Of Kin And Curse

Before Alex's awakening, there was a vow. And a price that demanded generations.

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.

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.

Of Kin and Curse is an origin novella within the Veilbound spin-off of Echos of the Veil-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.