Beneath The Veil of Deception 1
“ 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 „
Episode 1: Married to Her Fiance's Younger Brother.
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴... 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴.
Rafael Von Edrington
Lady Jacinth.
𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴...
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸... 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥.
Priest:
Your Grace, the Duke of Elodour, Rafael Von Edrington, do you take Lady—
Zander Von Edrington
Zander. It is Zander Von Edrington.
Jacinth's gaze rose to meet that of her groom, and a wave of disdain washed over her. Her lips parted, a protest teetering on the edge of her tongue, a flicker of rebellion igniting within her.
Yet deep down, she understood the truth—this was not hers to decide.
Zander lowered his gaze, a swirl of emotions dancing in his mind. Maybe he grasped the weight of the situation; maybe he didn't. But the tension in his expression eased, hinting at a deeper understanding within him.
He leaned, pressing a gentle kiss on her forehead. A tear streaked down Jacinth's face.
Rafael died that day, his life stealing away the moment he longed for—the chance to accept Jacinth as his beloved Duchess.
Her fingers clenched the fabric of her gown, the only thing grounding her in a world that had been torn apart.
She could hear Zander behind her, the soft creak of his boots as he moved.
Her breath caught in her chest, and the anger she’d swallowed all day came rushing to the surface. She was forced into this—married to a man who wasn’t even the one she was betrothed to. The wedding vows had meant nothing, had been hollow, empty promises to the memory of... Rafael...
Jacinth Ashbourne
How could you?
Jacinth's voice was sharp, a lash of accusation as she spun around to face him.
Jacinth Ashbourne
How could you agree to this? You knew what it would do to me, yet you went along with it. Why?
He was there, but he wasn’t truly with her. His calmness, his stillness—everything about him, infuriated her. He had agreed to this marriage, just as easily as he had taken his brother’s place.
Zander Von Edrington
There was no other choice.
His reply came with a detached calmness.
Jacinth Ashbourne
You don’t even care, do you? You agreed to this because it was your duty, and nothing more. Did you think I would just accept it? That I would be grateful? I just hate—
Taking a deliberate step forward, Zander reached out and pulled her closer, his hands settling firmly on her waist. The warmth of her body against his and he could feel the subtle sway of her form as they locked eyes, their surroundings fading away at that moment.
Zander Von Edrington
I did not ask for this any more than you did.
He whispered against her mouth.
Zander Von Edrington
But you are here now, and so am I. We both have our roles to play. You are a Duchess now. Act like one.
𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘴... 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘴.
Zander Von Edrington
I will take the divan.
Zander settled onto the divan with an air of casual indifference, not bothering to glance in her direction. Jacinth pulled the covers on herself.
“ 𝖱𝖺𝗓𝗂𝖾𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝖱𝖺𝖿𝖺𝖾𝗅 𝖵𝗈𝗇 𝖤𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗈𝗇
𝖭𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗌 𝖹𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖵𝗈𝗇 𝖤𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗈𝗇
𝖣𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝖩𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝖠𝗌𝗁𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾 ”
Comments
Nick
I like my role totally and am impressed at ur writing skills u write so well my thoughts were before only reshu wrote well cause of reading her story and reading few other stories on mt I had the thought but u literally changed my perspective on these stories and thanks for making me a character am loving it 🥰
2024-11-20
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𝐑𝐞֟፝ؖ۬𝐬𝐡𝐮৻ꪆ
This Is Devil? ಡ ͜ ʖ ಡ
2024-11-18
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Cara De Clare — Reverie! 🌈
You wanna consummate, brother in law— sorry, husband now, I guess. *Dhum-tana playing in background.*
2025-03-19
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