Lahat ng Kabanata ng Veil Of A Secret Vow: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

“You keep reaching for me too.”The words settled softly between them while Elyra’s fingers remained wrapped lightly around Zevarion’s wrist.Neither moved.The fire crackled quietly beside them while rain tapped against the windows, surrounding the room with warmth and silence.And suddenly......everything between them felt dangerously fragile.Because they were no longer pretending this was only attraction.Not anymore.Elyra slowly looked up at him, her heartbeat painfully uneven.“I think we passed the stage of denying things,” she whispered softly.A faint pause followed.“Yes.”The calm certainty in his voice shook her again.God.He accepted this so openly now.Like fighting his feelings had stopped mattering completely.Zevarion’s thumb brushed lightly against the inside of her wrist where she held him.Tiny movement.Still enough to send warmth through her chest instantly.“You know what’s terrifying?” Elyra murmured quietly.“What?”“You always seem so certain.”His gaze so

The rain continued long into the evening.The estate had settled into a comfortable silence after Victor's dramatic exit, but Elyra found herself unable to focus on anything.Not the investigation.Not the stolen records.Not the mystery surrounding Zevarion's family.Her thoughts kept returning to one thing.Him.Which was becoming a serious problem.She sat in the library with an open book in front of her, pretending to read.Pretending very badly.After staring at the same page for nearly ten minutes, she finally sighed and closed the book."You're not reading."Elyra jumped slightly.She looked up.Zevarion stood in the doorway.Of course.It was becoming ridiculous how easily he found her now.A faint smile appeared on his lips."I was.""You haven't turned a page."Traitor.She narrowed her eyes."You watch me too much."His expression softened."Yes."The answer came so naturally that her heart immediately betrayed her.Dangerous man.Zevarion walked inside and sat across from

For several seconds, nobody spoke.The priest was supposed to be dead.That fact echoed through the dining room like a warning.The rain had stopped sometime during the night, and sunlight now streamed through the tall windows, but suddenly the morning felt much colder.Victor was the first to break the silence."No."Everyone looked at him.He pointed at the letter."No. Absolutely not."Elyra frowned. "What do you mean?""I mean people who are supposed to be dead should stay dead. It's less stressful for everyone."Despite the tension, Damien rubbed a hand over his face."That's not how reality works."Victor looked offended."It should."Zevarion ignored both of them and looked down at the letter again.His expression remained calm.Too calm.Elyra recognized that look now.The calmer he appeared, the more seriously he was thinking."Read it," she said softly.His eyes lifted to hers immediately.Always immediately.Then he nodded.The room fell silent as he unfolded the letter onc

The rest of the journey felt different after the encounter at the café.Heavier.The old man's warning lingered in everyone's mind.Trust what people do. Not what they say.Even Victor had become unusually quiet.Which honestly worried everyone.The mountains rose higher around them as the road twisted through dense forests and rocky cliffs.Dark clouds gathered overhead.By late afternoon, a light mist had settled across the landscape.The monastery finally appeared just before sunset.And for a moment....nobody spoke.Saint Gabriel's Monastery stood on the edge of a mountain ridge overlooking a deep valley.Ancient stone walls rose from the fog.Tall towers stretched toward the darkening sky.Weathered stained-glass windows reflected the fading sunlight.The place looked beautiful.And unsettling.Like a secret buried inside the mountains.Victor stared through the windshield."Nope."Damien sighed."We're already here.""I know."Victor pointed at the monastery."That's exactly wh

The room felt frozen.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The journal lay open on the table between them like a loaded weapon.The traitor is closer than you think.Seven words.Seven simple words that had shattered everything they thought they knew.Elyra read the sentence again.Then again.Hoping she had misunderstood.She hadn't.The list of names beneath it was impossible to ignore.Every guardian family was there.Every founding family.Every family connected to the monastery.Except one.The Fernandez family.Zevarion's family.The silence became unbearable.Victor stared at the page.Damien looked troubled.Father Benedict had gone pale.And Zevarion......Zevarion remained completely still.His eyes never left the journal.For the first time since Elyra had met him, she couldn't read his expression.Not at all.That frightened her.Because Zevarion always controlled his emotions.Always.If he looked this shocked, the truth had struck deeper than anyone realized.Father Benedict fina