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.

scene replayed in his memory with different women, but his flushed father and angry mother remained constants. Back then, he didn't understand love or intimacy. But the glaring scenes and endless arguments at home made him wary of relationships. As he grew up, the nightmares faded, only to resurface without warning now. Why now, of

to the

a latte earlier 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 her. She glanced at

through the peephole, her eyes widened.

you need

She barely got the

what was his deal coming to her in the

before Finnian stumbled

The impact sent her careening back into the wall. Finnian wrapped his arms around her, causing