Under the Veil I Rule

Chapter 180

Waking up with a pounding headache, Finnian took a moment to piece together the foggy memories from the night before. He remembered turning off his phone and heading to the bar for a drink. That was where Dorian and Liliana had found him and brought him to the hotel.

Slowly sitting up, he opened his mouth and realized his throat was parched, feeling like a desert. His head was swimming, and when he touched his forehead, it was scorching. Was he running a fever?

Glancing at Dorian, who was still asleep, Finnian quietly slipped out of the room and made his way to the suite's living room. He poured himself a glass of lukewarm water, sipping it as he settled onto the couch, staring out the window.

A nightmare had jolted him awake. It was a recurring one, dragging him back to his childhood. He was four or five, clutching a toy in his room when a noise startled him awake in the middle of the night.

Wearing pajamas adorned with bears, he rubbed his eyes and wandered into the living room, only to be shocked by what he saw a flushed father and a woman with alabaster arms wrapped around him, creating an erotic scene that deeply scarred his young heart.

night tormented by nightmares. Over time, this scene replayed in his memory with different women, but his flushed father and angry mother remained constants. Back then,

should probably head to the hospital. Checking his phone,

that evening, leading to a sleepless night. By eleven, she had given up on sleep and decided to dive into a book. Just as she was getting into it, a loud knocking interrupted

up, peering through the

you need something...

pulled the door open. She barely

deal coming to her in the middle of

Finnian stumbled

The impact sent her careening back into the wall. Finnian wrapped his arms around her, causing the latter's heart racing. “Mr. Everly, what's going on? Are you