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.

him here, but 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 him locked

up, but tell me something else first,” I nod,

me with his next question. “Are you okay?” my head whipped toward him,

I don’t mean in general,” I nod, my face

did it or because he made you come?” Why would he ask that? He puts his hand

“Both,” I mumble.

for defending him; I thought you tried

you are

here, I was going to tell Darius, but I knew

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 Kalen,

stop Darius,” I

have to earn his trust, Aleera,” tears

I will give you some magic

magic?” Tobias nods, staring

him, but there

“What?”

me,” I shake my head, not falling for

it,” I

rejected pretty fast,” Tobias laughs and

my bond by telling me to kiss him and then

seeming to like that. I nod, remembering how painful that

your bond,

“Why?”

will touch me, your

my lip, remembering Lycus saying

“Just a kiss?”

kiss,” Tobias repeats. “Then you can heal your plucked dodo-looking phoenix,” Tobias says. I glanced down at

it meant helping Ryze, I

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