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the demon lord claimed me after my fiancé's betrayal
the demon lord claimed me after my fiancé's betrayal
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00:00On my wedding day, my fiancé sacrificed me to a demon lord, all to keep his crown.
00:06Alaric was arrogant, possessive, and suffocating.
00:09I tried to escape countless times. He always dragged me back.
00:16You belong to me. Only me.
00:19His tail coiled around me.
00:21Then one day, I finally slipped free.
00:24I ran back to the kingdom. Nathan greeted me with a smile.
00:28Then drove a dagger straight into my heart.
00:33Did you really think I'd marry you?
00:35Use her corpse as bait. We'll lure the demon out.
00:38I was bound to a cliff, barely breathing.
00:40The moment he saw me, every trace of Alaric's cold arrogance shattered.
00:45Emilia!
00:47His massive black wings snapped open. He dove.
00:51Kill him.
00:54A storm of burning magic tore through the air.
00:57His wings were pierced. His tail severed.
01:00Blood soaked him head to toe.
01:02He kept flying toward me.
01:04Gotcha.
01:05He whispered, and gently took my hand.
01:08But he had nothing left.
01:10In the same instant, a volley of spells ripped through his chest.
01:13With his last breath, he spread his wings around me.
01:17Then he fell.
01:19When I opened my eyes again, I was back.
01:22Back to that night, I was forced to become the demon lord's bride.
01:26His arms wrapped around me.
01:28His skin burning hot.
01:30His touch achingly gentle.
01:33Whatever you're about to say, I don't want to hear it.
01:36I will never let you go.
01:40You were destined to be my bride.
01:44Maybe this truly was fate.
01:46A second chance.
01:48This time, I would take back everything that was stolen from me.
01:52And the man I truly loved.
01:55If I remember right, the last face I saw before I died was his.
02:00Alaric.
02:01The demon lord.
02:02My husband.
02:04Amelia.
02:06Don't be afraid.
02:07I can save you.
02:09If I can't drink my blood, you'll heal.
02:13Stop running.
02:14If you hate my tail, I'll never touch you with it again.
02:18Those spells should never have hurt him.
02:20He's a demon lord.
02:22He took every hit to shield me.
02:24He despised humans.
02:26He gave his life, for one.
02:28Right up until he plummeted off that cliff, he was still trying to save me.
02:33I jolted awake.
02:34Shot upright.
02:35Gasping.
02:36My back was drenched in cold sweat.
02:39Outside.
02:40Bright sun.
02:41Bird song.
02:42The world absurdly peaceful.
02:44I sat frozen on the bed.
02:46Unable to separate dream from reality.
02:49Then, a knock at the door.
02:51I knew this room.
02:52I'd lived in it for a year.
02:54Alaric's palace.
02:55I stumbled to the mirror.
02:57Day seven.
02:58Seven days since I married Alaric.
03:00Our wedding portrait sat beside the calendar.
03:03My hands shook as I picked it up.
03:05Every ugly memory came flooding back.
03:08I hate you.
03:09You tore me away from the man I loved.
03:13One day I'll kill you.
03:15You won't.
03:17Can't you see it?
03:19Stop going back to Nathan.
03:22He's the one who gave you to me.
03:26His cold hand had brushed the tears from my face.
03:29Careful.
03:30Tender.
03:31I am your destined one.
03:33I'd just closed my eyes and pretended to be blind.
03:37Death.
03:37And I practically was.
03:39Blind enough to nearly lose the man who truly loved me.
03:43The knocking grew impatient.
03:45The door swung open.
03:46I expected Alaric.
03:48I spun around and found Nanny Margaret instead.
03:51She looked me up and down.
03:53Lips pursed.
03:55What are you sulking about now?
03:57The Lord already agreed to your demand.
03:59What more do you want?
04:01I blinked.
04:02What?
04:03Demand?
04:05You begged and cried to attend your ex-fiancee's coronation.
04:09The Lord said no, so you threw a fit.
04:11Now you're playing dumb?
04:13Disgusting.
04:14I lowered my eyes.
04:16So, this is the day I came back to.
04:19Last time, I'd spent this entire day screaming at Alaric
04:23for blocking my invitation to Nathan's coronation,
04:26not knowing it was Alaric who was trying to spare me
04:30from watching Nathan announce my own handmaid,
04:33Rosalie, as his new partner.
04:35I'd called Alaric every name I could think of,
04:38told him to go die.
04:40And when I'd tried to poison myself that night,
04:42he hadn't hesitated.
04:44He'd used his own heart's blood to make the cure.
04:47A man like the Lord, and he ends up with her.
04:51What rotten luck.
04:53I picked up the flowers and the gown from the sofa,
04:56and dropped them straight into the trash.
04:58Margaret went rigid.
04:59What are you doing now?
05:01I looked up.
05:02Where's Alaric?
05:03Margaret turned away.
05:05I don't know.
05:05No one in this palace would ever tell me where he was.
05:09Because every time I went looking for him,
05:11something went wrong.
05:13Fine.
05:13I'd find him myself.
05:15I moved through the halls from memory, room by room,
05:18until I pushed open the door to his study.
05:21The smell of blood hit me like a wall.
05:24Alaric sat on the floor, shirt off,
05:26surrounded by a pool of dark red.
05:29His black tail cast faint, flickering light.
05:32Head bowed, face drained of color.
05:35Dangerous.
05:36Breathtaking.
05:37I'd known drawing his blood caused pain.
05:39I hadn't imagined it looked like this.
05:41He heard the door and didn't turn around.
05:43Get out.
05:44I didn't move.
05:45His aura exploded.
05:48Savage.
05:49Suffocating.
05:52Do you have a death wish?
05:54He saw it was me.
05:55The threat died in his throat.
05:57He turned away fast,
05:59scrambling to hide his tail.
06:00Hands clumsy with something that looked
06:02almost like embarrassment.
06:04Seeing him alive,
06:05it should have made me happy.
06:08Instead, my voice cracked.
06:09Alaric?
06:10Does it hurt?
06:12His hand stilled,
06:14then a cold laugh.
06:16Not your concern.
06:18What do you want this time?
06:20That's not...
06:21I just wanted to...
06:22Don't!
06:23He pushed himself toward the desk,
06:25putting distance between us.
06:27Leave.
06:28I paused,
06:28looked at the way he flinched back,
06:31then lifted my chin.
06:33No.
06:34No?
06:35Then what exactly are you planning to do?
06:37Stay?
06:40I'm warning you,
06:41don't push me.
06:43I crossed the room
06:44and walked straight to him.
06:46He turned his face away,
06:48flawless features
06:49half-swallowed by shadow.
06:51Unreadable.
06:52Then I was against the wall.
06:54Don't.
06:56Unless you want to spend
06:58the next three days in bed.
07:01I reached up
07:02and cradled his face
07:03in both hands.
07:06Your eyes are beautiful.
07:11Like gemstones.
07:15Can I kiss you?
07:16Something moved through his expression.
07:19Complicated.
07:20Searching.
07:21After a long moment...
07:23Amelia.
07:24I'm not stopping you
07:26from going to Nathan anymore.
07:27You don't have to say things
07:29you don't mean.
07:30I mean every word.
07:31Enough.
07:32Out.
07:34I knew I couldn't push too hard.
07:36So I dropped my gaze,
07:38accepted the loss,
07:39and stood to leave.
07:40I fell straight into his arms
07:43and kissed him
07:44directly on the mouth.
07:47I hadn't even registered
07:49the impact
07:49before Alaric made a sharp,
07:51strangled sound
07:53against my lips.
07:54Amelia, you...
07:56He looked like
07:57he was about to combust.
08:01He didn't answer.
08:03Eyes squeezed shut,
08:05cheeks flushed
08:06in alarming shade of red,
08:08breathing ragged.
08:09You're burning up.
08:10Do you have a fever?
08:13He grabbed my wrist.
08:15The next second,
08:15I was outside the study.
08:17The door slammed in my face.
08:19Alaric?
08:20Are you angry with me?
08:22It was an accident.
08:23I just wanted to apologize.
08:26I'll come back later if you...
08:27The door flew open again.
08:29My hand was seized.
08:30I was back against the wall.
08:32Where do you think you're going?
08:34His voice was rough,
08:36his robe half open.
08:37Every line of him taught.
08:40To find someone else.
08:42His skin was scorching.
08:44His breath came uneven.
08:45Do you know what happens
08:46when you provoke a demon in heat?
08:50What kind of woman does this?
08:52You started it.
08:53And now you want to walk away
08:54to another man?
08:55His thumb traced my lower lip.
08:58His eyes had gone deep red.
09:00Go ahead.
09:01Blame me for this.
09:02You always do.
09:04Amelia.
09:05I'm telling you now.
09:07If you leave,
09:08you can still make it
09:09to Nathan's dinner.
09:11He let go.
09:12Turned to walk away.
09:14I stared at his retreating back.
09:17Why would I go have dinner
09:18with someone else?
09:19You're the one
09:20I want to have dinner with.
09:21I hesitated.
09:22Then added...
09:24Darling.
09:24The word landed
09:25like a match strike.
09:27Alaric wrenched his arm back
09:29and put three full steps
09:30between us.
09:31Amelia.
09:32I'm right here.
09:34He laughed.
09:35Sharp.
09:36Humorless.
09:37Last time you called me that
09:39it was to pull off my scales
09:40and send them to Nathan.
09:42His eyes cut into me.
09:44So what is it this time?
09:45My heart?
09:48I grabbed his hand
09:50and refused to let go.
09:52That's not why.
09:53We're married.
09:54It's a completely normal thing
09:56for a wife to call her husband.
09:59He still didn't believe me.
10:01His gaze swept over me
10:02then flicked to his watch.
10:04If you don't leave soon
10:06you'll genuinely miss...
10:07Do you want me to go see
10:08another man that badly?
10:10I rose onto my toes
10:12and looped both arms
10:13around his neck.
10:14I never wanted to see him.
10:17I only want to see you.
10:19And I'm starving.
10:21I haven't eaten all day.
10:22Something flickered
10:23in those calm, still eyes.
10:25I rushed out to find you
10:27and wore the wrong shoes.
10:30My feet are killing me.
10:32A long silence
10:33then a sigh.
10:34The sound of a man
10:35surrendering to something inevitable.
10:37He crouched down
10:39and carefully took my ankle
10:40in his hand.
10:41Let me see.
10:42He examined my foot
10:43with quiet focus.
10:45I looked down at him.
10:47How did I never notice
10:48how absurdly handsome he is?
10:51What if I kissed him right now?
10:53Would he push me down immediately?
10:56Should I?
10:57I'm going to.
10:58Just once.
11:00Just...
11:01Amelia, did he agree?
11:03Why aren't you answering?
11:04Did he say no?
11:05Play on his sympathy.
11:06Make him feel sorry for you.
11:08Amelia, it's all just strategy.
11:10I know you hate him.
11:11But once we have his blood,
11:13we can be together.
11:14Forever.
11:15My chest seized.
11:17I looked up.
11:18Alaric was already looking at me.
11:20His eyes had gone dark.
11:23Terrifyingly dark.
11:23He looked at me for one long moment,
11:26then let out a short,
11:27contemptuous laugh.
11:29He dropped my ankle,
11:30stood,
11:31and walked away.
11:32Alaric,
11:33it's not what you heard.
11:35It's fine, Amelia.
11:37Go to him.
11:38I told you,
11:39I won't stand in your way.
11:40His back was trembling.
11:42I bit down hard and ran after him,
11:45wrapped both arms around him from behind.
11:47He went rigid.
11:48I didn't give him time to pull away.
11:50I turned him around,
11:52pulled his hands apart,
11:53and kissed him.
11:54Messy,
11:55desperate,
11:56graceless.
11:57He tried to resist.
11:59Worried about hurting me,
12:00he couldn't bring himself to push hard.
12:02He stood there,
12:03frozen,
12:04and let me make a fool of myself against his face.
12:06Then I pulled back and looked him dead in the eye.
12:10I was wrong about Nathan.
12:11I'd lost my mind.
12:14Alaric,
12:15I swear,
12:17from now on,
12:18there is only you.
12:20He looked at me from under heavy lashes,
12:22then looked away with a small,
12:24bitter smile.
12:26You've said that before,
12:27more times than I can count.
12:28This time is different.
12:30He turned the ring on his finger,
12:32said nothing,
12:33didn't believe me.
12:34I watched his hand,
12:36and then I remembered,
12:37the demon mate bond.
12:39He'd asked me for it,
12:40every time I'd refused.
12:43I want to form the bond with you,
12:46tie myself to you,
12:48permanently.
12:49Yes.
12:50And from the crystal on the floor,
12:51Nathan's voice rang out again.
12:54Amelia,
12:55I'm drunk.
12:57Come pick me up.
12:58I glanced at the antique clock,
13:00half past eleven at night.
13:01I picked up the crystal and,
13:03smiled sweetly into it.
13:06Of course, Nathan.
13:07I'm on my way right now.
13:08Just wait for me, okay?
13:10Don't move.
13:11I'm coming, I promise.
13:12I dropped the crystal,
13:14switched it off,
13:15and tossed it across the room.
13:17Let him wait all night,
13:18preferably forever.
13:20A chill crept up my spine.
13:22I turned around.
13:25Alaric stood in the doorway,
13:27bare-chested,
13:28towel around his shoulders,
13:29completely still,
13:30watching me with dark,
13:33unreadable eyes.
13:34What?
13:35He didn't answer,
13:37turned and walked back
13:38into the bathroom.
13:40The door slammed.
13:42He'd heard the voice message.
13:44He'd misunderstood.
13:45I rushed after him,
13:47and the bathroom door swung open
13:49before I could knock.
13:50Alaric, I...
13:52The words died.
13:53He'd changed out of his robe,
13:55just a towel at his waist,
13:57hair dripping,
13:58water trailing down his chest,
14:01following the lines of his abdomen
14:02all the way down into...
14:04I completely forgot
14:06what I was going to say.
14:08Going out?
14:09Mm-hmm.
14:11Wait, no, no, I'm not!
14:13He stepped closer.
14:14Are you coming back?
14:16I'm not going anywhere.
14:18I'm not picking him up.
14:19My legs gave out.
14:20I slid straight into his arms.
14:23Amelia, what's wrong?
14:24It must have been the steam.
14:26Too much heat,
14:27not enough air.
14:28Come sit down.
14:29Let me get you water.
14:30He leaned down to hand me the glass,
14:32his warmth radiating against me,
14:35his jaw right there at eye level,
14:38the line of his throat,
14:40and above that,
14:41I was suddenly very thirsty
14:44and having significant trouble breathing.
14:47I shook my head hard,
14:49stood up abruptly,
14:50and walked away.
14:51Behind me,
14:52Alaric opened his eyes.
14:54Something glinted in them,
14:56sharp and quietly amused.
14:58I'd been sleeping in the guest room
14:59since the wedding.
15:00All my things were in there.
15:02I went to collect them.
15:04I was deep in the closet
15:05when his voice came from the doorway.
15:09Getting clothes or going to Nathan.
15:12He was watching me
15:13with that carefully controlled expression,
15:16the one that barely covered the ache underneath.
15:20It's cold outside.
15:21Remember to...
15:22He paused.
15:24Wear a coat.
15:25He turned and retreated into the master bedroom,
15:28shutting the door behind him.
15:29Three minutes later,
15:30I shoved that door open
15:32with both arms full of clothes.
15:34Alaric looked up.
15:35I glared at him,
15:37breathless.
15:38Help me!
15:39I have too much!
15:40I'm about to drop everything!
15:41He stared for a beat.
15:43What are you doing?
15:44I dumped everything on the floor.
15:46Isn't it obvious?
15:47I'm moving in.
15:48I pushed his clothes
15:49to one side of the closet
15:51and hung all of mine next to them.
15:54Alaric hadn't said a word.
15:55He'd just followed me around the room like a shadow.
15:58Amelia, what's this?
16:00Lipstick.
16:03How do you use it?
16:04How does anyone use lipstick?
16:06You put it on your lips.
16:08Can I help you put it on?
16:10Before I could answer,
16:11he kissed me.
16:13He kissed me until I had to push him back
16:15just to breathe.
16:16I thought you were helping me with my lipstick.
16:19I did.
16:20His eyes were dark
16:21and full of something consuming.
16:24Your lips don't need it anymore.
16:27Alaric,
16:28I was blind for a long time.
16:30I did things that hurt you.
16:31But that's over.
16:33I'm going to love you the way you deserve.
16:37I don't believe you.
16:38Then what would it take?
16:39He stood,
16:41lifted me up,
16:41and his tail curled around me.
16:44Maybe start by showing me.
16:46The next morning,
16:47voices outside pulled me awake.
16:50Nathan.
16:51Standing in the courtyard,
16:52arms crossed,
16:53wearing the expression of someone
16:55who'd been kept waiting
16:56and expected the world
16:57to apologize for it.
17:00Amelia!
17:00Do you know how long
17:02I've been standing out here?
17:03Why didn't you come to meet me?
17:04I was busy studying the diamond
17:06on my ring finger.
17:07When had Alaric put this on me?
17:10Last night?
17:11Nathan exhaled with theatrical patience,
17:14his smile generous and condescending
17:17all at once.
17:18I came personally to take you home.
17:20You must be so relieved.
17:22I don't love you anymore.
17:24What?
17:25I straightened up.
17:26Nathan,
17:27I loved you once,
17:28but I mistook gratitude for love.
17:30You have no place in my heart now.
17:33Please go.
17:34A flicker of guilt crossed his face.
17:36Gone almost instantly,
17:38replaced by volume.
17:39Amelia,
17:41two years ago,
17:42I saved you from drowning.
17:44You owe me your life.
17:47My parents have always said,
17:49I'm your savior
17:50and you owe me a debt.
17:51The Ashford family had spent years
17:53pouring that idea into me,
17:55drop by drop,
17:57until I believed it completely.
17:59And because Nathan had saved me once,
18:02I had followed him into everything.
18:05Not this time.
18:06He killed me.
18:07We're even.
18:08I opened my mouth
18:10and felt the temperature drop around me.
18:13I glanced up.
18:15Alaric stood on the second floor balcony,
18:17hands in his pockets,
18:18watching.
18:20Stop performing, Amelia.
18:21I know you hate Alaric.
18:23You're desperate to come with me, aren't you?
18:25I'm not.
18:27I love Alaric.
18:28What?
18:29You're so right.
18:31I can't survive a moment away from him.
18:34I want to tie myself to him forever.
18:36I love him so much.
18:38One second without him
18:40and my heart just stops.
18:44Footsteps behind me.
18:45Alaric.
18:46I turned and arranged my face
18:48into delighted surprise.
18:50Darling!
18:51When did you get here?
18:52I only just noticed you.
18:55Oh, no.
18:56You heard everything I just said, didn't you?
18:59Every single embarrassing word of it?
19:02Alaric's hand settled at my waist.
19:04Every word.
19:06Nathan looked like he was about to catch fire.
19:08You're lying!
19:09You despise this creature!
19:12Enough.
19:13Alaric's arm tightened around me.
19:15His eyes moved to Nathan.
19:17Flat.
19:18Final.
19:18You entered this palace
19:20only because I allowed it out of courtesy.
19:23Let me remind you of something
19:24you seem to have forgotten.
19:26You are the one who offered her to me.
19:30Willingly.
19:31To keep your crown.
19:33A sacrifice made cannot be unmade.
19:35Now get out.
19:37And don't come back.
19:38Ever.
19:39And found himself lifted by his collar.
19:42Alaric was about to throw him through the gate.
19:45Wait.
19:46Amelia!
19:47I knew it!
19:48You still-
19:49Alaric's grip on my hand went rigid.
19:53Nathan.
19:54Don't come looking for me again.
19:57I'm married.
19:58I have no interest in contact with you
20:00and I refuse to give my husband any reason to worry.
20:03I waved a hand.
20:05Go quickly.
20:06Don't keep turning around.
20:08We have dinner.
20:09The grip on my hand softened instantly.
20:12Nathan tried one more time.
20:14Alaric glanced at him.
20:15One glance.
20:16That was all it took.
20:17Nathan went pale.
20:19Shut his mouth.
20:20And left.
20:21The gate had barely closed before I was against the wall.
20:25Now.
20:25Now.
20:27As my wife.
20:29Are you prepared to fulfill certain responsibilities to your lord?
20:35I smiled and reached up to hook my arms around his neck.
20:39Are you jealous?
20:42Are you jealous?
20:42Jealous?
20:43Why would I be jealous of a coward who doesn't know the first thing about love?
20:47So you do do know?
20:49Have you loved someone before?
20:51Have you loved someone before?
20:52My stomach dropped.
20:54Wait.
20:55Seriously?
20:56There was someone?
20:58He lifted me onto his lap and his tail wound around me.
21:01Now it's my turn to ask.
21:03Are you jealous?
21:05His lips found mine.
21:07I have never loved anyone else.
21:09Only you.
21:11Will you leave me?
21:13I'm not leaving you.
21:14I promise.
21:16Then prove it.
21:17The sky was already lightning at the edges when I finally fell asleep.
21:21The last thing I felt was his lips on my forehead.
21:24I have so many gems.
21:26So much gold.
21:29Everything humans love.
21:30I'll give it all to you.
21:32Stay with me.
21:33Be mine.
21:33Forever.
21:35I was too exhausted to answer out loud.
21:37I slept deeply.
21:39And dreamed in pieces.
21:41In the dream I was 16.
21:43My parents were gone.
21:45Suddenly terribly gone.
21:47The Ashford family took me in.
21:49They wanted my parents' estate.
21:50So they told me over and over that Nathan had saved my life.
21:55No.
21:56It wasn't Nathan.
21:58It was a demon.
22:00He hadn't hurt me.
22:02He'd spread those vast black wings and carried me down from the mountain.
22:06Back to the human kingdom.
22:08And left me there safely.
22:11Nathan's mother slapped me across the face.
22:14What demon?
22:15It was Nathan.
22:17Nathan saved you.
22:19You owe this family everything.
22:23She didn't stop until I stopped moving.
22:25Stupid girl.
22:27I'll beat it into you if I have to.
22:29Life in the Ashford house was a long cruelty.
22:32She dismissed the servants to save money and gave me the work instead.
22:36Dishes.
22:37Cooking.
22:38Leftover food.
22:39Nathan's old clothes.
22:41The floor outside the door for a bed.
22:44Anyone in that house could hit me when they felt like it.
22:46It hurt so much.
22:48I cried myself to sleep almost every night.
22:51You said you'd protect me.
22:53You said you'd come back when I was grown.
22:55Where are you?
22:57It hurts.
22:58It really hurts.
23:00Alaric never came.
23:01Before I could find him, the Ashford family made me a test subject in their dark magic laboratory.
23:08They drained my blood and replaced it.
23:10They rewrote my memories.
23:14They locked me in a room with no windows and no light.
23:19Slowly, his face began to fade.
23:22Every time I slept, he grew a little blurrier.
23:25A little further away.
23:27I fought it.
23:29I refused to let him disappear.
23:31I stole a needle and drove it into my arm to stay awake.
23:35I used a stone to beat my own legs.
23:38I carved wounds all over my body just to hold on to the memory of him.
23:43But their experiment succeeded anyway.
23:46Alar became my enemy.
23:48In my own mind.
23:49And Nathan became my savior.
23:52The lost memories returned all at once.
23:54And the pain was so overwhelming, I couldn't breathe.
23:58Then a hand caught mine.
24:00I opened my eyes.
24:02Alaric.
24:03Watching me with an expression.
24:05Something quiet and terrified and completely undone.
24:10The dream shattered.
24:11I was back.
24:12And this time, I wasn't alone.
24:14I lunged upright and locked both arms around his neck.
24:18Before he could say anything, I was sobbing so hard I couldn't catch my breath.
24:23You lied to me.
24:24You said you'd come right back with the gem.
24:28I waited and waited and I couldn't find you anymore.
24:32What was I supposed to do?