Tasting Darkness

Chapter 32

Chapter 32 

Tobias POV 

We had just finished eating dinner, yet I was craving something else. Someone else. I never should have fed on Aleera. I was only allowed to feed on Lycus and Darius, and I knew the reason for it, but her blood had been calling me from the moment I laid eyes on her. I told myself just a taste, but I knew I was done for when I fed on her when I tried to take the shadows from her.

Lycus watched me; he had been looking at me strangely all day since he found me arguing with Aleera.

“I need to check the wards in the forest. Do you want to come? ” Darius asked, getting up from his seat.

“No, I will wait here,” I told him. He tilted his head to the side, examining me. I always went with him, and I knew he was suspicious of me too. They all were. My hunger was insatiable, one of the reasons I was only to strictly feed on Lycus and Darius. They could fight me off. Kalen and Aleera, not so much if I lost control.

“When did you last feed? You seem to be in a mood,” Darius asked before his eyes flicked to Lycus.

“Earlier off me, twice actually,” Lycus answered, and Darius turned his gaze back to me, and I noticed Kalen get up to head through the bathroom, and I growled in warning at him.

“Sit Kalen, I will take you to see her later,” I told him, and he sighed but sat back on the bed, yet Darius still didn’t leave.

“Are you struggling since feeding on her the other night?” Darius asked me, and I shook my head.

“No, I am just drained,” I lied. He didn’t look like he believed me, but I also knew Darius had an obsession with the wards, and my mood wouldn’t keep him here much longer; I just needed to wait him out.

“Lycus, do you want to come?” Darius turned and asked him.

“Can I?” Kalen asked him excitedly.

“I thought you wanted to see Aleera?”

can’t until you come back

I will see if Aleera is back and take Kalen to see her,” I told them, and Kalen’s eyes lit up. My lips quirked in the corners loving his excitement, and I wished he always looked so happy. Why couldn’t we be enough for him? Why did she bring out this more optimistic side of

Tobias. He

at him and gave him a pleading look and I knew

I wouldn’t allow her to hurt him, understanding

him with her, and don’t

was serious about that. Darius looked away, and I knew he was just as affected by her presence as we all were. He was

I could think about and the taste of her blood.

Darius snapped before opening up a portal. Lycus groaned, and I know he

of marking them disgusted me, and I could have lived without the powersharing. I could retrieve magic by drinking blood alone in little dribs and drabs, but I wasn’t sure I could part from them after

was stupid o nour part, we cloaked her so well we couldn’t even find her

spell had turned to a permanent shield

how we had searched for her, following lead after lead. We weren’t sure powersharing was possible without our keeper, not until we witnessed it

filthy and skinny they both were, and Darius

all of our reasoning. It was almost like she called o nus. She wasn’t bonded to us yet, but we all had an inkling

them before Lycus let him go and followed Darius through the portal. That was also how we realized we could power

taboo and only accepted if the keeper was dead. Ours wasn’t, so it caused a lot of issues.

to square one, but Lycus and Kalen continued having power somehow when we realized how they

she ran, and we were forced to forge the bond. Kalen and Lycus were both patient and never pushed us past our comfort zones

my blood. After that, it became a non-issue. As long as nothing went near my ass, I was okay with it.

the way he did. Darius sort of became our keeper. He had particular gifts. We all found ourselves more inclined toward him. When we needed power, we usually went to him for it. His was the most potent and charged us quicker. Good thing he has good stamina. I chuckled, not

you laughing at?” Kalen asked,

when we all first got together,” I told him, and Kalen smiled deviously before crawling to the edge of the bed. I could see

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