Bride of Retribution
Elowen Ashworth designed the wedding dress she never got to wear. Standing at the altar in a gown of her own making, she watched her maid of honor, Bianca Reyes,....
Elowen Ashworth designed the wedding dress she never got to wear. Standing at the altar in a gown of her own making, she watched her maid of honor, Bianca Reyes, walk down the aisle instead of her — hand in hand with the groom, veil and all, laughing as three hundred guests filmed every second on their phones. That night, alone in her ruined bridal shop surrounded by unworn silk and unpaid vendors, the dress form in the corner stitched itself into glowing thread: **[Veil of Vows System Online. Thread: Broken Promises. Loom: Fate.]** Elowen can now pull the threads from every shattered promise around her — weaving temporary luck into the deserving, unraveling fortune from the faithless, cursing cheaters' futures with the same precision she once used to hem lace. The more spectacular the betrayal she avenges, the stronger her power grows. But the ivory gown hanging untouched in her workroom is the System's true anchor — and every thread she pulls tightens it, and her, a little further. Elowen swore she'd never wear that dress again. She's starting to wonder if the dress has other plans for her.