Tasting Darkness

Read Tasting Darkness [Tempting Darkness] By Jessica Hall Book 2 Chapter 35 – Stumbling into the room the portal closes behind us, Darius didn’t step through but Tobias steered me toward the bathroom and I could feel how uncomfortable he was. I could also tell he was breathing through his mouth so as to not inhale my scent.

“But Darius,” I tell him. He shakes his head and points to the shower, clearly not trusting himself not to talk. I wasn’t aware it was about shredding that made him almost rabid. I also didn’t want to know but it must be a vampiric-fae thing because I remembered the strange Vampire from the store the first time.

Shutting the door, I strip my clothes off before stopping when I feel the stone in my pocket. It kind of looked like a moon stone, shaking my head. I turned and started the shower before trying to figure out what to do with it. Hearing the door open I panic and drop it into the bowl that sat between the basins full of bath bombs.

Kalen steps into the bathroom just as I turn back toward the shower. He holds up some clothes and sets them on the basins just as I step under the water’s spray. He turns around to face me before spotting my ruined clothes.

“Darius back?”

“Lycus went to help him,” Kalen tells me before twisting his wrist. “Wait!” I screeched but it was too late as he incinerated my pants on the tile floor. It was so odd seeing Kalen use magic considering he was powerless when I first came here.

on them were my favoritaman.” I buff “Ah, they were my favorite jeans,” I huff. Kalen smirks. “I’ll buy you some new ones,” he chuckles and I roll my eyes at him.

“So are you hopping in?” I ask him wondering if he was intending to just stand there. Kalen shakes his head turning toward the door.

“No, I will sit with Tobias since no one else is here and you’re in here smelling like a sweet dessert to him,” he laughs before leaving me and I reach for the soap. When I finished Darius was back with Lycus and I got changed.

Tobias, Kalen, Lycus and I moved the crates downstairs to the mess hall while Darius went to the recruits floor to tell them to meet us in the mess hall. Ryze flew above me heading down the flights of stairs and I watched her zip into the mess hall earning a scream from one of the kitchen

earning a scream from one of the kitchen hands who must have been in there as he came barrelling out the doors with his chef hat on peering into the mess hall with a frightened expression on his face. I click my tongue and walk down the last couple of steps and past the terrified demon with a shake of my head.

Ryze squarks from the windowsill she perched on. I whistle and she flies down landing on my shoulder just as I set the first crate down on one of the long tables. Moments later the recruits start coming into the mess hall with Darius who was carrying bags of minces, spam and rice. He sets them beside the crates of baby phoenixes who chirped and bounced in their crates wanting out.

The recruits look amongst themselves, some standing waiting for directions from Darius Rwe watches them as if they from Darius.Ryze watches them as if they were prey and by the looks on their faces they felt like it in her presents yet they didn’t run like they usually did. Though none came too close to me with her perched on my shoulder.

“There are too many for us to look after so think of it as a parenting class,” Darius tells them and they glance amongst themselves.

hand cutting the man that stood closest

it’s your turn to look after them until they are old

Someone at

 saved you all. You will do this or you know where the doors are,” Darius tells

shaking the thought of

Fae,” The man retorts and I roll my eyes when Darius whistles. Ryze wiggles, opening her talons and clenching them painfully on my shoulder before flying over to him. She climbs up Darius’ chest, opening her wings and wrapping them around Darius in

are part of their flock. Just

I tell him and he gives me a funny

beak though,” I shrug. Her beak resembled a male Phoenix which

its feathers,” Another suggests, Ryze’s head twists like an owl obviously understanding what the man was suggesting. Her tongue comes out like a snake as she hisses before

to,” Darius tells her when her beady eyes glare at him. She puffs out her feathers before flying over to me.” Definitely a

waves them to come over to the tes. “Sonick your chick and onbon crates. “So pick your chick and grab one of the bags of food. You will be responsible for whichever one you pick. It dies, you die,” Darius

they

keep that

what if they attack?” Another

Tobias tells him. Reluctantly the men step forward looking in each crate for a chick to look after. “Ah, they are kinda cute,” one man says wiggling his finger in front of its face. The

and Darius pry’s its tiny little beak open and the man sucks  his finger  “I don’t want that one,” he says, scooping a sleeping one out and putting it in his hoodie pocket. He sn***hed up a bag of feed and walked out while I tried not to laugh at him. By the time each one had

the three remaining Phoenixes up stairs back to our room. And set them inside a smaller wooden crate while Darius and Kalen set out some straw building a makeshift nest. We ended up keeping the biter, he wasn’t friendly with any of the men so he came back with us and Kalen declared he was naming him chomp. But we still needed names for the other two. Ryze peers into the

I look over at him. I shrug. “Just a feeling I got.” I

was one of his gifts. The room falls quiet and I feel all their eyes watching me and I sighed knowing I wouldn’t

I saw my mother,” I tell them, chewing my lip. Now that

you didn’t think to tell us?” Darius snaps at

hurt me, she wanted

“About what?” Tobias demands.

“About what?” Tobias demands.