Semua Bab Claimed by the Alpha Triplet : Bab 11 - Bab 20

Chapter 12: The Crimson PackKael POVI watched Liora lick the last drops of my blood from her lips, her eyes now permanently marked with crimson flecks that would never fade. Perfect. The transformation was proceeding exactly as the prophecy had foretold."Come," I said, holding out my hand to her. "There are others you need to meet."She looked at my outstretched hand with curiosity rather than fear. Good. The old Liora would have cowered, would have been terrified of what she was becoming. This new version embraced the darkness."Others like me?" she asked, her voice carrying that double echo that marked her as something beyond ordinary wolves."Others who understand what it means to hunger," I confirmed. "Others who were cast out by their own kind for being different."Behind us, the triplets stood frozen in shock and horror. I could smell their emotions - fear, grief, and underneath it all, the growing realization that they had lost her forever."Don't," Rowan said desperately. "

Chapter 14: Fractured BondsRowan's POVI couldn't get the image out of my head. Liora's wild eyes, flecked with red like drops of blood on amber. The deep scratches on her arms that looked too precise to be accidental. The way she'd whispered about fangs and blood as if she could still taste them on her tongue.My hands shook as I poured whiskey into three glasses, the amber liquid sloshing against the crystal. We'd retreated to our private study after leaving Liora locked in her room once more, but the silence between my brothers and me felt heavier than iron chains."She's getting worse," I said, pacing the length of the room while Damon and Riven sat in tense silence. "Whatever's happening to her, it's accelerating. Those scratches on her arms, the way her nails had grown, the red in her eyes, that wasn't from any normal nightmare."Damon leaned back in his leather chair, his amber eyes tracking my movements like a predator watching prey. "The failed shift attempt may have damaged

Chapter 16: Dreams Don't LieLiora's POVI stared at the breakfast tray sitting on my bedside table, my stomach twisting with a familiar knot of fear and hunger. The eggs looked innocent enough, golden and perfectly cooked, but I couldn't shake the memory of my aunt's voice echoing in my head."Eat your herbs, Liora. They'll keep the sickness away."Twenty years of poison disguised as medicine. Twenty years of my wolf being slowly strangled while I grew weaker and more broken with each passing day."I can't," I whispered to the empty room, pushing the tray away with shaking hands.The scent of the food should have made me hungry, but instead it filled me with revulsion. Everything smelled wrong now, tainted somehow. Everything except...Blood.The thought came unbidden, accompanied by a flash of memory from my nightmare. The metallic taste on my tongue. The way Valeria's fear had been sweeter than any meal I'd ever eaten. The satisfaction of feeling her life force flowing into me, mak

Chapter 18: Three Ways to BreakDamon's POVThe great hall had never felt smaller. Thirty women stood before us like an army of judgment, their faces set with determination and fear in equal measure. At their head, Valeria smiled with the cold satisfaction of a hunter who had finally cornered her prey.I felt something crack inside my chest as I looked at their accusing faces. These were our people. Our responsibility. Our family. And they were demanding we abandon our mate to save ourselves."Speak," Rowan commanded from the high table, his voice carrying the authority of an Alpha, but I could hear the strain underneath. The mate bond was pulling at all three of us, Liora's distress echoing through our connection like a constant scream."We demand you release the cursed girl you've brought into our pack," Valeria announced, her voice ringing clear and strong across the hall. "She is not fit to be Luna. She is not even fit to live among decent wolves.""Explain yourself," Riven said c

Chapter 20: Scent of BetrayalLiora's POVNo wolf scent.The words hit me like ice water, freezing me from the inside out. I stood in that ancient chamber surrounded by glowing runes and powerful elders, and all I could think was how wrong everything had gone."That can't be right," I whispered, my voice barely audible in the stone room. Elder Thorne's gray eyes studied me like I was some kind of specimen in a jar. "I'm afraid there's no mistake, child. You carry no trace of wolf essence. None at all."My legs felt weak. I wanted to sit down, to curl up in a corner and disappear, but the eyes watching me wouldn't let me show that kind of weakness."But I was born to wolf parents," I said desperately. "My aunt and uncle, they're wolves. Everyone in my village was a wolf.""Were they?" Elder Blackthorn asked, scribbling notes in his leather journal. "Or is that what you were told to believe?" The question made my stomach twist. All those years of being called cursed, of being different,