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DAISY'S POV "Now, now," Marcus said. "Is that any way to talk to your host?""Why do you want me?" I asked."Because, my dear, you're the key to everything," Marcus said. "Klaudius has been searching for a hybrid like you for centuries. Your blood is the missing piece he needs to complete his ritual.""What ritual?""The one that will give him control over both vampires and werewolves," Marcus said. "With your blood, he'll be able to create an army of hybrids loyal only to him."I felt sick. "I won't help you.""You won't have a choice," Marcus said. "But don't worry. Once the ritual is complete, you'll be honored as the mother of a new race.""That's disgusting," Gemma said.Marcus looked at her like he had just noticed she was there. "And what are you supposed to be?""I'm her friend," Gemma said."How sweet," Marcus said. "Unfortunately, we don't need friends. Only the hybrid."He gestured to the other vampires. "Kill the werewolf.""No!" I shouted, stepping in front of Gemma.But

DAISY'S POVNoah was talking with Lucien when we heard a loud sound of fire coming from the pack house. The sound was coming from the building on top where Noah kept all his weapons. That was the same building where Noah used to go to watch over the pack. He would stand there every night to make sure all pack members were inside before he would end the curfew."What was that?" Noah said, turning away from Lucien.They both ran toward the pack house to check what was happening. But Noah didn't know that Lucien was there to distract him so that something bad would happen to the pack.When we got to the fire, it was burning in one particular building. The flames were very big and scary. Everyone was running around trying to put out the fire.That's when I saw her. A woman running out of the burning house. She looked familiar, but I couldn't see her face clearly because of all the smoke.Without thinking, I followed the woman. She ran into the forest and I chased after her. "Daisy!" I he

DAISY'S POVI felt like Noah had just ripped my heart out of my chest. "Fine," I said. "If that's what you want.""Daisy, wait," Noah said as I walked toward the door."No," I said. "You made your choice. You chose to believe a fake video over your own mate. You chose to believe Mila over me.""I'm just trying to protect the pack," Noah said."You're trying to protect yourself," I said. "Because you're scared that I might actually be more powerful than you.""That's not true," Noah said."Isn't it?" I said. "You've been keeping secrets from me since the day we met. You lied about my mother. "I was trying to protect you," Noah said."No," I said. "You were trying to control me. Just like everyone else."I walked out of the room and slammed the door behind me. I could hear Mila laughing inside.As I walked down the stairs, I felt angrier than I had ever felt in my life. Everyone wanted to use me for something. Klaudius wanted to use me for his war. Lucien wanted to use me to get power.

DAISY'S POVI walked down the long hallway toward the library, my footsteps echoing against the stone walls of my father's castle. The past few days had been overwhelming - discovering I was a hybrid, learning about my vampire heritage, and trying to understand my place in this dark world I never knew existed.As I approached the library, Maria intercepted me with that familiar worried expression she'd been wearing lately."Miss Daisy," she said, wringing her hands nervously, "your father has moved to the sitting room. He's waiting for you there.""The sitting room?" I asked, pausing mid-step. "Why the change?""He has... company," Maria said, her voice dropping to almost a whisper. "I think it's better if you see for yourself."The way she said it made my stomach clench with dread. As I made my way to the sitting room, I could hear muffled voices through the heavy wooden door. One voice belonged to my father, Klaudius, and another to Lucien. But there was something about their conver

DAISY'S POV "You know who he is," I said to Lucien. "You've known all along.""Of course I have," Lucien replied, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking at Noah. "I've been hunting him for long.""Hunting me?" Noah laughed. "Oh, Lucien. You still haven't figured it out, have you?""Figured out what?" Lucien demanded."Who do you think turned your family into vampires?" Noah asked casually. "Who do you think killed your parents and left you to watch?"Lucien went perfectly still. "That was you?""That was me," Noah confirmed. "Just like I killed Daisy's mother. Just like I've killed hundreds of others over the centuries. All in service of this moment.""My mother is dead?" I said, the words feeling strange in my mouth. After everything Scott had told me about her being imprisoned, after all the hope I'd allowed myself to feel..."Oh yes," Noah said. "Has been for years. I needed you to believe she was alive and suffering, though. It makes you more desperate, more willing to take