Tasting Darkness

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 15 – Darius POV

Her wings spread wide, burning as brightly as the lava she walked on Yet when her lips parted on a scream, the sound matched that of her Phoenixes.

It erupted out of her, shattering the windows on the building where I stood. The sound was so powerful, even the ground below me shook like an earthquake. I had no idea a scream could be as impressive, all-consuming and destructive.

Our mate, she truly was a thing of beauty, grace and unseen dominance. She was a force to be reckoned with, and honestly, g*d should stand by those who ever dared to doubt her. Whoever had a gall to think of Aleera as less than she truly was, was in for a massive surprise. And pain. A lot of pain.

I could describe her scream as the sound of chaos and destruction. It roared, tore out of her, as if the process hurt her. Those sounds grew louder when she lifted her hands.

The lava spewed out and morphed into snakes, slivering out of the crater. The snakes instantly attacked, hunting their prey, just as her Phoenixes dived to help pick them off.

Aleera’s magic was unimaginable. It was powerful and strong, twisted and wicked, yet insanely beautiful. I couldn’t find better words or ways to describe everything I was witnessing happening before my eves. I never dared to go as far as to assume that something like this might be possible.

Her mother screamed for her minions to grab Aleera. A wicked smirk spread across my lips once I noticed what was happening right before the command. The minions were hesitant at first to do her bidding, yet once their true nature shone through, the morons were eager to steal her magic.

Aleera moved almost as if she was dancing, so light on her feet. She looked graceful with each precise move. She managed to create a performance as she showed off her skills, flaunted her magic in front of those who were unworthy of ever holding so much power in their hands.

think she had trained all her life in combat. Assume that battles and wars were all Aleera ever had known. But it was instinct and intuitive sight as she anticipated their every move. Once she gave into the primal instinct of her nature, of her magic, the

that tried their luck to go against our beautiful mate went down before they could get close enough to hurt her. Her wings

unreal. After all the vile things I had committed over my lifetime, I still

her magic, I couldn’t stand aside like a fool. We were in the epicenter of a war and my mates, all of them, needed

my gaze away from Aleera, Lidia turned her attention to the fight. Finally, her hand clutching the knife

her legs out from under her. The blade went flying from her

her hand, blinding me with blue light. I knew that b*tch didn’t play a fair game. She found an easy exit for everything, no matter what it took, so I should have seen

blinded when I felt her foot connect with my

rushed past me when I heard her whistle. The sound was as loud as a siren call, to which I turned and tossed my

I thought I was doing something, Ryze swooped below me and then past, hertalons sunk into my arm as she flapped with all her might to

rang through the air as my

face as she shot off in the

get. F***k! This was my battle to begin with, and now, all my mates were

that Aleera’s mother had opened a portal

under my breath once I noticed that Kalen’s face was turning purple. The g*ddamn leash was caught around a pole as he