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Nightmare [1]

Author: Self-love
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 14:18:56
Around nightfall, Elara and Lucian went to sleep as usual. As if nothing had changed.

As if she hadn’t just learned that the man beside her had once shattered into fragments of himself simply to survive the unbearable weight of his own mind.

As if the world was still simple, still predictable, and still kind.

They lay side by side beneath the soft, gray bedsheets, the faint scent of clean linen lingering in the air, the dim bedside lamp casting a warm, golden halo in the room, and making ever
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  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Lucian And Elara, The Sinners Of The Past

    Annabelle sat in the VIP section beside two of her best friends, Vivian and Celeste, both equally intoxicated by gossip, wealth, and cruelty.Vivian leaned closer first. "So it’s true?” she asked loudly over the music. “Lucian really married that girl?”Annabelle downed half her drink before answering.“Yes.”The bitterness in her voice was impossible to miss.Celeste frowned dramatically. "I still don’t understand what he sees in her.”Annabelle laughed humorlessly. “Neither do I.” But the words hurt more than she wanted to admit. Because deep down, she did understand and that was the problem.Lucian loved Elara in a way he could never love Annabelle.And she hated Elara for it. Hated her for being chosen so effortlessly despite her poor background. “They’re everywhere online,” Vivian muttered while checking her phone. “People are obsessed with them after the accident. They’re calling them some tragic romance couple now.”Annabelle’s grip tightened around her glass again.Of course

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Investigate Ten Years Ago

    The city looked different at night. It felt colder and crueler.The glittering lights outside the tall glass windows of Annabelle Kingley’s penthouse reflected against the darkness like jewels scattered across black silk, beautiful and cold all at once. From above, the streets looked tiny, insignificant, filled with people who would never understand what it felt like to lose something that was supposed to belong to you.Annabelle stood near the floor-to-ceiling window with a glass of untouched champagne in her hand, still dressed in the elegant black outfit she had thrown on after leaving the spa.Her reflection stared back at her through the glass.Perfect makeup. Perfect hair. Perfect posture. And eyes filled with poisonous thoughts.The anger inside her had not cooled. If anything, it had become worse and more dangerous.The words from those headlines still echoed inside her skull like mockery.Lucian Hale and his wife, Elara Hale.Every time she thought about it, her chest burned

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   I Hate You Elara

    The attendants exchanged nervous glances at her sudden mood shift.Neither woman dared move or even question if they could help her with anything. Annabelle barely noticed they were still there. Her mind was unraveling too quickly.Because the public never officially learned their engagement had collapsed.In society’s eyes, Annabelle was still Lucian Hale’s future wife.This meant that everyone reading those headlines right now would immediately understand what had happened.She had been replaced publicly, humiliatingly. And not by someone powerful. Not by a woman from one of the elite families.But by Elara... That girl.That insignificant little nobody who somehow stole everything Annabelle believed belonged to her.Memories crashed into her all at once.The whispers during charity galas.The women pretending sympathy while secretly enjoying her humiliation.The subtle pity in businessmen’s eyes when Lucian stopped accompanying her to events.The tension in her parents’ faces ever

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Annabelle’s Anger

    Annabelle Kingsley had always loved luxury because luxury reminded her of who she was supposed to be. Untouchable, desired, and chosen. She was not ordinary. Never ordinary. Everything around her reflected that belief with obsessive tendencies. The private spa suite occupied the highest floor of one of the most exclusive wellness clubs in the city, accessible only to elite members whose names carried enough power to open doors before they even touched them. The walls were lined with cream-colored marble veined faintly with gold, illuminated by warm recessed lighting that made everything glow softly like a dream designed for the rich. Expensive candles flickered in glass holders along the counters, releasing the scent of vanilla, lavender, and sandalwood into the air. A slow instrumental melody drifted through hidden speakers overhead, delicate piano notes blending with the faint sound of water trickling somewhere nearby. The atmosphere was designed to soothe people, to calm

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   You Are Not My Family

    Lisa stepped forward again, slower this time, more intimidating. She stopped in front of Aaron, her gaze locking onto his. “You,” she said quietly. And somehow, that was worse than shouting. “Start talking.” Aaron stiffened. For a brief second, just a second, hesitation crossed his face. Real, undeniable hesitation. Then he forced his voice steady. “We didn’t do anything.” But the words fell flat. Even he didn’t believe them. Lisa’s brow lifted slightly, her expression sharpening. “Oh?” she said softly. “So she just ended up like this on her own? Why does she look more distraught now? She wasn’t like this when we left her earlier.” She didn’t need to point. The slight tilt of her head toward Elara said everything. Elara’s eyes widened and she pointed at herself. When did she look distraught? Lucian looked at her and shook his head slightly, indicating that she should just watch another show. Elara was stunned and she tried to hide her smile and gave in to the act of acting

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Don't You Ever Get Tired?

    BACK AT THE HOSPITAL Marjorie stepped forward too quickly, and that alone said everything. Panic was already creeping in beneath her carefully maintained composure because she could feel the situation slipping beyond her control, unraveling faster than she could contain it. The shift in her expression happened almost instantly, her features softening with practiced sweetness, her eyes glistening just enough to appear emotional without losing control completely. She looked... Fragile, heartbroken, and convincing. The kind of performance perfected over years of manipulation. She reached for Seraphina’s hands like she was searching for comfort, for understanding, for sympathy she had no right to ask for. “A-After everything…” she began softly, her voice trembling at exactly the right moments. “After everything we’ve done for Elara… I found her starving, abandoned… I begged to take her in… I raised her, protected her, loved her like my own…” Every word flowed too smoothly, too

  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Please Don't Go!

    They were all enjoying the dinner until everything stopped. There was no crash of shattered glass, no scream slicing through the air, no theatrical gasp or collapsing body to draw immediate alarm. There was only a fracture. A disruption in rhythm. Elara moved to pick another food, but froze an

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  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   I'm Lucky To Have You

    Elara stiffened faintly and her hands tightened around him. "Not just important to our family," he added quietly. "Potentially to the country itself. It's... really significant." Her heart sank with such a revelation. "He can't just not attend," Lucian continued gently. "That's impossible, baby.

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  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   Promises

    The moment the bedroom door closed behind them, the world fell silent. Lucian felt something inside him lock. Like a bolt sliding into place. No one else gets past this door. That was for sure, and for whatever he had in mind. The noise died instantly with the door closed, but his vigilance didn'

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  • The Bride They Sacrificed: Reborn To Love And Kill   The Business Deal Is Important

    Elara sat frozen in her chair. Her fingers were still lightly wrapped around her fork, though she hadn't taken a bite in several minutes. The dizziness had passed, but the aftershock of it remained, like cold water clinging to her bones. She didn't tell anyone. She just couldn't. Because when th

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-29
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