Tasting Darkness

Book 2 Chapter 15 ” Stop giving Aleera the devil's bante . Let her shred Darius . Let her bond us . | get why you don’t want her to mark you , but you're punishing all of us by not letting her mark the rest of us . Punishing her, ” | tell him , and he shakes his head against my chest . ” | can’t let her mark. You think | don’t wish I could ? ” he says . ” She will forgive you . They all will . ” I try to reason . ” You don’t know that, ” he says. ” I do, because | forgive you Your perception of what you have done is wrong . You can’t see past your guilt . And Tobias will see that . Aleera will see that, ” ” ” I killed his twin and killed her father . | destroyed the white Fae . ” he says as sadness courses throughfrom the bond . ” No. Your father did , and hers . Not you , ” | tell him . Darius shakes his head . He would never believe. | sighed , pressing closer and gripping his face to turn it up to look at him .

” You're worthy of their love . They are the ones not worthy of you . They don’t see what you have done for them , but Ido, ” I tell him, meaning every word | spoke . His lip quivers , not believingdespite feelingthrough the bond . ” Let her shred . Even if you don’t let her mark you right away , but at least let her mark them . The rest we can figure out later, ” I tell him , and he sighs and reluctantly nods . Darius turns his head , kissing my palm . ” Okay . Will you leaveif they do ? ” he asks , looking back at. ” No. Because | know they won't be leaving you . Aleera won't leave you , 1/ m.techkaushal- 500x300 - 1 "| try to assure him . ” But if they did ? ” ” | go where Aleera goes , and you know Lycus will go where | go . Just make sure you follow us , ” | smile sadly . ” Always , ” he breathes . | knew he would anyway , even if they left him . I knew Darius would follow in the shadows and watch over us . He would never abandon us .

” They hate, ” he breathes . ” They just don’t understand , I tell him . ” And when they do , they will still hate, ” he says . ” No. Aleera will understand , and she may not say anything to Tobias . | haven't, because | know you didn’t mean it . And if anything , she would probably be more freaked out that you used to visit her every night while she slept . Because that is a little creepy , ” | laugh . ” Not every night , ” he chuckles . | pull away and raise an eyebrow at him .

” Okay , every night, ” he admits . ” But | wasn’t being a creep , ” he adds . ” No, you just needed to make sure she was safe , | know . ” ” | couldn't let them hurt her, ” Darius growls . ” And they won't , because she has you , ” | tell him while getting to my feet . | hold my hands out to him, and he takes them , lettingpull him to his feet. ” | have no magic, ” | tell him , and he flicks his wrist , opening a portal . ” | can give it back , but | don’t want to hurt you more , ” he says . | shake my head , knowing once Aleera awakes , the others will power her, and she will givemagic . Stepping through the portal , | see we are 11 in the room next to ours, and | sigh .

Darius ? ” | growl . ” | don’t want to face them yet, ” ” You will sleep in our room tonight . With our mates . You promised , ” | tell him . ” | promised to let her shred . | said nothing about sleeping in the room , ” ” But you will, ” I tell him . He growls and clenches his teeth . Darius nods once before opening the door to the bathroom between the two rooms . Aleera was still with Tobias , though he was struggling to clean her up while she was still out cold . Darius makes a strangled noise , and Tobias glances over his shoulder and bares his fangs at Darius in a warning . ” Where is Lycus ? ” | asked while stepping into the bathroom . The steam made their scents extra potent and fogged the mirror . | knew her scent was making Tobias uneasy , her scent morphing without magic and he hated the new scent, wanting her scent to return to normal . ” He went for a run to stop from killing him , ” Tobias answers , glaring at Darius . Tobias hoists her up higher in his arms , trying to wash the shampoo from her hair . | strip my clothes off and step into the shower with him . Taking her limp body from him, and he tips her head back to wash the soap from her hair . Her bond was dormant, and | was not too fond of the feeling of it . Knowing Darius had hurt her bond . He was the only one that could awaken it . We needed her bond to awaken so she could take power back and draw on us . ” No ! ” Tobias snarled . ” He is in control , ” | tell Tobias , and | look to see Darius walk back into the room . ” Darius ! ” | snapped , and his posture tensed , but he turned around , his eyes going to Tobias’s blood - red eyes . He swallows , looking down at Aleera in my arms . Tobias growls at him, and | turn my head and glare at Tobias .

” Get out . You may not want him near her, but he can’t awaken her bond if you don’t let him near her, 11 ” And what ? Have him destroy her more ? You know she felt what he did to you , ” Tobias snarled , and | swallowed .

She felt it . | hoped | could block her, but she felt it . | glanced at Darius , who hung his head in sh. ” Doesn’t matter . He hurt her bond , and only he can awaken it . | will speak with her when she wakes , ” | tell Tobias . ” And tell her what ? Huh , Kalen ? Sorry you got figuratively raped while our mate raped? ” He sneered , and | cringed at the thought . ” No. I'll tell her the truth . ” @ ” That is the truth ! ” Tobias screamed . ” As you know it . That's your truth , not mine ! | tell him, and he glances betweenand Darius , who remained quiet . Tobias stepped out of the shower and snatched a towel from the heated towel rack . He wraps it around himself before turning on Darius . ” You fucking hurt her, | will help her destroy you for it, ” he warned before turning on his heel and storming out . He slams the door , making the shower screen and mirror rattle . | hoist her higher . Her deadweight was becoming heavy in my arms . ” Can you take her ? ” | ask Darius while peering over my shoulder . He bites his bottom lip but nods , stepping into the shower . My legs shook , and | needed to wash the blood off , not wanting her to see it . ” She felt it, ” Darius whimpered . ” She felt my pain, nothing more , ” I answer . ” How can you say that ? ” he asked , shaking his head . ” Because for her to feel violated , | would have had to feel violated . And I don’t, ” I tell him . ” You should , ” he says , sitting on the ledge that cout of the wall . He turned her on his lap , and | watched as he reached for the soap . His hands were gentle , and | could feel him searching for her energy , anything to lure her bond out so she would wake . ” Aleera looked atfunny before she passed out, ” Darius murmurs . ” Yes . Because she felt it . She felt it wasn't you . It scared her because she doesn’t understand how it is possible . ” I tell him . ” You have to tell her .

Your father was a monster , but you aren’t . He made your entity like that . She just needs to understand it . Aleera needs to understand what happens when a Harmony - Fae is stripped of their light , ” He shakes his head . ” That may scare her more , " he whispers . ” And she is right to fear it . She is the last harmony fae , but she shouldn't have been . You two would have been unstoppable if you were still one too, ” I tell him and he sighs , knowing | speak the truth Everyone believes he was a dark demonic fae , and he is now , but his mother wasn’t always a dark Fae , and she never had an affair like the world believed . No , she was pure white Fae and his father pure dark Demonic - fae , and Darius was like his sister . Only she was pure harmony , and Darius was the first of his kind . A harmony demonic - fae . How else would he be an elemental ? How else could he be our keeper for all those years ? ” | won't let them do that to you . | will keep you safe , ” he whispers to her, and | knew he would . Darius would die for her, he would die for all of us .

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