Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-69. Dark Room

[Asher]

Why did I bring you here, Xanthea?

Out of all the beautiful places I could have taken you, why did I bring you into this darkness?

Is it because no one in all the three realms knows of this place-not my family, not even Raven and Ezra?

Or is it because I wanted you to know this place? But why?

You make me question Xanthea. You make me question myself, but you leave me with no answers because my mind can no longer comprehend my actions and the reasons behind them. And to ask you directly is not even an option. One question will lead to another and another. And I have only limited answers. I do not know how much of myself I should reveal to you. How much of me would you be interested to know about? Or if you would be interested at all? I don't know how you'll see me beyond the facade I put before you, for there is a darkness in my soul blacker than the one that fills this room. Like a rotten apple, corroded at its core, I keep polishing my outer cover, keeping it shiny and desirable. But beyond it, there's nothing to be desired.

I never had a problem sharing anything with my brothers. But you, Xanthea. You.

I want to keep you all for myself.

I need something from you, expect something from you. What? I can't tell, but it's something only you can give me.

And that is why I can't be with you the way I have been with everyone else all my life, from my family to my peers.

I want to show you the real me, but I am not sure if you'd like what you see.

If I shed my masks before you, would you stay by my side? Would you look for me in my hollowness, the way you are looking for me in this dark room? Or would you want to escape?

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Before teleporting, Icifer wanted to take Xanthea somewhere private. Somewhere it would be just the two of us and nobody else. I still can't believe this was the first place that came to my mind, almost as if it had been planted there by

someone.

My wolf, my mind, and my body have been acting unexpectedly and uncontrollably when it comes to her. Even so, I found myself humbly surprised tonight.

Even though she was my mate, there was no reason for me to bring her to a place this deeply personal to me. So personal, I never wanted to share it with anyone.

Maybe I was here because Icifer didn't want to share Xanthea with anyone, either.

Xanthea stretched out her hands. Her eyes opened wide as she tried to grope her way through the nothingness of this room. She was breathing heavily, as though the bitter air of this room strangled her.

She strained her eyes, trying to see through the dense darkness that hung heavy around her. A darkness so dense it seemed to have materialized, tightening around her like a shroud.

Although I highly doubted she'd be able to figure out where we were, she wouldn't be able to see a thing in here, anyway.

This room had a touch of cold and stale death, especially designed to impair all the senses of whoever was in here. Especially sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.

I don't know how she would perceive this place, but a few hours of isolation in this place was enough for an immortal with a powerful wolf's spirit to lose their mind.

From their hearing to their wolf's senses, would be highly impaired. Things like disturbing hallucinations, hearing voices, reliving one's darkest traumas were common symptoms. This place brought to reality one's deepest emotions, fears and memories through the illusion of one's bewildered mind.

And I could see Xanthea already struggling with them as she crumbled to the floor, her eyes wide with horror.

I wonder what she was hallucinating about?

"Please don't. Please don't lock me here again. It's too dark. I promise I'll be on my suppressants all the time. I am sorry! I-I shouldn't have wanted it. I shouldn't have craved it, enjoyed it! Luna! Luna Meesa! Please don't leave me here! I don't want to be alone! It's scary..." she cried, impatiently hitting the air as though she were banging on a door.

She stopped banging as though someone had opened the invisible door.

me out of here!" she broke into sobs, shutting her ears as though she was hearing too

I contemplated her stoically.

was my wolf, but recently he

her head. Disturbed, she clenched her hair into her

are hurting her!' She went through a little pain and Icifer

all of Icifer's restlessness with my silence

can't be back at the Virgo palace. I can't return to that life. No. No. No. This makes

I

clenched her chest, shutting her eyes as she chanted Ezra's name, as though it were a source of strength for

difference to me, but it seemed to have pissed Icifer

her belly, she curled up her knees closer to her chest. The jitter in her body went to an

I'll take her out of here,' Icifer

narrowed my eyes. She was mumbling something to

watch,' I thought to him

be an illusion of my mind. There's nothing

fingers brushed against the wall. She banged on the wall as though she hoped there was someone beyond those walls to hear her plea. But there was no one far and

known, something peaceful. I won't be

glared through the dark, pulling away the web of fear that messed up her

the wall and floor with her hands and legs alternatively, she began trudging. Her hands were shaking, but not

That was unexpected.

the ridges and grooves, the

'She is adapting. Trying to find a way even though it's futile

at

right? You want me

widened my

darkness' illusions, she created a counter reality. She imagined a scenario where this was

to visit 00005s.org for the full

letting out

created in this unknown darkness made sense, given the circumstance she was in. Most viable option. Considering it was her first time in this room, she was doing pretty well. My eyes relaxed, and

she hasn't improved?' Icifer asked, his voice charged

she has always been mentally strong from the moment I first saw her, when she picked herself up after the car accident. But I can't deny, I am impressed,' I thought to

walked closer to her and

should have found you

from which direction my voice was coming

she ran her hands through the

me before then, and you

wall, she froze, comprehending what I said. And when she did, she let out a sigh of relief

were here. I knew

is. Don't be scared, wife." I

am not scared," she smiled, wiping off her tears, stepping away from where I stood. "I am

my eyes,

the last time I will talk to you in this room. You'll have to figure out where I am," I said, taking a

find you?" she blurted out, hoping

but these tricks won't work on

stopped trying to reach me. Standing in her place, she shut her eyes. Although calmer than before, she had lost her sense of direction towards

work normally here. From your voice, it seems as though you are standing at

air around me. She couldn't

right behind me all this time,

that?" I asked, stepping closer

within me. I just knew you were close because with you,