Chapter 145 AURORA I fout him , my mind pulling back from everything this creature was , everything it wanted from me .

But he leaned over me , grinned , and inhaled .

Black smoke rose from my chest and curled into a ball of black obsidian that hung between us , like a dark mirror image of the pearl pendant that had channeled my power as a healer .

I felt my heart start to turn cold as one by one , my memories of the good things in my life began to wink out like dying stars .

Evanders easy smile .

Trajans steadying voice .

Dane kissing me .

Dane … My children laughing as I read them a story .

It was all slipping away .

No ! I cried .

I tried to fight him , to hold on , but it was like water slipping through my fingers .

My heart screamed for what I was losing and started to freeze .

Chapter 145 At the same time , memories of my life as a young woman in Broken Forest were revealed .

The Reeds twisting my mind as a little girl , corrupting me , forcing me to believe that the only way I could be worthy and loved was to embrace loss , pain , and the dark .

Tha .

s what the Nameless wanted from me .

To be his beacon of pain .

To spread it across the world .

I had to fight .

Desperately , I flung my mind , and my heart out , searching for an anchor .

Something to hold just a small part of me .

There was no moon tonight , only darkness outside the windows .

And yet … I suddenly felt the smallest touch of … something … and a voice whispered , Even in the darkest times , I am here .

I grasped that power .

It was all I needed .

ran in my big , dark gray wolf body at

nighttime forest whipped by as we surged downhill

Piper needed me .

Holden was there .

Aurora already , I Chapter 145 3/5

get to her

… ! My paw caught on a root at

and my head slammed into a stone

suddenly I wasnt in the terrible , cold palace with the

hill , overlooking a wide

and sky were

golden with autumn leaves

I

It was Dane .

toward me and caught

face against

couldnt believe it , but he looked and felt and smelled

Like himself .

? His face was grim , but he lifted the pearl

Thanks to you .

? I dont know , I- My gaze caught on the sky just above

much larger than it

Chapter 145 But that didnt

was the new moon right now

sky was supposed to be

you much , a feminine

stop whats happening to you

can give

cling

of

One stolen second .

of ti .

between time .

Dont waste it .

ahead will be dark … The voice

met Danes dark

was the goddess

she mean , years

his arms , and

through so

do what she wanted

we have to deal with more ? Another person might not have heard the anguish hidden in the

him so well

raised my hand to his cheek

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255