Tasting Darkness

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 10 – Aleera POV

As the memories slowly started to fade, the shadows started slivering over my skin. I shuddered; feeling for my magic, desperate to reach it and grasp it in my hands.

If I managed to capture it, to hold onto it for long enough, I would be able to break free and go after my mates. They needed me now more than ever. Especially Darius.

A loud s*b tore out of me at the first twitch of my fingers. Any movement was welcomed, needed and long awaited. The necessity to move and get out of my own mind was so intense that I kept forcing my thoughts and prayers towards another movement.

Once my prayers were answered and my toes wiggled, I finally came back to my body.

My power flexed – strong, intense, angry, and so, so dark. Yet, to my surprise, it was so light, like a feather. As if it floated in my veins, under my skin.

It was an odd and unheard of combination. I sucked in a breath as I found my bond manifesting and bonding onto them.

I could feel them as if I were them.

Could sense and almost touch them as if they were extra limbs, suddenly attached to my body, yet so very familiar. I could feel their magic mold and transform with mine.

Their powers became mine and mine became theirs, molding into something much bigger than everything I have known until now.

in snakes. I couldn’t tell where one snake ended and the next one started. Heads, tails and bodies slid over me

should have tried to get away from the cold scales that slid over my skin,

– they were mine. All of them were

caw at the window

tearing my gaze away from the newfound addition. Two glowing eyes peered back at me. A soft sigh left my lips at the view. Finally, there was something familiar that proved I had *********** escaped the memories and was right where

he c**ked his head to

storm outside raged like the power burning inside my veins. Maybe everything around me didn’t happen for a reason, but I had a feeling that the weather was copying everything I

and flew over to me. He perched on my shoulder with such grace, anyone who saw him would claim he had done it at least a thousand times before. Ryze screeched and tried to sn*tch one

eyes, as if it had never been there, as if it

be. But how? As the snakes silvered and climbed up my body, they felt too real

reality. Right back to everything I was missing in the moment of confusion, created by

no doubt that

yet I felt different, felt… I couldn’t identify the feeling, or try to describe it, so I focused on more important matters. Those

shirt, I froze on the spot as I caught my reflection in the mirror I didn’t recognize myself, I couldn’t even if I tried my hardest to notice some of the details that made me look like… well,

shadow snakes wrapped around my limbs like tattoos, they created intricate designs that didn’t only adorn my skin – they stood out and made me look better than ever. My eyes, however, reminded me of pure blood demons. Black, no whites. What was different and stood out were the irises of

was something more important to focus on, and quickly