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Chapter 8

Author: Nia Kas
last update publish date: 2026-06-23 01:09:54

The Blood Moon Gala wasn’t a party; it was an execution trap wrapped in fancy silk and flickering candles. The ballroom was packed with ancient, bloodthirsty nobles wearing masks of boredom, but I could smell the anticipation hanging in the air like the static before a thunderstorm.

They were all waiting for me to trip, waiting for the King’s "human pet" to make a mistake. Caius was glued to my side like a statue. He didn't touch me, but his presence was a literal wall, keeping the prowling cou
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  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 19

    Lysandra scrambled backward, her hands shaking, her royal robes torn and stained with the grime of the shop floor. She didn't say a word. She couldn't. She just turned and bolted, vanishing into the night like a frightened rat.I watched her scrambled out, my heart still thumping with that weird, electric rhythm. "She’s going to tell them everything," I said, turning to Caius. "She’s going to tell them what I did. What I am." i whispered.Caius walked over, his presence washing over me, cool and firm. He took my face in his hands, his thumbs tracing my cheekbones. He didn't look worried, instead he looked satisfied."I know," he said. "And that is exactly what I need them to do.""What?" I asked, confused."They’ve been stagnating for centuries, Andrea. They’ve grown fat on tradition and comfortable in their arrogance. They think they know the limits of the world because they’ve never been challenged." He leaned down, his forehead against mine, his eyes burning with a dark, terrifying

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 18

    The air in the shop didn't just turn cold; it curdled. I was in the back room, trying to force a stubborn, rusted padlock to melt just by staring at it, when the front door didn't just open, it exploded off its hinges.I didn't need to look to know, I felt the intrusion like a splinter in my brain. There were four of them. Cold, arrogant, and smelling of stale incense and centuries of decayed ambition and Lysandra was at the front, flanked by three of her lapdogs, they looked like soulless enforcers."Julian," I hissed, but he was already moving. He didn't stand a chance, not against four of them at once. He lunged, trying to buy me time to get to the back, but they were too fast. One of them caught him by the throat, slamming him against the wall with enough force to shatter the plaster, another one drove a jagged, silver-tipped blade through his shoulder, pinning him there like a butterfly in a display case."So little pet" Lysandra said, her voice was a silky, poisonous whisper

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 17

    Caius didn't look, he looked at me with a kind of predatory pride. "There’s something we’re missing. The Pact doesn't do this, I need to know exactly what you are, and I know exactly where the answers are buried.""You mean the archives?" I asked and he nodded, his expression hard and completely unfazed. "The deepest vaults. It has scrolls that hasn't been touched in centuries. If there’s a legend of someone like you, it’ll be there." he said."You know Lysandra already tipped them off right," I said. "They’ll be waiting for you."He let out a short, cold laugh. "Let them wait. They’re subjects, Andrea, and they’re forgetting their place. I don't need to sneak into my own palace to handle a few disgruntled nobles. I’ll walk through the front door, turn the Court upside down, and be back before you finish your next lesson." he said.He wasn't bragging; it was just a statement of fact. He ran the world, and the idea of being afraid of his own court was beneath him. He just needed to cle

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 16

    Julian’s smirk widened. "Exactly. She’s not just a weapon. She’s a conduit. You two have no idea what you're actually capable of, do you?"Caius looked at the flower, then at me, his gaze shifting from dangerous to something much more complicated. "We’re just getting started."The shop was quiet, except for the soft thump of my heart and the way my skin felt like it was humming. Julian and Caius were watching me like I was a science experiment, and honestly, I kinda felt like one."Alright," Julian said, pacing the room while Caius leaned against the counter, his arms crossed, that intense look never leaving his eyes. "We know you can jump-start dead matter. You brought that rose back. Now, let’s see the range. Close your eyes."I did as I was told. The moment I shut them, the world didn't go dark, it went wide. It was like I’d been viewing the world through a keyhole and suddenly someone kicked the door down. I could feel the house, the street outside, the damp earth beneath the flo

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 15

    It was intense, overwhelming, and somehow, perfectly right. I felt his memories, his strength, and that terrifying, cold resolve he’d carried for ten thousand years, all pouring into me. I grew… heavier, stronger. My senses expanded until I could hear the heartbeat of a mouse in the alley and the vibration of the cars miles away.When I finally pulled back, gasping, I felt like I could bench-press the house. My eyes were glowing so bright I could see the reflection of the shop lights in his dark pupils."Good," he breathed, his voice ragged. He didn't look drained; he looked proud. "Now, we see if you can use it."He didn't give me a break. He shoved a heavy iron pruning stool across the floor. "Forget the flowers, put your hands up." he said.The next few hours were a brutal, beautiful mess. He didn't treat me like a delicate human anymore. He came at me with speed that would’ve killed a mortal, his movements fluid and unpredictable. I had to rely on that new, heightened perception t

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 14

    "It’s because of you," he corrected. "The Pact feeds on human life force to maintain its stability. It always has. But for thousands of years, I was only ever fed on the dregs, the weak energy of those who feared me. It was sustenance, but it was sterile. It didn't wake me up. Then I found you."He traced the line of my jaw, his touch light, almost reverent. "The moment you drew blood from me, something broke. You aren't just a human, Andrea. You have a chaotic, wild spark in your soul that isn't bound by the rules of this world. When you touched me, you didn't just drain energy, you infused me with your own. You gave me back the capacity to feel anger, to feel regret, and yes… to feel the crushing weight of missing you."I felt a shiver run down my spine. "So I’m not a battery. You weren't siphoning me to stabilize your reign. You were trying to wake up.""I was trying to survive without losing the last scrap of myself," he admitted, his jaw tightening. "The Traditionalists hate you

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 7

    He dragged me out onto the balcony. The air out here was dead silent and weird all black and blood-red, looking like some alien world, but it was just... still. Too still.The calm didn't last. A sudden, sharp prick of cold, not the kind that came off Caius, but something deeper, something hungry m

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 6

    I spent the rest of the day trying to get my head straight. The black gown in the wardrobe was stunning, it was a dark fabric that clung in all the right (and terrifying) places, making me look way more powerful than I felt. I stared at myself in the full-length mirror for a long time, barely rec

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 5

    The air in the vault felt charged, like the split second right before lightning hits. Caius held me tight against him, his hand splayed across the small of my back, pressing me into the hard lines of his body like he was trying to fuse us together. My pulse was going crazy, this frantic drumbeat in

  • Claimed By The Vampire King   Chapter 4

    The dinner had been straight-up ridiculous, silver platters, crystal glasses filled with some shimmering red liquid that looked way too much like blood, and Caius sitting across from me the whole time, watching every tiny movement like I was a bug under a microscope. I hadn’t eaten a single bite.

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