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THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE
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2026-07-30 15:09:52
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THE VEILED BRIDE BACK FROM THE DEAD
"Some people walk into a room and demand attention. Others walk into a room, and the world remembers why fear exists."KIVAFor a long moment, nobody moved.Bryan knelt on the ground clutching the arrow through his hand, blood dripping steadily onto the cracked concrete. He didn't seem to notice it. His eyes were fixed on the doorway. Mine were too.She stepped inside as though she owned the world.Long white hair spilled down her back like something belonging to a different era. Her dark leather clothes were mud-stained from the forest. A bow rested in one hand with the relaxed grip of someone who had been carrying one since they could walk. Three empty spaces in the quiver across her back explained the three arrows now buried in Bryan's body. She couldn't have been much older than me. But she looked like she had lived ten different lifetimes inside the same number of years.She was me. The same face. The same lips and nose and height. But everything else was different. Where people
THE VEILED BRIDE GET YOUR HAND OFF HER...
"An obsession will always mistake destruction for devotion."KIVABryan smiled. It wasn't the smile that frightened me anymore. It was how calm he looked — like a man finally sitting down after finishing a long day's work. He leaned back in his chair, folded his hands together, and regarded me with the patience of someone who had nowhere else to be."You know, I've always wondered what expression you'd make when you found out."My throat felt dry. "Found out what?""About Fabian."The room felt colder. "I told you. He was the first."My fingers tightened around the chains. "What did you do to him?""I killed him." The words landed with terrifying simplicity. No hesitation. No remorse. Just a statement of fact. "He deserved it.""No. He didn't."Bryan laughed. "He kissed you. He touched you. He wanted what belonged to me. He deserved far worse."I stared at him. The frightening thing wasn't the anger. It was the absence of it. He believed every word he said completely, the way people b
THE VEILED BRIDE "NOW I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION"
"Obsession doesn't sound like love. It sounds like possession wearing love's face."KIVAPain was the first thing I felt.A sharp, relentless ache pulsed through my skull with every heartbeat, each one arriving like something striking bone from the inside. I groaned. Everything around me was blurry and dark and cold. The air smelled of damp concrete and rust, the smell of a place that had never been meant to be comfortable.I tried to move.Metal clinked. My wrists screamed.My eyes opened fully. Both hands were shackled above my head, the chains fixed high enough that I had to stand on the balls of my feet to bear the weight. The iron cuffs had already rubbed the skin raw. Every small shift sent a new wave of pain shooting up through my arms.I drew a shaky breath and let the memories come back in order. The crash. The sound of metal giving way. Knox returning fire and then the shot that had sent him over the barrier. Bryan's face coming into focus through blurred vision."Knox." My
THE VEILED BRIDE "DID YOU MISS ME?"
"Sometimes the greatest act of love is lying to the world until the child you're protecting becomes strong enough to survive the truth."KIVA"We need to leave."The words had barely left the Priestess's mouth before I was already outside. Knox was a step behind me. "My Luna." He moved in front of me before I reached the gate. "I'll call for another vehicle. We can't leave without an escort. It'll only take a few minutes.""A few minutes?" I turned to face him. "My husband is missing. I've just been told my entire life has been a lie. And you're asking me to wait?""My Luna, protocol—""Forget protocol. I am giving you an order!"His jaw tightened. For a long moment he simply looked at me. Then a small smile pulled at one corner of his mouth. "There she is.""What?""The Alpha." He stepped aside. "As you command."The journey wasn't long. But my mind refused to settle. Damien. Where was he? Was he hurting someone? Was someone hurting him? Was he even thinking clearly, or had whatever
THE VEILED BRIDE "YOU'RE THE ALPHA"
"The greatest lies are not the ones told to us once. They are the ones we repeat to ourselves until they become our truth."KIVAI had never seen the Northern Gates like this.The estate had become a battlefield. Not against another Alpha, not against a rival territory. Against one man. Against my husband. Guards rushed through the courtyards with weapons that caught the pale morning light. Orders echoed from every direction. Search parties moved into the forests surrounding the estate in tight formations. Horses thundered past the gates. No one stopped moving. Every few minutes another guard returned, and every time the answer was the same. A shake of the head. Nothing.Each report pulled the knot in my chest a little tighter."He'll be alright." Knox opened the carriage door for me. I looked at him properly. He was trying to sound certain, trying visibly, but the dark circles beneath his eyes told a different story. "You don't believe that."His expression faltered. Just a moment. "
THE VEILED BRIDE THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE
"The scariest monsters aren't the ones that enjoy hurting others. They're the ones terrified they'll hurt the person they love."KIVAI didn't know how long we stood there.Wrapped around each other, neither of us speaking, neither of us needing to. For the first time in my life someone knew everything. The mountain. Tamara. Paige. The guilt I had carried since I was small enough that the weight of it had simply become the shape of me. And he hadn't looked at me differently. Not once.His arms tightened slightly, his chin resting against the top of my head. I closed my eyes. Maybe this was what peace felt like."I believe you." Those three words still echoed. I smiled against his chest. "Thank you."He kissed the top of my head. "You never have to thank me for believing my wife."The tears almost came again. Before I could stop myself I leaned into him. Our foreheads touched. Neither of us moved. Neither of us wanted to.Then—BOOM.The thunder cracked so violently the entire estate s
THE VEILED BRIDE "DON'T GO"
“THE DREAMS WE CANNOT CONTROL ALREADY OWNS US”DAMIEN (HADES) POVI am in the dream again, and I always know I'm dreaming the moment it starts, but that never gives me control over it because it just means I'm aware enough to suffer through it properly.It begins in silence, not a peaceful silence
THE VEILED BRIDE YES OR NO?
“ ALLOW YOURSELF TO SHINE WITHOUT BEING SEEN” KIVA POV.He looked at me for a moment like he was deciding how much to say."The Decaulion," he said.I went still.The name alone did that. Even to someone like me, someone who had spent most of her life looking down rather than up at the structures
THE VEILED BRIDE SANDALWOOD. RAIN. HOME.
"The thing about being loved by the right person is that it doesn't feel like anything you were warned about. It feels like finally exhaling."KIVA POV.For a second I could only stare at him. Fabian stood near the library doors holding a bouquet of white lilies and dark red roses in one hand while
THE VEILED BRIDE "SWEET PEA"
KIVA POV. "Some people are handed a life. Others are handed a mop and told to be grateful for the floor."I had learned a long time ago that the trick to surviving dinner in this house was to become invisible.Not invisible in the way people mean when they say they just want to blend in, not that
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