Hello again my lovely readers! I just wanted to toss a note at the beginning of this chapter as a warning that this chapter does have some violence, so if you are sensitive to that subject please be warned. Also, thank you to all my readers so far and for the reviews that I have received as well. Anyways, here is chapter 3 which is back at Claire's perspective.

Chapter 3

I step though the portal from Myrnin's lab into the house quietly. I know that it is just almost morning, but I just want to ensure I avoid the sure to come confrontation for a little while longer. I hit the button to open the door at the bottom of the stairs and silently creep down them. I am shocked at the sight I see of Shane sitting on the ground with a tear stained face just outside my room's door. As I hit the landing, he looks my way and looks slightly shocked to see me coming from the secret room. He stands from the ground and walks towards me to pull me into a hug against his chest. He starts crying again as he holds me and says, "I am so sorry for being such an idiot, Claire. I know there is nothing between you and Myrnin, but I couldn't help getting jealous over it. It just seems like he gets you a lot better than I do and I just fear losing you because of that."

I realize as he says this with distress, that he must have been too distraught to notice the bite marks on my neck. I wrap my arms around him and hold him tight to me as I say, "Its okay. You have nothing to be concerned about. I love you and I am never going to leave you for someone else."

He pulls back from me a little bit and kisses me. As we separate from the sweet, desperate kiss I can see that his eyes are losing the haziness that was in them from being so distraught over the idea of losing me. He takes a step back from my arms and smiles me. His eyes rake my body once and then run back to my neck. He looks at me and says with anger, "What is that?"

I put my hand up on my neck covering the bite marks and look at him as I say confidently, "It's nothing."

He walks closer to me again and roughly grabs my hand off of my neck. He looks closely at my neck and angrily states, "Are those fang marks in your neck, Claire?"

I shake my head nearly crying and then say as I look into his eyes carefully, "It's nothing."

He grabs my neck roughly and says angrily, "It's not nothing. I am going to kill that motherfucking vampire for biting you against your will."

I look back at him with fear in my eyes and try to breath slowly as he continues to hold my neck and says, "It wasn't against my will, you idiot. He was starving and would have attacked someone, very possibly me, if I didn't allow him to drink my blood. He didn't hurt me at all and it didn't mean anything. I would have done the same exact thing for Michael. I did it to save my friend from doing something much worse."

He pushes me down to the floor and looks at me with hatred in his eyes before practically screaming, "I knew it. I knew there was something there, but I couldn't believe it. You're such a fucking fang banger even if you don't see it yourself. You slut. I can't believe I ever thought I loved you. Did you get pleasure from having his fangs sink into your neck, you sick little whore?"

Before I have a chance to respond, he walks over to me and starts to punch me all over. I let out one scream before I bit my tongue to keep any other noises from slipping out. I don't need Michael or Eve to try and stop this, I don't deserve that. As he continues to punch me and kick me, I just start to hope for the oblivion I know is coming and then out of nowhere the punches and kicks stop. I open my eyes and very hazily see Michael holding Shane off of the ground looking at him with hate in his eyes. He finally spats, "What is wrong with you, Shane? I didn't think I would ever see you become so similar to your father. I didn't think I would ever see you become this abusive to someone you have told me you love."

Shane looks at Michael with fear in his eyes and my vision starts to flicker slightly, which I know must be from all of the punches and kicks I took, but I hear Shane say, "I am nothing like my father, bro. She let Myrnin freaking bite her, so the little ho deserves everything that I did to her. She fucking deserves to die."

Michael looks at Shane with hatred in his eyes and says, "You are no longer welcome in this house, Shane. Have fun thinking over what you have done and how bad you have screwed up."

My eyes flicker close, but I hear Michael walk down the stairs and open the front door before a muffled thumping of Shane hitting the front porch. In a second, Michael is by my side trying to get me to respond, but I am sliding closer and closer to the oblivion I hoped for. Before I fully pass out, I hear Michael cry out, "Eve, call 911," before he says, "come on Claire, stay with me." I then pass out in Michael's arms.

10 hours later

I hear a faint rhythmic beeping in the distance and I wonder what that noise might be. I carefully open my eyes and look around to realize that I am in the hospital. I look around with slight confusion about how I got here, but then it all comes back to me and I remember how Shane beat me and would have killed me if it wasn't for Michael stopping him. I am shocked at how insane it drove him to see that I had let Myrnin bite me, but I also realize that he had no reason to be upset about it. It was my decision to make and I was not going to worry about trying to appease him especially knowing what he did to try and control my actions. I hear a sudden whirlwind of activity in the hallway outside my room before a female voice states, "You can't go in there. She is in recovery and we are not even sure if she is conscious currently."

Out of nowhere, I hear Myrnin's voice respond to the female stating, "I don't care if she is in recovery or conscious, I am going in there. I have to see what that boy did to her."

Myrnin comes slamming though the door, but stops when he notices that I am awake and he just looks at me as he stands frozen in the doorway.

Meanwhile at Amelie's office

Oliver enters the office and looks over at Amelie before just stating, "She survived my queen."

Amelie turns from her position facing the window and says, "I know."

Alright y'all, that is chapter 3. Any thoughts on what Myrnin's reaction is going to be? As always, please read and review. If I get at least 3 reviews it might push me to try and get the next chapter out quicker.