Claimed by the Alpha I Hate – Episode 56
Nolan saw Daisy’s eyes turn black as the ritual consumed her control. Klaudius drew power into the crystal while she fought not to surrender.
He crossed the broken circle despite the magic burning his skin. The mate bond recognized him even when Daisy did not.
She lunged, fangs aimed at his throat. Nolan caught her wrists and refused to strike back.
“Daisy, choose me.” He used the words she once demanded from him.
Her hunger fixed on the blood beneath his scars. Klaudius urged her to feed and complete the destruction of her wolf bond.
Nolan pressed his forehead to hers. He opened every memory between them: the solstice corridor, their shared dream, the school hallway, and the bed where she asked him to stay.
Daisy found herself inside the darkness. Nolan’s presence became the one path Lucien’s seal and Klaudius’s ritual could not close.
She turned away from his throat. Red light exploded outward, breaking the symbols around the altar.
The crystal shattered in Klaudius’s hands. Stolen power tore through him and threw him against the chamber wall.
Elias freed Daisy’s grandfather while Blackwood warriors held the doorway.
Nolan caught Daisy as her strength failed. Her fangs receded, but the uncontrolled energy continued shaking the room.
“The pendant,” she whispered. Without it, the two sides of her blood were separating violently.
Scott searched the shadows and discovered Lucien had taken it. He fled rather than warn anyone.
Klaudius recovered enough to command the castle guards. The ritual chamber began filling with vampires.
Lucien appeared on an upper balcony and ordered a retreat, deliberately contradicting his lord.
Some guards obeyed Lucien. Others remained with Klaudius. The vampire court split before Daisy’s eyes.
Nolan understood that internal rebellion offered their only escape. He lifted Daisy and ordered Elias toward the tunnel.
Daisy’s grandfather leaned on a warrior but kept moving. No one would be left behind.
Klaudius promised Daisy she could not survive without the pendant. His voice followed them into the corridor.
As the castle shook, Daisy felt her wolf bond and vampire power tearing in opposite directions. Escape would mean little unless she found a way to remain whole.