Ashes of Innocence
[Kael’s Office | RAINCORP | 11:41 PM | Dimmed lights, storm outside. A USB drive plugged in. The screen flickers.]
They say heartbreak makes you softer.
No.
It carves you into stone.
He made me fall. He made me beg in silence.
And then he watched me shatter like it meant nothing.
But tonight, the truth bleeds through the wires.
[Footage: RAINCORP Control Room. Date: 4 weeks ago. Time: 01:13 AM.]
[On screen: Amara Duvulle — elegance sharp like broken glass — slipping past security.]
Velvet Elenor
I Knew it. I knew it was that bish-
[Kael watching from his desk.]
Kael Marcellus
i thought you as my friend
Kael Marcellus
Amara… Why?
[He leans back. The weight of betrayal crashing harder than any bullet ever could.]
I destroyed the only woman who looked at me without fear.
Because I still trusted the one who never loved my son.
I chose wrong.
Amara Duvall
[Amara Duvulle — Kael’s ex-fiancée.
Once his best friend, almost his bride. But Kael couldn’t marry a woman who couldn’t love his son. Amara didn’t hate Elio — she just wasn’t built to be a mother. So he chose fatherhood over forever]
[Velvet’s Apartment | 12:03 AM | She’s pacing.]
Lyra Vienne
What now, V?
You have proof. Burn him?
Velvet Elenor
I could ruin him
[Pause. She closes her eyes.]
Velvet Elenor
But I still see the boy in his son’s eyes
[ Marcellus Mansion | Afternoon | Elio’s room. Kael sits beside him, unusually quiet.]
Elio Kael
Dad… did you hurt her?
Kael Marcellus
You miss her?
Elio Kael
She smiled like Mom. But she stayed longer
[Kael blinks fast. Like he’s trying to forget how to feel.]
Kael Marcellus
What if I bring her back?
Elio Kael
Then marry her...make her my mom
[ Church | Night | Velvet stands under the crumbling archway ..... Kael call her ...tell her to meet.......... Kael arrives. No guards. No shadows. Just him.]
Kael Marcellus
(low, sincere)
Kael Marcellus
I know the truth now.
Velvet Elenor
(without flinching)
Velvet Elenor
My heart ...... You destroyed it.
Kael Marcellus
(stepping closer)
Kael Marcellus
Let me fix it
Velvet Elenor
(a cruel smile)
Velvet Elenor
What can you fix in a corpse, Kael?
Kael Marcellus
I want to make this right.
Velvet Elenor
(laughs coldly)
Velvet Elenor
You can’t unstab someone and call it love.
Kael Marcellus
Then hate me. But marry me ( desperate)
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