The Veil of the Foreseen reveals the dark and violent origin of Mahlistaff, one of the most feared Drakulis to ever exist. For centuries, Mahlistaff has walked behind the hidden world, shaping bloodlines, watching wars before they begin, and using his black blood to bend others to his will. But even he does not fully understand the truth of his own creation. Beneath his power lies a forgotten human name, a church without bells, a bride's grief, and a ritual that murdered a man without allowing death to claim him.

Once known as Marestan, Mahlistaff was stolen on his wedding night and used by a secret order that believed they could place prophecy inside flesh. They were wrong. What rose from that ritual was not a servant, but something far worse. Across the centuries, Mahlistaff turns the wound of his beginning into a method of cruelty, creating monsters, planting anchors of black blood, and watching the future through the veil.

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