Of Kin And Curse

<p><strong>Before Alex's awakening there was a vow. And a price that demanded generations.</strong></p><p>Taiwan was supposed to be a new beginning. For Thomas and Elisabeth Chen it offered distance from the shadows of Europe-and the legacy of a pact their family never truly escaped. But some curses do not sleep; they travel in blood in dreams in silence passed from father to son.</p><p>As their son Alex begins to see what others cannot memories resurface-of a deal struck long ago and of spirits that still linger in corners no light touches. Between fading faith and quiet terror one truth rises: the past does not forget. It binds.</p><p><em>Of Kin and Curse</em> is an origin novella within the <em>Veilbound</em> spin-off of <em>Echos of the Veil</em>-a haunting story of family inherited grief and the quiet horror of what we leave unsaid. For those drawn to spiritual magic generational echoes and love tested by legacy.</p>