Tasting Darkness

Chapter 141

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 16 – Darius POV

Since Lycus’ hearing was far more sensitive, he shrieked. I couldn’t look away as his claws tore at his head. Tobias wailed, covering his own.

 

Although we were in the same situation, in the heat of the moment, I couldn’t understand where to go or what to do. I needed them safe, all of them, but where was I supposed to go first?

Lidia snarled, getting to her feet. She straightened her body and clutched her neck where Lycus teeth got her, a sheer look of disgust crossed her face.

Lycus’ cries of agony forced his shift, leaving him naked and clutching his head in his hands.

Lidia casually walked down the stairs, unfazed by the chaos surrounding her. Aleera stopped, seeing the strange look on her mother’s face and the way everyone suddenly backed up.

“You dare betray me,” Aleera snarled at her mother. Her lava snakes slivered behind her as she faced her mother. If we had more time on our hands, I would gladly stand aside and admire the beauty of Aleera’s newfound, destructive power as she harnessed the shadows, morphed and tamed the darkness that was now writhing through her.

Lidia’s loud, screeching laughter caught my attention. I snapped my head in her direction just as she spoke up. “You silly girl, all you had to do was come to me. None of this was necessary,” Lidia chipped back at her.

Although I didn’t know what to expect, of all the things, I was more worried about the way Lidia’s mutated monsters were backing away. “Aleera!” I called her name, my voice sent a jolt up her spine as she turned her head briefly in my direction.

backed up, joining me in the center. He kept clutching Kalen close to

for breaths. Finally, Aleera noticed the strangeness of their behavior. She had to understand something was terribly wrong if her mother’s minions backed away

their faces said so much more – this place wasn’t just dangerous, it

to be for nothing,” Lidia spat at Aleera. It took a brief moment until I noticed her mutation Fae lift their hands. Then, the next moment, I finally realized what she was doing – they backed away to get to their assigned places. The minions didn’t try to save their lives,

a pentagram as the ground shook. My eyes scanned our enemies as each one retrieved something from their pocket. Now, I finally understood why they domed us

at the ground, letting them shatter before using their magic.

away from everything around us, but the more I watched over their actions, the more I wondered

when I noticed the Onyx, Peridot, and Smoky

grew tall, zapping a barrier from each one. Crystal couldn’t do much to general Fae, but to Demonic-Fae, they could immobilize

as I watched each tower light up. Almost no time had passed since the crystal

knew, just as good as

Aleera POV

drawing my energy. But the greed of the crystals didn’t stop there, it clutched onto the

to warn me, but when

shards. Each of them zapped the next as it created a barrier. A barrier I was trapped inside- inside a perfectly created fence that

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