Tasting Darkness

Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 28 – Porter

That little b*tch had to be lying! I knew what Darius had shown me. My wife was nothing but a c*nning wh*re. That woman had never been worthy of me, and neither was her bas*ard child! I was not in the wrong about this, I was the one wronged! All those visions? LIES.

I stormed down the hall until I spotted Lidia in the lab with vials on every shelf and counter. She was inspecting one and eyeing the contents when I entered the room. She didn’t even bother glancing up.

“Did you know about my wife? Did you know that she was forced to sleep with those pieces of sh*t?” I snarled. I couldn’t keep the rage from vibrating through me. I needed her to verify this was all a lie, so I could focus on our important work.

Lidia chuckled, swishing her little bottle around. “Did you believe you were kept on because you’re just so highly valued and skilled?” she giggled. “Oh, Porter. You are a sl*ppy drunk, worthless, really. You were scheduled to be sacked forever ago. That woman begged and pleaded on your behalf.” She holds the vial up, gazing at its contents before setting it down.

“I always thought people exaggerated when they described people offering anything in order to protect loved ones. She was on her knees, her hands clasped above her head, and she begged that she would do anything if I kept you on. Quite frankly I think she wasted her time, she would have been better off with you dead,”

“Although, it did p*ss me off when she offered herself up to my husband, although sharing her was fun, b*tch is good at eating p*ssy,” Lidia snickered. I feel bile rise up my throat and my hands clench. I wanted to kill her, yet she wouldn’t even turn, unfazed by me behind her.

the only reason you didn’t cop the death sentence when you

to be some sick joke, I stared at her, her words

fault? That couldn’t be

did it because she liked it. She wanted to trick me into raising her bas*ard son! Lidia and her daughter were both liars, and I wasn’t going to believe either of them. “No, you’re lying!

and turned toward me, hands on her hips and a mocking smile on her lips. “Did you know that he was to be the one that took your head? You weren’t going to be merely fired of course, you were to be executed, and he was the one that was in charge of that. In fact, if she hadn’t spread her legs for him, you wouldn’t be standing here and sharing my air. From what I’ve heard of that night, she was highly skilled. She impressed him so much that she

of a daughter of hers was lying, but that’s not

to your fate, Porter, she was more useful to me than you’ve ever been. Alas, she tried to save your life and how did you repay her?”

I couldn’t listen to another word she said. All I could think about was every moment I’d spent with my mate before

hands around her throat but in the middle of my pounce, she blasted me with her magic, knocking me back first into the table. Some of her precious bottles were thrown to the ground

into the shelves when something stabbed me in the side of my chest. I glanced down to see a syringe sticking out,

laughed, “You really thought I wasn’t ready for this? You really are pathetic. You deserve to suffer and

was fading in and out. I could barely make out Lidia walking away, leaving me