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I wanted to rip the mask off, to let him see the monster and the woman, and to lose myself in the heat of his embrace. But as his fingers moved toward the silk ribbons at the back of my head, a cold splash of reality hit me. I am a murderer, I reminded myself. I am an impostor in a dead girl's palace. He is a man of the South, a man of secrets. If I let him see me—truly see me—I would lose the only armor I had left. The power of my eyes was my greatest weapon, but my mask was my greatest shield. Just as his fingers brushed the knot of the ribbon, I grabbed his wrist. My grip was unnaturally strong, fueled by the desperation of a cornered animal.

"Do you take this woman to be your wife, to stand by her through thick and thin?" "I do," the man said, his voice muffled by the mask. The guests whispered in awe. Howard Larson, the Larson family's big shot, was so in love with me that he would not let a bad cold stop our big day. He did not want to disappoint me. "Wait a second." The man's eyes darted around, and his forehead was dotted with sweat. I smiled and asked, "Howard, you're looking a bit pale. Too busy with the wedding to remember your medicine?"

Act. Pretend you’ve never been here. Conceal the memories you suffered in this place. Pretend you’re just a girl from the countryside—warm and sunny in personality. Innocent, but not foolish. Brave, yet tactful. Enduring, but unwilling to tolerate injustice. That would be the mask I am going to wear. Danice lifted her head, smiled shyly, and said, “Thank you for your warm welcome.” The maids and butler smiled back, kind and welcoming on the surface. But only Danice knew the truth hidden behind those smiles.

Instead— A shadow appeared inside the falling dust. Then another. Then hundreds more. Unlike the faceless shadows Adrian had seen before... These wore broken masks. Each mask carried a different expression. Joy. Fear. Anger. Sorrow. Hope. Every emotion humanity had ever known. Yet beneath every mask... There was only darkness. The Stranger whispered, "They are the Forgotten Readers." "They once protected stories." "What happened to them?" The First Reader answered quietly. "They chose certainty..." "...instead of truth."

I immediately had to turn and look into the mirror at myself and from my mask, I could tell I was still unrecognizable. But seriously had Emilio no shame at all. He was having a crisis with his marriage and rather than think about salvaging it, he had to make it seem to wear me down. I had now confirmed my greatest fears, Emilio was not in love with me anymore. That's if he ever had been in love with me. I got off my chair as I went to scout for my bag and started changing. By the time the others were back, I had my shades on and was ready to leave. My special appreciation would forever be with anyone who had invented makeup. This was my life saver but right now I knew one thing, I would be

I had been enjoying the sight of his unmasked face, his handsome features illuminated by the soft light of the room. As he adjusted his mask, I felt my eyes flutter, my lips moving of their own accord. I stuttered, my words tumbling out in a jumbled mess. Camila's voice rose, her tone dramatic. "Can't you see? You've maddened the empress to speechlessness!" The gentleman chuckled, his eyes crinkling at the corners, and my heart skipped a beat. My hands flew to my chest, as if to hold my heart in place, lest it leap out of my chest.

“So what are you going to do to us, Mr. Serrano? Are you going to invite Mr. Southern Sr. here?” Nollace came out of the hall. He had put on a mask to cover half of his face. With his golden hair, light-colored pupils, and pronounced jawline, he looked exactly like a foreigner, with half of his face covered. He took one step down the stairs after the other and continued. “Well, it seems like I don’t have to introduce myself anymore since you know who I am.” Joaqin harrumphed coldly. “It seems to me that you have no qualms in making us your enemy after what you did to my daughter!”

The uncertainty of the consequences weighed heavily on her. Amelie, alone in her room, found solace in contemplating the fragile balance of her intricate charade. The masquerade she had orchestrated to conceal her true identity teetered on the edge of exposure, and the ramifications of its unraveling loomed ominously. The room, adorned with shadows, witnessed Amelie's silent struggle. The tears that welled in her eyes betrayed the vulnerability she harbored beneath her stoic exterior. The invisible chains that bound her to Gerard and the Senator felt tighter than ever. The facade of being Amelie, though necessary for survival, exacted an emotional toll that seemed unbearable.

And yet, when I passed him in the corridor, when his cologne lingered faintly in the air, when his voice cut through a meeting with calm authority, I had to fight to remember why I hated him. Worse, I wasn’t sure the mask was protecting me from him anymore. It felt like he was already looking past it. Damn! I hate him with passion. Damien POV I’d seen a hundred employees wear masks. Some wore masks of ambition, always smiling at the right people, always volunteering for the right projects. Others wore masks of loyalty, nodding along with whatever they thought I wanted to hear. But Mara Vance… hers was different. It wasn’t ambition. It wasn’t flattery. It was armor.