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