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    • The day before: Jules: The Bride Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin On the night before her wedding, The Bride, Jules, finds herself at a dinner that serves as both a reunion and an arena for unresolved family tensions. The evening is supposed to be a celebration, yet beneath the surface, it is anything but harmonious. Her father, Ronan, a self-made property developer whose thick Galway accent and commanding presence fill any room, makes a dramatic entrance, immediately disrupting the evening’s balance. Hannah, Jules’s guest and longtime friend, seems visibly startled…
    • Now: The wedding night Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with the unsettling image of a waitress regaining consciousness, her body trembling as she struggles to process the disorienting experience she has just endured. Though physically unscathed, she is incapable of forming coherent words, emitting only fragmented sounds and weak moans, her distress palpable to those gathered around her. The scene unfolds during the wedding night, housed in an opulent marquee filled with lively music, flowing drinks, and elegant decorations. The venue is…
    • The day before: Hannah: The Plus-One Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The day before, I had dismissed my lingering anxiety as nothing more than exhaustion, but now, as I sit there, a creeping unease takes hold, my pulse quickening as my eyes lock onto the shadowy figure outside. The flickering candlelight distorts its form, casting it in an eerie glow, and for a moment, it feels as though the figure is staring directly at me. My breath catches in my throat, and the fine hairs on my arms rise instinctively, as if my body recognizes a threat before my mind can fully comprehend…
    • Now: The wedding night Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The rhythmic hum of the wedding night reception, a symphony of laughter, music, and clinking glasses, falters as an unexpected disturbance ripples through the marquee. The waitress, no longer an unnoticed part of the evening’s meticulous choreography, now stands at the center of an unraveling moment. Her presence, trembling and visibly shaken, disrupts the illusion of seamless festivity, replacing the air of celebration with an unspoken dread. The conversations die down, leaving an eerie silence in their…
    • Aoife: The Wedding Planner Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Wedding Planner is not just about orchestrating celebrations—it’s about weaving stories of love, loss, and destiny. As the sun dips lower in the sky, casting elongated shadows over the rugged terrain, Aoife takes a brief respite from her responsibilities to visit the island's graveyard. This small, weathered resting place, surrounded by gnarled trees and eroded headstones, holds generations of Connemara’s dead, their names fading beneath the relentless wind and salt air. The proximity of the…
    • Olivia: The Bridesmaid Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The weight of the evening settles heavily on the bridesmaid Olivia’s shoulders as she drifts further from the wedding’s revelry, drawn to the quiet solitude the island offers. The distant laughter and clinking of glasses fade behind her, swallowed by the wind as she moves through the darkened landscape. She has spent much of the night on the outskirts, lingering at the edges of conversations, forcing polite smiles, pretending to enjoy the moment while feeling entirely detached. The wedding is supposed…
    • Hannah: The Plus-One Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The journey to the island is anything but smooth, with the boat ride serving as a metaphor for the turbulence beneath Hannah and Charlie’s seemingly stable relationship. The Plus-One invitation had initially felt like an opportunity for them to reconnect, but now, with the wind biting at her skin and the water churning beneath them, Hannah can’t shake the nausea creeping up her throat—an unsettling mirror of her unease about the weekend ahead. She studies Charlie, whose excitement about the wedding…
    • Jules: The Bride Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The Bride, Jules, steps into her mother’s room, immediately enveloped by the familiar scent of expensive perfume and the meticulous precision of her mother’s beauty routine. The air is thick with floral undertones and the quiet hum of preparation, as if every movement is rehearsed, every detail carefully curated. Jules watches as her mother applies her signature makeup, a ritual so ingrained that it almost seems like a performance in itself. She stands stiffly, holding onto the version of herself she…
    • Olivia: The Bridesmaid Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Olivia’s account in The Bridesmaid begins with the relentless discomfort of residing beneath Jules and Will’s bedroom, where every intimate detail of their life filters through the poorly soundproofed ceiling. Each muffled laugh and whispered word feels invasive, amplifying Olivia’s sense of being an outsider in a world she doesn’t belong to. Seeking escape, she considers wandering the island at night, an idea tempting yet tinged with danger given the island’s rugged terrain and haunting…
    • Johnno: The Best Man Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Perched atop the rugged battlements of the Folly, the best man, Johnno, and Will stand side by side, the howling wind carrying whispers of the past between them. Below, the restless sea crashes against the jagged rocks, an unrelenting force that mirrors the undercurrents of tension brewing beneath their camaraderie. From an outsider’s perspective, they appear as two old friends enjoying a quiet drink before the wedding festivities truly begin, but beneath the surface, something unspoken lingers. Johnno,…
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