Chapter 64


    Chapter 64


    Eventually, the pain rippling through me eased enough that I could stand without wanting to double over,


    Darius quickly washed while I grabbed my towel. Despite being mortified at the situation I found myself


    in. Darius didn’t seem horrified like I would have expected.


    He wrapped a towel around his waist before removing his briefs underneath and tossing them i n the


    washing hamper. Kalen had set out some clothes for me on the counter, and I moved toward them while


    Darius looked below the counter.  Rummaging around before pulling out a face washer. He tore it in half


    before folding it.


    “Not ideal, but will do until I can get you in town. Or maybe rolled up toilet paper?” He said, holding up


    the torn face washer. I nodded, my cheeks ming. But hey, at least he is resourceful.


    “Get changed; I will meet you in the room,” he said before walking out.


    It felt like I was wearing a diaper. I was paranoid that I looked like I was walking like a cowboy who spent


    thest week riding bareback across the country. Yet it worked and held in ce, but I definitely wouldn’t


    be doing any strenuous exercise with this thing stuck between my legs.


    Opening the door, I froze. Tobias was sitting in the armchair by the firece. Ryze was on his chest,


    lying on his back while Tobias stroked his tummy feathers. His long tail feathers ran down his legs to the


    floor. 5


    “I’m fine, Aleera; you just caught me off guard. I won’t hurt you,” Tobias said. Ryze hearing him speak,


    rolled onto his tummy.


    “I swear he thinks he is ap cat,” Tobias chuckled, and Ryze puffed out his feather before flying over to


    me and perching on my shoulder. He yed with my hair using his beak and made a cooing noise. Lycus


    and Kalen were sitting on the bed just staring at Ryze while I scratched his feathers, and Darius walked


    out of the closet dressed in jeans and a ck shirt. Ryze hissed at him as he drew closer, and Tobias


    chucked Darius a set of car keys.


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    “I don’t get it. You have been our keeper for years and never went through a shredding.” Kalen


    murmured. Darius stopped in his tracks and blinked at him before raising an eyebrow at him.


    “I am male and technically not your keeper; she is,” Darius said, pointing to me. Ryze snapped at his


    pointed finger and hissed at him while I tried not to giggle at Kalen’s question.


    “I’m checking,” Lycus says, pulling out his phone while Kalen looks over his shoulder.


    “You can’t be that stupid. How many times in thest 6 years have you seen me bleeding every


    six months?” Darius said with a shake of his head.


    “Well, it’s roughly every six months when you lock us in the room and fuck us every which way from


    Sunday,” Lycus said.


    “Ah, yeah,st time, I couldn’t sit properly for a week,” Kalen mumbled, earning augh from me. Tobias


    sniggered before appearing thoughtful.


    “Huh, that is true; he does have a point,” Tobiasughed. Darius shakes his head when Kalen pouts,


    looking over his shoulder, reading whatever Lycus is looking at.


    “So it should onlyst a day, then you shred power, hmm. Did you know during the shredding power-


    shared canst a year and is at its strongest for the mates; it amplifies threefold?” Lycus tells us. I


    chewed the inside of my lip when Kalen spoke.


    “Shouldn’t you have been keeping track of that sort of stuff?” Kalen asked, and my face heated.


    “She has never gone through it before. I was wrong the other day when I said she ran. Aleera was trying


    to find some devil’s bane,” Darius admitted rubbing his thumb across his lip and looking at me. Lycus


    nods before looking up at him.  “Yes, it says here, the root, if brewed and ingested, will stop the


    shredding.” His brows furrow before he continues. “Aleera, that stuff is still poisonous. It could have killed


    you if you drank too much and has severe side effects, like delirium, vomiting, hallucinations, and an


    entire list of them,” Lycus says.


    “Wait, she was looking for the devil’s bane? Did we hear that right? Did Darius just admit he was wrong?


    Shit, get your phones. We need him to repeat that so we have evidence,” Lycus taunted. Darius growled


    before walking over to me and stopping in front of me. Ryze hissed at him.


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    “Stop it; I am not hurting her. Now off so I can take her into town,” Darius said, holding his arm out for


    Ryze to climb off. Ryze hisses, his long tongue snaking out and flicking at Darius’s face, but I caress his


    tummy feathers. He turns his head, pressing his beak to my lips before climbing onto Darius’s arm, which


    surprised me.


    Darius gulped and walked very stiffly toward Tobias, where Ryze jumped off him and back onto Tobias’s


    chest. Tobias huffed at his weightnding on him. At the same time, Ryze shook himself before rubbing


    his feathery head all over Tobias’s shirt. When Tobias didn’t scratch his feathers, he bit him, making


    Tobias hiss.


    “Ok. bloody bird, I will scratch your damn tummy, roll over,” Tobias hissed, rubbing the spot Ryze bit him.


    Darius shakes his head at Ryze before walking toward me.


    “Even the bloody bird gets kissed before me,” Lycus mumbles, making me look over at him. Darius


    growls at him before his eyes move to mine. 1


    “Can you just kiss that idiot, so he stops pouting and getting jealous of a damn bird?” Darius growled. 1


    “I don’t want no sympathy kiss, Darius, fuck off,” Lycus snarled at him, and Darius shrugged, unperturbed


    by Lycus’ whining.


    “Come on,” Darius said,ing to take my elbow when Ryze shrieked, flying over to me


    “Bird, you can’te,” Darius snapped at him.


    “Howe we don’t just portal? Wouldn’t it be quicker?” I asked him, trying to get Ryze to go back to


    Tobias.


    “Quicker, yes, but we also need to grab a few things, and I am not a pack mule. Besides, we will need to


    try to keep our reserves strong for when you shred tomorrow,” Darius answered. I gasped and took a


    step back.


    “Pardon?” I asked, and Darius stopped looking over at me.


    “You will need our power to shred, Aleera,”


    “You will give me power?” I asked, and everyone stared at Darius, shocked. Darius said nothing, just


    looked between us all before raking his hand down his face.


    “Can we just go?” Darius said. However, I now had something else to worry about. If Darius allowed me


    to shred. There was no way I would be able to hide what I am.  That scared me the most. My mother


    always told me to keep what I am hidden, and shredding would be doing the opposite.


    “Ryze, you can’te,” Darius told him, and Ryze hissed at him, refusing to get off. I tried passing him to


    one of the others, but Lycus and Kalen nearly jumped out of their skin when I offered Ryze to them.


    Darius shook his head, and Tobias got up and walked over to me.


    “Come, I will take him downstairs. He probably wants to go fly,” Tobias said, following us out. Kalen and


    Lycus also followed but kept their distance from Ryze, who was quite antsy inside the castle. He flew off


    my shoulder and out of a window, and I sighed.


    We made our way downstairs when I heard screeching, and my eyes widened. I took off running for the


    doors, missing a few steps in my haste as I raced down them.


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