Semua Bab Claimed by My Vampire Stepbrother: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Chase’s P.O.V Daphne’s taunting words “This isn’t over” still rang in my ears as her blurry form vanished into the night, leaving only the eerie silence of Devil’s Lake. My heart pounded, fear and adrenaline running through me as I staggered to my feet, the mud clinging to my clothes. “Keith!” I shouted, my voice hoarse, echoing over the dark water. “Daphne, where’s Keith?” Alex’s hand shot out, grabbing my arm to stop me. “Chase, there’s no one else here,” he said, his voice calm but firm, his red eyes still glowing faintly in the moonlight. I turned to face him, my chest heaving. “How can you be so sure?” I demanded, my voice shaking with worry. “She called me from Keith’s phone! She said he’d drown if I didn’t come!” The

Alex’s P.O.VI collapsed onto the floor of my room, the cold hardwood biting into my knees as my heart began beating against my ribs in a fast and brutal way.I clutched at my chest, fingers digging into my shirt, desperate to steady the wild, erratic beating on my chest. What the hell was wrong with me? The memory of Chase’s lips on my finger, sucking that single drop of blood, burned in my mind, sending a jolt through me that was both thrilling and terrifying as well.I’d given him my blood to heal him, told him it was nothing, but the way my body reacted, primal, raw, like every nerve was on fire...said otherwise.I’d felt this before, that night when we’d tangled together, his blood hot on my tongue, but I’d chalked it up to the heat of sex, the thrill of the moment. Now, I wasn’t so sure.I dragged myself to my bed, the dark silk sheets cool against my skin as I sank into them, my breath still uneven and unsteady. The room was dim, lit only by the faint glow of a single lamp, its

Chase’s P.O.VThe morning after the nightmare at Devil’s Lake, I woke up feeling like I’d been hit by a truck over and over again.My body was fine thanks to Alex’s weird blood-healing trick but my mind was a mess, tangled with images of Daphne’s fangs, Alex’s red eyes, and the way he’d vanished from my room like I was toxic and disgusting to him.I stared at the ceiling, the mansion’s weird shadows waving across it, and considered skipping school. The idea of facing the whispers, the stares, the chance of running into another psycho vampire like Daphne made my stomach churn with fear.But I couldn’t hide forever, and I needed to see Keith, to make sure he was okay after that stolen phone scare. With a groan, I dragged myself out of bed, the floor cold under my feet, and started getting ready, my movements sluggish but determined.Downstairs, the dining room was bright with morning light, the long table set with plates of pancakes and bacon. The smell should’ve been comforting, but it

Chase’s P.O.VVaughan Crusnik’s presence beside me in history class was like a magnet, pulling my attention despite the chaos still churning in my head from Alex’s outburst in the parking lot.His dark hair fell just right, his sharp jaw and faint scar giving him a rugged edge that screamed vampire at least, that’s what my gut told me anyways...Devil’s Lake was crawling with them, and good looks like his? Practically a dead giveaway. But doubt nagged at me. He didn’t have that cold, predatory vibe Alex or Daphne carried, and something about his easy smirk felt… human. I stole another glance, my heart doing a weird flip when his dark eyes flicked to mine.“Hey,” he said, turning in his seat, his voice low and warm. “I’m Vaughan, in case you missed it earlier. You’re Chase, right?”I nodded, caught off guard by his politeness. “Yeah, uh, Chase Tanning,” I said, my voice steadier than I felt. “Weird...I thought we were done with introductions already.”He chuckled, a sound that eased th

Alex’s P.O.VLucia’s words “Chase is in danger!” hit me like a blade, slicing through the fog of my argument with Dominic, and I felt three things in one instance: scared, confused and angry...My heart lurched, a painful thud against my ribs, and I was moving before I could think, my boots pounding the linoleum as I ran toward the men’s washroom without thinking twice.Dominic and Lucia were right behind me, their footsteps echoing in the nearly empty hallway, but all I could hear was the blood roaring in my ears. Chase. I’d screwed up badly.Threatening him in the parking lot, choking him out to prove he meant nothing, was supposed to keep the Dahlia coven off his back, to make sure no vampire saw him as my weakness.But I’d been an idiot, blind to the human vultures circling him, the ones I’d scared off weeks ago with a single glare. Brad and his crew, they’d taken my public stunt as a green light, a sign my protection was gone. And now Chase was paying for my mistake.The washroom