Tasting Darkness

Chapter 69 

Darius POV 

My mind was spinning as I held the hellhounds off. One stupid mistake nearly cost her life; I never should have taken her out of the castle grounds without the others. I was most shocked that she could have drained me of my power and portaled out and ran, leaving me, but she stayed to protect me. I knew something was off about her, but never in my wildest dreams did I think she was harmony Fae and elemental on top of that; not for one second did I ever entertain that idea, she shouldn’t exist. Aleera would be a lethal weapon if appropriately trained.

Why would she keep it from us? We would have protected her. However, it made so much sense now why her parents tried to kill her.

“Aleera, stay with me, love,” I called to her when my magic faltered when I was hit with a blast of air. My eyes scanned my surroundings as my flame wall suddenly encased us, and I barely covered her body with mine in time to stop the flames from burning her before reinforcing them stronger.

Come on Tobias, where are you? I thought just before I felt the shudder of him close; Lycus’s presence also felt near as my mark stopped burning, Kalen not here, and I wondered what they did to subdue him to force him to remain home. I knew that man would walk through fire for her. We all would. Whimpers and shouting could be heard all around, yet the shudder against m y shield as they bounced off it told me if I dropped it, they would get to her.

“Tobias behind you,” Lycus called out before I heard him grunt. Panic made me drop the shield to find him fighting with the man from town, the same man that walked out in front of my car. The vicious snarl as the hellhound lunged at us, ripping me back to my surroundings and the fact I dropped the shield. My body covers Aleera’s head to shield her, expecting its teeth claws any second before hearing the fierce sounds of flesh being ripped from bone and mighty furious roar.

Lycus’ giant wolf gripped its neck in his powerful jaws, ripping the hellhound back at the last second and slamming it on the ground before he shook his head, ripping out the beast’s throat and spraying himself and me in blood. Looking around, I noticed he and Tobias had taken out the others, and the only person left was the man Tobias was fighting. Fool to try to sneak up o n him would have been smarter if he ran. Tobias plunged his hand in through the man’s chest, his entire body became engulfed in flames. His screams drilled my ears.

magic was any match for a fire user. Tobias rips his hand out, leaving his burning

Aleera’s unconscious one. He sniffs her, licks her cheek, and nudges her before whimpering when she doesn’t wake. Tobias comes over and runs his hand

up in my arms. Blood trickled from her nose, ears, and eyes from using my magic. The amount she used told me she had never harnessed that much at once. Being an elemental,

before he pushes it off t o the side of the road. Lycus

one now,” Lycus

alight. Tobias opens a portal, and I groan as I stagger toward it with Aleera in my arms. Tobias comes to take her from me, but I pull away, not willing to let her go, and he looks

my life. She could have run,

show how wrong you were about our girl

right, there is no harmony left, and what would be the chances of finding a harmony that was also an elemental, impossible?” I stare at him, and he looks between Tobias,

“What?” Lycus stutters.

protected me while I was out. I woke up

curses, and so does Tobias. This means the war we were fighting to protect had more meaning; now, the stakes were higher. Anyone finds out about her. She would have an entire world of Fae after her. It was bad enough that I was stuck for years going through tests t o recreate the elemental status until I said no more. Not like they could force me

stop the

for forcing him to remain behind. Tobias flicks his fingers in his direction as we step into