All Chapters of Claimed by Three: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Aurenya’s POVThe glow under my skin didn’t disappear.It stayed.Soft.Unsteady.Like a heartbeat that didn’t belong to me.No one moved.Even Rhydan’s grip on my arm loosened slightly—not because he trusted what was happening, but because he didn’t know what to do with it.The darkness around us felt thicker now.Not empty.Occupied.I could still hear breathing.Mine.Theirs.And something else.Slow.Measured.Close.Kaelor’s voice came first. Low. Controlled.“Aurenya, look at me.”I tried.But my body wouldn’t listen fully.My eyes stayed fixed ahead.On nothing.On everything.Because I could feel it standing there.I still couldn’t see it.But I knew exactly where it was.The pull inside my chest tightened.Not painful.Just stronger.Like a thread wrapping tighter around bone.“Aurenya.”Rhydan’s voice this time.Closer.Sharper.I blinked slowly.The darkness shifted again.And then—the lights flickered back on.Dim.Weak.But enough.The hallway returned around us.Wooden

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Aurenya’s POVThe room stayed quiet long after Kaelor finished speaking.Too quiet.The fire crackled softly in the corner, but even that sounded distant now.The night you were sealed.Those words kept replaying in my head like something unfinished.I sat near the edge of the bed, fingers curled tightly into the blanket beneath me.My father.The seal.The thing inside me.None of it fit together the way I wanted it to.Because if my father had done this…Then it meant he knew.He knew something was wrong with me long before I ever did.And he never told me.Rhydan leaned against the wall near the window, arms crossed tightly over his chest.He hadn’t spoken much since Kaelor explained what they remembered.Which wasn’t much.Only fragments.Only pieces.Draven stood near the fireplace, expression unreadable as always.Kaelor stayed closest to me.Not touching.Just there.Like he thought I might disappear if he looked away.I hated that feeling.Being watched.Being fragile.“I stil

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Aurenya’s POVNo one spoke after that.Not immediately.The room felt smaller somehow.Like the memory had taken up space.I sat on the edge of the bed again, trying to steady my breathing while Rhydan stayed close enough to catch me if I tilted too far.I hated that he thought I needed catching.But I hated the shaking in my hands more.Kaelor crouched slightly in front of me, his expression careful.“What exactly did you see?”I stared at the floorboards.The image still clung to me.Stone walls.Blood.My father’s face.That fear.I swallowed hard.“He wasn’t angry,” I said quietly.Rhydan frowned.“What?”“My father.” I looked up slowly. “He wasn’t sealing me because he hated me.”The words felt strange leaving my mouth.Because that was what I had believed for years.That he feared weakness.That he feared shame.That I wasn’t enough.But that memory—That wasn’t hatred.That was desperation.Kaelor stayed quiet, waiting.I exhaled shakily.“He looked terrified.”Draven finally s

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Aurenya’s POV“What do you mean it found her first?”Rhydan’s voice cut through the room immediately.Sharp.Demanding.But Draven didn’t answer right away.His eyes stayed locked on the doorway.On the thing only half-visible in the shadows.My breathing turned shallow.The figure hadn’t moved again.It just stood there.Watching.Waiting.And somehow—That felt worse.Kaelor stepped closer to me instinctively, his body shifting slightly in front of mine.Protective.Careful.Like he already knew something was wrong.“Aurenya,” he said quietly, “tell me exactly what you’re seeing.”I swallowed.My throat felt tight.“It’s tall,” I whispered.The figure tilted its head again.Too slow.Too deliberate.“It’s standing near the door.”Rhydan turned immediately.His eyes scanned the space.Nothing.Of course.Because there was nothing there.Except there was.I could feel it.Like pressure pushing against my skin.“It isn’t moving,” I said softly.Draven’s expression darkened.“Because it

CHAPTER 25

Aurenya’s POVThe room went silent again.Not normal silence.The kind that settles after something shifts permanently.No one moved.No one spoke.My breathing sounded too loud in my own ears.Waiting for you to remember who locked it away.I stared at Draven.“You’re saying someone trapped it.”His expression didn’t change.“Yes.”“And that someone wasn’t my father.”“No.”Cold settled into my stomach.Because if my father didn’t create the seal—Then what exactly had he done?I looked toward the doorway again.The figure was still there.Still watching.But it felt different now.Less distant.Like it had stepped closer without moving.Its shape flickered slightly around the edges.Smoke trying to become solid.Kaelor noticed my focus.“It’s still there?”I nodded once.Rhydan cursed quietly under his breath.“That’s getting real old.”I almost laughed.Almost.But fear sat too heavily inside me.The figure slowly lowered its arm.And somehow—That felt intentional.Like it knew we

CHAPTER 26

Rhydan’s POVThe scream cut through the house like a blade.By the time I reached the stairs, Kaelor was already ahead of me.Draven moved fast but quieter.Always quiet.Always thinking.The Alpha house felt wrong tonight.Too tense.The guards downstairs were shifting nervously, hands already on weapons.One of the servants stood frozen near the bottom of the staircase, pale and shaking.“What happened?” Kaelor demanded.“She—she saw something outside,” the woman stammered. “Near the east windows.”Rhydan scanned the room instantly.Nothing broken.Nothing inside.But the air felt heavy.Charged.Like a storm pressing against the walls.Draven stopped near the front entrance.His eyes narrowed slightly.“They’re close.”I looked at him.“You can feel them?”“I can feel her reacting to them.”That wasn’t comforting.Not even close.The front doors rattled suddenly.Hard.A loud bang echoed through the entrance hall.Everyone froze.Another hit followed.Stronger.The guards exchanged

CHAPTER 27

Draven’s POVThe moment it spoke, everything changed.Not visibly.Not immediately.But the air shifted.The balance shifted.And Aurenya felt it.I saw it in the way her shoulders stiffened.In the way her breathing caught.In the way the bond reacted before she even moved.Rhydan still held her wrist.Too tightly now.Protective instinct turning into restraint.Kaelor stood slightly behind them, weight shifted forward, ready to move.None of them noticed the real danger.Not yet.The figure wasn’t attacking.It wasn’t forcing.It was speaking.And words were always more dangerous than claws.“You were never meant to belong to them.”Aurenya stared at it.Fear sat clearly in her expression.But underneath that—Recognition.The kind people deny because it terrifies them.Her voice came out quieter.“What are you?”The figure tilted its head slightly.Its shape flickered at the edges.Shadow moving beneath skin.“You know.”“No,” she whispered.“Yes.”The bond reacted instantly.A pul

CHAPTER 28

Rhydan’s POVThe forest didn’t feel the same anymore.It had been quiet when they entered.Too quiet.Now it felt awake.Every branch snapped louder beneath his boots. Every gust of wind carried something wrong through the trees.Rhydan slowed.Behind him, Kaelor moved silently through the dark while Draven stayed near the back, eyes constantly scanning.And in the middle—Aurenya.She looked steady.Too steady.That bothered him more than if she had looked afraid.Her face was pale beneath the moonlight, her breathing controlled, but he could feel it.The shift in her.The bond had gone quieter after the clearing.Not weaker.Quieter.Like something had finally stopped hiding.Rhydan hated it.He glanced toward her again.She was staring ahead.Focused.But distant.“Aurenya.”She didn’t answer immediately.Her gaze remained locked forward.Then quietly—“I know.”His jaw tightened.“You know what?”Her eyes flickered toward him briefly.“It’s close.”The words settled heavily.No on

CHAPTER 29

Kaelor’s POVThey didn’t leave the ruins fast enough.That was the first mistake.Kaelor could feel it the moment they turned back toward the forest path—the air had already changed. Not heavier. Not colder.Locked.Like something had closed behind them.Aurenya was still unstable on her feet.Rhydan kept one arm firmly around her waist, half carrying her without making it obvious.Draven walked ahead.Always ahead.Kaelor hated how calm he looked.Because nothing about this was calm.“Stay close,” Kaelor muttered under his breath.Rhydan shot him a look. “She’s right here.”“That’s exactly the problem,” Kaelor replied.Aurenya’s breathing was uneven. Controlled, but barely.Her fingers were curled into Rhydan’s shirt like she was anchoring herself to reality.But her eyes—Kept flickering.Not fully present.Kaelor watched her carefully.The ruins had done something to her.Something deeper than before.Not just reaction.Recognition.And that was dangerous.Aurenya suddenly slowed.

CHAPTER 30

DRAVEN’S POVThe moment Aurenya stepped closer, the seal responded like it had been waiting years just to breathe again.Draven saw it immediately.Not magic.Recognition.That was the dangerous part.The structure wasn’t just reacting to her presence—it was reacting to identity.Like it knew exactly what she was.Rhydan still had a grip on her wrist, but even that wasn’t enough to stop her from leaning forward slightly.Kaelor was already at the door, blade raised, watching the ground like it might split open at any second.It probably would.Draven exhaled slowly.“This isn’t a seal you open,” he said quietly.Kaelor glanced at him. “Then what is it?”Draven’s eyes stayed on the stone.“A lock.”Aurenya flinched slightly at the word.That confirmed it.She felt it too.Rhydan stepped closer to her, voice lower now. “Aurenya, look at me.”She did.But her eyes weren’t fully there.Split focus.Like part of her was standing in front of him—and part of her was already somewhere else.

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