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The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 10
I returned to Vale Castle.Along the corridor, servants lowered their heads one after another.“My Lady.”“My Lady.”“My Lady.”The greeting spread down the hallway.Five years ago, when I first walked these corridors, they called me something else.Human. Blood source. The human who followed the Prince.Now the entire castle knew I was carrying the Prince’s only child.The irony wasn’t lost on me.Caelan stood at the far end of the hall.“This child is the only heir of the Vale family,” he said.“Pureblood or half-blood makes no difference.”I looked at him. Strangely calm.That was because this was his child.But what if it wasn’t?If I weren’t pregnant, would he have come to Rio?Would he have canceled the engagement ceremony?Would he have slept on the floor?Would he have learned how to apologize for the first time in his life?I didn’t know. And I wasn’t brave enough to gamble again.That night, I felt better.The ancient bloodline power flowing beneath the castle steadied the ch
The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 9
The sun was beginning to set.Caelan stood in the hallway, watching me.“Claire.” He hesitated.“Do you really think you were nothing more than a blood source to me?”I lowered my head and organized the papers in my bag.“It doesn’t matter anymore.”“It matters to me.”I didn’t answer. I turned and walked upstairs.Because now, no matter what the answer was, it couldn’t change those five years.That evening, the doorbell rang.I opened the door.Caelan stood outside holding a suitcase.“Claire. Can I stay here?”“No.”I started to close the door.A hand blocked it.Then my landlords suddenly appeared behind me.“Claire.” My landlady looked completely serious. “Half-blood pregnancies are already unstable.”“It’s better if the father stays nearby.”I looked at them. “He’s a vampire prince. Not an obstetrician.”My landlord nodded solemnly.“He can still be a driver. You should think about the baby.”The first night, he slept in the living room.Around midnight, I got up to get some water
The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 8
Early morning.Outside my apartment building. The same black car had been parked there for three days.I stepped out of the building.The window rolled down.“Get in.”“No.”“The medical school is forty minutes away.”“I know.”“It’s going to rain.”“I brought an umbrella.”Silence. He looked at me. Then got out of the car and pulled open the passenger door.“Claire. Get in.”“No.”The next second, he picked me up.“Caelan!”“You’re going to be late.”“Put me down!”“No.”The door slammed shut. The electronic lock clicked into place.I slapped the window in frustration.“Open the door!”Caelan started the engine, completely calm.“Rio isn’t safe.”“A pregnant woman shouldn’t be taking taxis alone.”“That’s none of your business!”Caelan stared at me.For a second, it looked like he wanted to snap back.Then he swallowed it.“You never used to refuse me.”“That was before.”Ten minutes later.“Pull over.”He hit the brakes immediately. “What happened?”I pressed a hand against my stoma
The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 7
“What did you just say?” Caelan looked up sharply.Isolde sat across from him, visibly nervous. She didn’t dare speak.Caelan stared at her. “Why did Claire think your child was mine?”The air froze. Isolde picked at the edge of her sleeve.After a long silence, she finally gathered the courage to answer.“Caelan, everyone thought that.”“Stop avoiding the question.” He stared at her. “I’m asking you.”The atmosphere instantly darkened.At last, Isolde lowered her eyes. “Yes. I never corrected her.”She hesitated. “And sometimes... I deliberately let her misunderstand.”Caelan’s expression darkened little by little. “Why?”She was silent for a long time before answering. “Because I didn’t want to lose you.”Her hand rested gently on her stomach. “When Ethan died, you promised him.”Her voice was barely above a whisper. “You promised you would take care of me and the baby.”Caelan said nothing.Ethan had died in front of him. His final act had been grabbing Caelan’s hand.The last word
The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 6
Caelan canceled the engagement ceremony.The entire vampire world exploded with rumors on the same day.Members of the Voss family came three times before sunset.The hallways buzzed with hushed conversations.Caelan met with no one.He only said one sentence. “Keep searching.”Caelan went to my room. But it was already empty.My clothes were gone. My books were gone.Even the photographs were gone.It was as if I had never existed there at all.Standing in the center of the room, Caelan felt a restlessness he had never experienced before.He opened the wardrobe. A dusty cardboard box tumbled out.Inside were stacks of yellowing documents.The first thing he saw was a diploma.Claire Hartwell. Outstanding Graduate.He kept turning pages.Academic conference invitations. Research fellowship offers. Exchange program admissions.Paris. Zurich. Tokyo. Rio.The pile grew thicker. His movements grew slower.For the first time, he realized how many places I could have gone.I never had to sta
The Blood Bond We Broke Chapter 5
The flight to Rio was now boarding.I looked at my phone one last time.No messages. No calls.And certainly nothing from Caelan.The announcement echoed through the terminal.“Flight 742 to Rio de Janeiro is now boarding.”I stood up.A sudden wave of nausea rolled through my stomach.Covering my mouth, I rushed into the restroom.Inside the stall, the violent retching left me barely able to stand.The woman staring back at me in the mirror hardly looked like myself anymore.Yet my hand drifted instinctively to my stomach.“Sorry.” I closed my eyes softly. “Mom's still getting used to this.”It was the first time I had called myself that.And the first time I truly realized that my future no longer belonged to me alone.Meanwhile. Vale Castle.The air inside the grand hall felt frozen.Every servant was kneeling. No one dared raise their head.A crash exploded from the study.Something shattered.The entire castle seemed to tremble.“Keep searching.”Caelan Vale's voice cut through th
