By Candle and Vein
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- Parts 8
Ongoing4h 49m
Last published Tue, Jan 13, 2026
In a world of candlelit halls and whispered reputations, Elias Montrose-boyish, noble, and burdened by a frailty he must keep hidden-finds himself trapped in the rituals of courtship and society's relentless gaze. When duty binds him to the daughter of a powerful family, he resigns himself to a future of performance and pretense.
But everything shifts when Valentin Moreau steps from the shadows-an enigmatic gentleman of charm and unsettling allure, draped in secrets and velvet words. Some whisper that there is something otherworldly in him, a darkness too elegant to name. Drawn into his orbit, Elias begins to question the weight of expectation, the hunger beneath civility, and the dangerous longing that flares between them.
Love, in such a world, is perilous. Desire is unspeakable. And yet, by candle and vein, two souls entwine-torn between duty and the shadows that promise both ruin and salvation.
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