sound echoing off into the trees. We stepped through anyway.The entrance hall greeted us like a tomb. A dust-covered chandelier hung crooked above us, tilted like it had given up trying to hang straight years ago. The marble floor was crac
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 32: The Blackridge House
Aurora's POVWe stayed pressed into the hedges until the last guard's voice faded out completely. My legs were cramping from crouching so long, but I didn't dare move."Seal every entrance," one voice said, further off now."If anyone asks, the tunnels were condemned years ago."The flashlights disappeared one by one. When it was finally quiet again, I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding."Who are they really protecting?" I whispered.Aridian's answer came without hesitation. "Not the estate. Whatever's buried under it."Neither of us said it out loud, but we both knew the same thing. We were running out of time.Back in my room, I laid the old survey next to the map on my phone, side by side on my bed. I lined the edges up as close as I could.The missing section didn't match up with a house. It matched with an entire road. One that didn't exist anywhere on any map I could find, old or new.I zoomed in on the faded ink still clinging to the torn edge.*Blackridge Lane*I
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 31: The Erased Name
Aurora's POVWe stumbled out of the passage into an old storage room deep under the estate. The air was stale. Cold. Both of us stood there breathing hard, listening for footsteps. Nobody spoke for a while.I unfolded the family tree again. My hands were still shaking a little.*ERASED*"How does a whole bloodline just disappear?" I asked."By making sure nobody remembers they existed in the first place," Aridian said. His voice was low and flat.Neither of us said anything after that. The silence felt heavier than the walls around us.I looked around the room properly for the first time. Old crates stacked against one wall. Broken furniture covered in sheets. A single spider web stretched across the corner of the ceiling, catching what little light we had."We can't stay here long," Aridian said. "If they're looking for us, this is exactly the kind of place they'd check.""Give me a minute."We spread the paper out on top of an old wooden crate. Most of the family tree was still read
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 5: Beneath the Lies, We Still Said I Do
Aurora's POV Aridian’s last words echoed through the chapel like a death sentence: “Ask Alexander why he really wanted me gone all these years.”Shock froze the entire venue. The beautiful hall, once filled with joyful murmurs and the sweet scent of roses, now vibrated with stunned silence broken
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 4: The Twin's Objection
Aurora's POV The words hung in the air like a thunderclap. “I object.”The entire venue fell into a deafening silence. Hundreds of guests, dressed in their finest attire, froze mid-whisper. The beautiful church hall, adorned with cascading white roses, pink accents, and twinkling fairy lights, s
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 3: The sin I carried to the altar
Aorura's POV I stumbled out of that cursed room, my floral gown hastily pulled over my still-trembling body. The fabric felt heavy against my flushed skin, clinging to the sweat and evidence of my betrayal. My legs were unsteady, every step sending echoes of Aridian’s powerful thrusts through my
His Bride on His Twin Brother's Bed Chapter 2: Betrayed by Desire on the Eve of Vows
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