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The Shadow in the Mansion

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He lived under their roof. Ate at their table. Walked past them every day. And they never saw him. Elias Kael was the third son of the powerful and prestigious Kael family. But unlike his celebrated brothers, Elias was quiet, unwanted—an afterthought. After a heated clash with Caspian, the family's prized second son, he was emotionally cast out, abandoned in everything but name. They didn’t throw him out. They simply stopped acknowledging he existed. For months, Elias became a ghost in his own home. No eye contact. No conversation. No presence. And no one cared—until the day he vanished. No note. No sign. No farewell. Just gone. Only then did they look back. Only then did they wonder what he was doing all that time. Only then did they question the strange noises, the flickering lights, the cold spots in the halls. And by then… It was far too late. Because Elias wasn’t just forgotten. He had become something else. The mansion buried him. Now the mansion remembers.
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Chapter 1 - From Elias Kael

They never said they hated me.They didn't scream, or strike, or exile me.

They did something worse.They stopped seeing me.

I lived in their house. Ate their food. Sat at their table.But to them, I was already gone.

That's the funny thing about being ignored for too long—eventually, you stop trying to be noticed.And you start listening instead.

To what they hide.To what they fear.To what they never meant for you to discover.

This is not a story about fitting in, or begging for love.This is a story about becoming something they can no longer ignore.

If you're reading this, maybe you've felt it too—that hollow ache of being forgotten.If so… welcome.You're not alone anymore.

Now, let me show you what happenswhen the forgotten son decides to build an empire.

— Elias Kael