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The House of Veils
They call it the House of Veils... because no one ever sees what's truly hidden inside.
Elara was warned never to step foot on the Thorne estate. The villagers speak in hushed tones of a family debt that has been collecting interest for three generations-a debt paid not in gold, but in something far more precious. But when she looks into Julian Thorne's eyes, she doesn't see a villain. She sees a man being devoured by his own shadows.
"Don't wear white."
With a single, cryptic invitation, Elara is pulled into a world of weeping jasmine vines and walls that breathe with a life of their own. She came to save Julian from his grief, but she soon realizes the Thorne legacy is not a tragedy-it is a metamorphosis.
As a dark, primal hunger begins to rewrite Julian's soul, the man she loves starts to slip away, replaced by something fiercer, more possessive, and infinitely more dangerous. The house is waking up, the black sap is rising, and a terrifying truth is beginning to bloom:
In this house, love doesn't set you free. It claims you.
Julian is changing. The doors are locking. And as the sun begins to set on the Thorne bloodline, Elara must face the ultimate question:
Is she the one destined to break the curse... or is she the final piece it needs to be complete?