Tasting Darkness

Chapter 49

Chapter 49 

I gag at the crunching sounds Ryze makes, which suddenly has me feeling sick.

“You want to keep him. You got to feed him properly, they are carnivorous birds Aleera,” I nod, but I don’t think I could force a mouse to die after seeing how viciously he killed it. Tobias tries to pass me one, and I shake my head, feeling my stomach grow queasy.

“How do you expect to look after him if you won’t feed him?”

“You couldn’t bring dead ones,” I asked and Tobias looked down at the cage, not watching his hand, and Ryze struck again, plucking the squeaking mouse.

“Fucker,” Tobias hissed, sucking his fingers where Ryze got him.

Tobias sits on the ground next to his mouse cage and pulls another one out.

“So if you weren’t trying to escape, why were you touching the wards?” he says, this time chucking a mouse to Ryze, who swallows it whole.

“His wing is broken; I wanted to try siphon some of the power from the ward to heal it,” I explain.

“So you weren’t going to try use against us or use it to escape,”

“No, I wanted to heal him so I could let him go, I didn’t want him trapped here.”

“You aren’t letting the bird go, Aleera,” Tobias said, staring at him.

“I have no choice, you said yourself Darius will kill him,”

“Good luck because the way he is with you, he has bonded to you, you can try, but he will keep coming back,” Tobias said, and I looked down at him.

“And you just saved him, and he got used to you?” I nod, and h e sighs. “So peculiar,” He mutters, shaking his head before tossing him another mouse. Tobias chews his lip thoughtfully.

“If given a chance, would you escape?” Tobias asked me. “You know I would, so why ask questions you already know?”

“Maybe because I hope your answer would change Aleera,” Tobias says.

you will have to figure out something. Maybe the basement might be better, there is a hole in the roof, and he can get out and fly around when he wants. You can’t keep

me something else first,” I nod, wondering what else he wanted to know.

himself on you?” I look away, and he curses before shocking me with his next question. “Are you okay?” my head whipped toward him, and he

Aleera, I don’t mean in general,” I

you come?” Why would he ask that? He puts his hand up in mock surrender. “Just a question,

“Both,” I mumble.

him; I thought you tried to run

you are helping

when I found him down here, I was going to tell Darius, but I knew he would kill him. Just because I hate something doesn’t mean I believe it should

is alright? Yeah, and abuse?” I scoffed. Tobias observes me for a few seconds and hangs his head. “I don’t hate you, I used to, but after seeing you with

enough to stop

his trust, Aleera,” tears well in

hold him and don’t let him bite me, I will give you some magic to heal him,” Tobias says, and I gasp,

me magic?” Tobias nods,

him,

“What?”

it, kiss me,” I shake my

it,” I tell

pretty fast,” Tobias laughs and I glare

Darius tear into my bond by telling me to kiss

Tobias asked, not seeming to like

your bond, Aleera.

“Why?”

drinking your blood and I need something, since none of my mates will touch me, your blood

Lycus saying

“Just a kiss?”

plucked dodo-looking phoenix,” Tobias says. I glanced down at Ryze, who

asked. If it meant helping Ryze, I would do

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