Tasting Darkness

Chapter 142

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 17 – Aleera POV

Darius’ screams of despair broke my heart as he was forced out of the pentagram, his body hurled through the air to the safety of my portal. I felt like I could break down in tears, yet was unsure if it was because of the relief that they were safe, or despair for possibly losing them.

 

The portal shut, just as the last tower was charged, and I was smashed with electricity. It traveled through my body with such force, I didn’t have enough time to register if I felt any pain.

My knees went out from under me, hitting the hard ground along with my hands as I was propelled forward. I tried to get up, to fight

the force that held me down, but each attempt ended with the same scenario – a helpless dead end. I was wasting the little energy left in my body.

The energy emanating from the towers slowly drained me of power, immobilizing it. I gritted my teeth and ignored the pain that slowly spread though my body as I lifted my head. My eyes found her within a second, and I made it a point to glare at my mother.

I forced all hatred I had for that woman into my gaze, but even that didn’t feel like enough. There was no living person I could ever hate more than her. And yet, as unfazed as ever, she casually strolled down the stairs toward me.

Her feet stopped next to my face. I expected a blow, a show of power and superiority, but instead, she circled around me. “Your father’s death won’t be in vain.”

An amused giggle escaped me at her words. “You have no idea what you have just done,” I growled at her.

I know exactly what I am doing, Aleera. Who do you think came up with the plague?” she murmured, crouching beside me. I didn’t want her so near me, if anything, I wanted her as far from me as possible, or better

believe this was

her had died a long time ago. Buried so deep inside the leftover shell of a person that no attempts would ever bring back even half of the mother she could

nothing but a monster. A woman responsible for so much

she did, but for what she had lost and robbed me of. A

my skin, nearly breaking the skin

me refused to

laughed as I tried to jerk my face out of her grip. “Xandrius took everything from me, and once I am done, I will return the favor when I kill his

don’t understand,” she murmurs, letting

to someone. Hands suddenly grabbed me when

gold cuffs, entwined with magic I knew was hers. My wings folded in and

exposed, naked, and vulnerable. The one thing I never wanted to feel just washed over me all at once, all thanks to the woman who was

world will fall to the true Queen. Our species may be extinct, but not for much longer,” she announced, raising

order back to the rightful hands

at her. For how long

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