Tasting Darkness

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 1 – Aleera’s face twists with rage, and she shoves me, making me stumble to catch her as she jumps me; I try to toss her off when her lips crash against mine, and I gasp at the force of my magic leaving me as she absorbs all my power, not leaving a drop. I feel the monster that lurks inside me rear its head as her bond latches onto mine. The nervous energy through the bond with our mates is palpable.

Fear so strong, I could taste it as I fought to stop the darkest parts of me from taking over; we all knew she couldn’t handle the monster I could become. Yet, she was determined and refused to let go, making me stumble back onto the bed.

She crashes on top of me, her legs straddling my waist, and she pins me with my own magic, her hands pressing against his chest.

I growl at her, glaring up at her, and our mates back off-their energy ripples behind her as our gazes lock.

“Three down, one to go,” she murmurs, and I watch horrified as she gives herself over to instinct, letting the bond force its way out, and I struggle harder, trying to contain the monster that has the potential to obliterate us both.

Instinct pulls as I feel her power latch onto me, and I lose control. Hunger to take it back, warping and twisting the parts of me that I fought so hard to keep, those parts dying out as she siphons me. Her nails dig into my chest, and black and gold tendrils sliver up her arms, neck, and face, webbing beneath her skin when she shuts her eyes.

It was the only thing I hated about killing off my harmony side, being unable to contain the incubus I truly was, a demon, a monster from the pits of hell. She has no idea what she has done, as I feel the edges of my vision go.

I’m going to Hell.

“Darius, give in. Don’t fight it,” Kalen whimpers behind her. Was he crazy? I can’t do what I have done to him, to her. She would never forgive me, and I would never forgive myself. I tried to toss her off, yet she was just as crazed as her lips smashed against mine. I struggle against her when her magic touches me, enticing me, and I go limp, surrendering to it, knowing I can’t hold off.

It was clear my mates would not help me, so I gave myself over to it. I let the darkest parts of me out. She would hate me after that much, I was sure of; when I felt Kalen, his magic slipping into me, I pulled away with a gasp. He was lending me his power to try to keep some control, enough to stop me from killing her.

“She is safe with us,” Tobias reassured me, as her lips traveled down my neck, Aleera was gone, gone to instinct, and it was strange seeing her so out of it. Even with the others, she had some control, maybe not over the shred, but she wasn’t this vacant, hungered bond. She was still with us.

“Darius, let go. Stop fighting it. You won’t win,” Kalen whimpered as my hands shake on her arms, where they grip them.

They won’t let me kill her. And with that, I let go, praying Kalen could at least hold me back somewhat. My bond is depraved, it didn’t care for their emotions; it only knew how to take, and that’s what it does.

My nails slice her skin, and she hisses, her lips pulling away from my skin. I would make it up to her, but she wanted this. She did this, called it out, knowing full well I have no control of my bond.

I couldn’t, as I

wouldn’t stop; I couldn’t, especially once I had stripped her down

on her. Here she was, my Aleera, my Love, lying under me. Ready for me to do everything I have

my brain can’t distinguish the difference between right and wrong. A soft smile coated my lips. If only she understood the amount of love I had for her, if she asked me to burn the world for her, I’d do it. I wouldn’t think twice if she asked

on me that no one else ever would, and soon she would hold every secret I fought so hard to keep from her, knowing

my aura, allowing me some semblance of self as I give into

fear that makes you feel as if you’re the most powerful man in existence. In all my years, I’ve always known I was different. From the moment I killed my harmony side off; I could feel the coldness of the monster I learned to keep at

as she realized I was giving her what she wanted, I no longer craved it. She knew what she was risking as I saw her slowly return

her sacrifice herself to save Kalen, that all seemed to change. I no longer craved her fear, and when we were attacked, she could have run, yet

simultaneously that day, killing the part of me that hated her. But saved the little humanity I was clinging onto. I just hoped she could still love

skin as my hands moved on their own, down her body, feeling the

knees, I removed my shirt first, and her eyes widened. She breathes heavily, her chest falling and rising with each harsh intake of breath. Her magic writhed beneath her skin, and her

causing her to gasp in surprise. That’s all it took for me to sweep my tongue into her parted mouth, exploring and owning every inch of her while my hands

gripped hard onto the sheets. I don’t waste a moment, dragging my mouth slowly downward and taking one taut nipple into my watering mouth. My free hand pinched the other, causing her to

to reveal her perfect pink p**ssy glistening under the light for

her juice before taking it out. The smell was like a d*mn aphrodisiac to

like honey, much like the

I hummed lightly, barely able to compose

slipped my thumb between her folds and tightly pinched that little cl*t that drove me crazy, poking her entrance with my fingers. Aleera gasped at the stimulation, arching her back, and her thighs quiver. Soft moans

tongue in her, lapping at her slick heat greedily. Her tight little body wrapped around my tongue, her p**ssy clenching against my harsh lapping tongue, and her hips bucked as I hungrily

occasionally with my teeth; another moan soon escaped from her perfect

throbbed under the mere touch

it around my waist. I bent slightly, feeling her entrance,

automatically reach down to hold me when I push