Mother
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MatureOngoing1h 34m
Last published Tue, Dec 31, 2024
"Mother is dead, and she left behind a bride... funny how the very last task of her life was also done in my name."
Expecting to grieve in solitude, Xavier is shocked to find a mysterious bride waiting for him-handpicked by his late mother. As he walks through the corridors of his childhood home, the air now thick with whispered secrets, Xavier is forced to confront an unsettling truth: his angelic mother may not have been the pure, loving figure he once believed. Worse, she might have been far more monstrous than he could ever have imagined.
But Xavier doesn't have long to dwell on these dark revelations. A killer is on the loose, thirsting for vengeance-and Xavier may be next.
As he navigates a treacherous web of lies and betrayal, Xavier races against time to uncover the truth about the woman who raised him. But with each step closer to unraveling his mother's legacy, the cost becomes dangerously clear: discovering the truth may destroy him.
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