Tasting Darkness

Chapter 85

Book 2 Chapter 6 My humiliation diminished after a while , and I felt stupid for running from Kalen and Lycus . I could feel them searching for me , yet I didn’t want to be near anyone . I suddenly missed being on my own . I was alone but comfortable in my own misery , yet I also didn’t want that anymore either . I craved interaction , touch , power , everything I lived without for so long . I desired not to have to look over my shoulder everywhere I went . I dreamed of not having to hide from the world . I craved being able to use my magic without guilt , without fear of what would happen if I did .

I wanted for so long to be free . And now , I had a taste of that freedom . And I wasn’t sure I could box it back up and run again . Run from them and myself . Being down here , the more I contemplated the chaos . Thought about what had become of my life , and wondered how the fuck I got here . What was the one part of my life that determined it would get to this exact point ? Where did I go so detrimentally wrong that I ended up here , at this very moment ? I couldn’t entirely blame – them . We all played a part , but somewhere along the way , just one stupid night , I gave into the bond and what I thought it offered . My bond had made me backflip on who they really were . Blinded by the bond , forgetting what they had done .

Yet I knew they had their reasons , and I had mine . So why was Darius still punishing me for it ? For once , I let myself believe I could be with them and that it would work out . Hearing the door open , I sat up , leaning against the wall as his heavy footsteps came down the stairs . I quickly wiped my face with the hem of my shirt before glaring at him as he stepped off the last step . ” Why are you down here ? ” Darius asked . ” Why are you down here ? ” I asked , wondering if he had come to humiliate me more . ” You’re upset , ” he states because that much was obvious . A quick swipe at my face with my shirt wouldn’t hide the puffiness of my eyes , or the blotchiness from crying like an idiot over this

. ” I didn’t use you . You’re our keeper . That is what you’re born for . Not my

, just indifference . I couldn’t even tell if he was just forcing his bond to me back or if he generally felt nothing for me . ” Look , I didn’t mean to upset you . You have the others . You don’t need to mark me . I don’t want you to mark me , Aleera . That is why I shoved

ask . ” I have this place to run . I can’t be at your beck and call any time you bat your eyelashes at me ! I have to keep you safe from what’s out there ! I can’t do that if the urges of

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