Claimed by the Alpha I Hate – Episode 55
Klaudius seized the crystal as Daisy redirected the ritual. Power burned across his hands, too unstable to control without her willing surrender.
“Finish it,” he commanded. The symbols around the altar tightened like chains.
Daisy dropped to one knee but kept the wolf current flowing toward Nolan. The mate bond became a path through stone.
Her grandfather pulled against his restraints. “Don’t give him anything, kid.”
Klaudius struck him with a wave of force. Daisy’s anger cracked another section of the ritual circle.
Below, Nolan emerged from the cell with Elias. Red light guided them through corridors while vampire guards closed in.
Nolan fought with burned wrists and a single purpose. Every pulse from Daisy weakened, warning that the ritual was draining her.
Lucien watched Klaudius struggle and deliberately delayed the reinforcements. The old lord’s failure served his private plan.
Mila saw the hesitation. “You’re letting her win.”
Lucien caught Mila by the throat. “Be careful which ruler you accuse before the throne is empty.”
In the chamber, Daisy reached for Vera’s pendant where it lay beyond the circle. The symbols prevented her hand from crossing.
Scott entered, ordered to retrieve it. Instead, he lifted the pendant and demanded Klaudius restore him as Alpha before he returned it.
Klaudius laughed at the bargaining attempt. He had never intended to give Eastwind back to a coward.
Scott finally understood that every promise had been bait. He hesitated with the pendant in his hand.
Daisy told him to throw it to her. For one second, the choice offered a chance to undo a fraction of his betrayal.
Scott looked toward the doors, calculating which side would win.
Nolan’s roar sounded in the corridor. Scott threw the pendant—not to Daisy, but toward the shadows where he could retrieve it later.
Lucien intercepted it and slipped it into his coat. Neither Klaudius nor Daisy saw.
The ritual circle flared. Without the pendant, Daisy’s vampire power began overwhelming the wolf current.
Nolan burst into the chamber as fangs extended in Daisy’s mouth and darkness swallowed her eyes.