Chapter 43


    Chapter 43


    It was a little after midnight before I finally got


    the courage to unlock the door leading into the hall. Surprisingly, they had once again left it unlocked. Th


    e key was still in it, but it hadn‘t been turned, trapping me inside. The majority of the night I spent listenin


    g to Kalen argue and fight with them over me.


    I tried my best to ignore it and not eavesdrop but hearing the hatred spewing from my lips


    and listing to them warn me away from Kalen bothered me. Though I was


    a little shocked overhearing Kalen defend Kalen and me because he was furious finding Kalen in the


    shower with me. ?


    .


    Something went down in there, and I hoped Kalen was alright, and if any of them


    did get hurt, I prayed it was Darius. The asshole needed to know what pain felt like. I


    would love to be the one to deliver every blow he has shown to me. He sure


    knows how to ruin someone, that is for sure.


    Slipping into the hall, I made my way down to the cells, careful as I opened the door so it


    didn‘t creak before making my way down the steps. Ryze peeked his little head up excitedly before tilting


    it from side to side as he looked at me. Ryze, I swear, could see into


    my soul. As soon as I sat down, he bumped his head against my cheek, making a low cawing sound, and


    I got the feeling he could sense I was upset.


    “I can‘t stay for long, but I saved you some sandwich,” I whispered to him before kissing the top of


    his beak. I held the sandwich out to him, but he nudged my hand toward me, pushing it away. I


    tried again, but he did the same thing.


    “You don‘t want it?‘ I asked him. He must be missing eating meat. I needed to see if I could


    catch some field mice. I sighed a breath of relief when he plucked the sandwich triangle


    from my hand, but instead of eating it, he stood pressing the


    old stale sandwich and his beak to my mouth. Iughed, watching as he tried to stuff


    the stale sandwich in my mouth and feed m e. I shook my head, and he puffed


    out his feathers before plopping down in his make–shift nest. His snake–like tongue licked the


    back of my hand, and I picked up the dropped sandwich and ced it beside him.


    “I have to get back in case they notice,” I tell Ryze patting his back. Feathers were starting to sprout alon


    g his back, and his broken wing still looked terrible. I chewed my lip, thinking of If I could just siphon


    a little bit of power, I could at least heal his broken wing. Then we could get out of here sooner, or at the


    very least he could. That


    thought saddened me, he was all I had here, but it would be selfish of me to keep him down here,


    and I was already a prisoner. I wouldn‘t do that to Ryze.


    Reluctantly I got and left, sneaking back into the castle foyer. I started climbing the steps when I


    paused mid–way, looking back at the door leading to the cells.


    My eyes moved to the wards, and I quickly nced up to the other levels to see if anyone


    was around. When I saw no one, I moved toward the doors. Darius‘s energy


    oozed off them, powerful and dangerous. cing my hand on the


    doorknob, I didn‘t get blown backward or incinerated so I gripped it. Just enough to heal


    Ryze, that was it. Maybe Darius wouldn‘t notice if I was careful not to take too much. Like who in their rig


    ht mind would attack a castle belonging to Darius Wraith and contained over 600 demons, you


    would have to be suicidal to try that.


    I felt my hand heat up as I felt for his energy, and I was about t o absorb it when


    a hand went across my mouth and nose, stifling the scream of fright that tried to leave me.


    I was ripped backward and away from the door by someone. I tried to breathe but the hand prevented it


    as I struggled. And it only took a few seconds to recognize it was Darius.


    “You see, the wards, when touched, alert me of intruders but also those who try to escape Aleera. You


    wouldn‘t be stupid enough to try, would you?” I swallowed and shook my head.


    “But then again if you weren‘t trying to escape, why were you at the door?”


    he growled, shoving me away. I stagger and barely correct my footing before hitting the floor.


    My heart was racing so fast I could hear it, feel my own pulse in my neck.


    “You want to have a good reason to be done here, and


    what you were doing trying to leave,” I went to tell him I wasn‘t trying to leave, but if I said I was


    siphoning magic, he would probably kill me and if I told why he would kill Ryze.


    “So let‘s hear it,” Darius snapped at me. I chewed my lip. No matter what I say, it would get me


    or Ryze killed.


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    “Answer or am I right? You were trying to leave?” Darius asked.


    I say nothing. Sometimes silence is better than words. I was doomed either way, so I was surprised at his


    “Get


    back upstairs,” he snarled, motioning with his hand toward them. I hesitated before running up them like m


    noticed Darius walking up behind me, so I moved faster, hoping to get to my room so I could


    lock him out.


    Walking down the dimly lit corridor to my room,


    I gripped the door handle to open my door when Darius‘s voice stopped me.


    “Next door,” he said and my brows furrowed. I stepped


    back, ensuring it was the right door, and it was definitely my room. Twisting the handle, I pushed the door


    open only to walk directly into Darius. My heart nearly leaped out of my chest as he appeared out of thin a


    the re he gave me.


    “I said the


    next door,” he snarled, stepping out of my room toward me. I nced back down the corridor where he wa


    bedroom door.


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