Chapter 134


    Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 9 – Aleera POV


    As more memories washed past me, I couldn’t be bothered to focus on them.


    I didn’t care for them. I cared for the feeling of agony tearing through my chest as his pain bled into me


    through the bond. The pain was so intense and raw, so d*mn fresh, that I didn’t believe it could be eased


    by the most skilled healers.


    Nothing I did would pull me out of the trance my body was in. It didn’t matter how hard I tried to fight


    back, how much of my energy and my own power I forced into breaking the veil – it didn’t move. It didn’t


    let me go.


    It forced me to watch his memories. I was stuck in-between the pain and past. The veil forced me to


    endure Darius’ pain physically in this memory state and in the waking world.


    Even in my current surroundings, I could hear them. As if the veil took pity upon me and let me listen in


    while the memory scenes kept rounding me. The foreign feeling forced me deeper into the past of the


    very man who shared his pain with me.


    Their voices rounded me like whispers in the wind, but I could still hear the intense panic resonating


    through the few words I could understand.


    Tobias wanted to help Darius and I could hear my phoenixes cawing loudly, desperately wanting me to


    come back. They were telling me something was seriously wrong.


    Nothing worked, no matter what I tried, it didn’t work, so I decided to focus on my anger towards Darius’


    past. Maybe that could help me break the chains that held me in this helpless state.


    A storm was brewing fiercely, it made the wind howl, and I was suddenly very aware of my outside


    surroundings. The memories that trapped my mind caught me between both worlds. I was present in


    two  alternate realities at the same time – one in the far past, and the other which needed me.


    The more I saw, the more enraged I became. Along with my rage, my magic strengthened to the point it


    consumed me whole.


    Yet, when Darius’ pain and power surged through the bond, something inside me broke. My scream


    echoed in my head and bled out of me. It was powerful enough to force my eyes open and break the veil


    between reality and memories.


    I could hear and see everything, but my body was paralyzed. I could hear my mates, see them. Hear the


    ss breaking. Even the tiniest cracks were like the loudest speakers reying the same sound over


    and over again in my mind.


    And then, finally, I could hear the power surging as I forced it on them, feeding my mates with my power


    through the bond. For a brief moment, relief washed over me. I did something I had no idea I was


    desperate to do.


    I wasn’t sure how I did it. Wasn’t even aware it was possible, but when I felt Darius start fighting with new


    vigor, I knew I did something useful. Wherever he was, whatever he did, he had me now, and I would do


    anything to get him out of there alive.


    Just like he chose me. Regardless of how wrong or right his doings were – he always chose me. Now, I


    chose Darius. Now I ept every dark part of him, just like he chose to love every dark and light filled


    part of me.


    “He’s hurt!” Kalen gritted out. His voice was filled with anguish, and that alone made my heart sink.


    Desperation overtook my senses again.


    I knew that, just like me, my mates were desperate to get Darius out of wherever he was and bring him


    back to safety.


    I sucked in a deep, sharp breath, yet couldn’t break the trance. Although I thought I had gotten past the


    veil, broken it, I was as far from the truth as one could be.


    Darius’ memories were translucent as I peered up at the ceiling. I felt like I was watching everything


    through cellophane. I was still stuck in that transient state between the waking world and a time already


    passed.


    His memories were forced on me to watch, but those were thest thing I wanted to see. What I truly


    wanted was him, safe and sound, away from the awful past and reality.


    All of a sudden, the lights flickered brightly, too brightly, and the entire room started shaking. Even the


    memories shook as I tried to break the hold his bond had on me.


    The brickwork cracked and ss shattered when a loud, deafening scream left me. I couldn’t stop it. I


    didn’t see the momenting.


    But the moment a scream broke out, a shift in energy rippled around me, and I felt it surging in my veins


    when it burst out of me, white-hot and f***king furious.


    Like a slivering crack in the ss, I felt the seal Darius ced start to ripple, bend and crack before it


    exploded along with the light bulbs.


    My breath hitched and cold seeped into my bones. The darkness enveloped me, making my bones ache.


    While I


    couldn’t move a muscle and pain kept surging through me, my heart felt like a raging inferno, growing


    hotter with each throbbing beat.


    When I finally managed to open my eyes, the room was so cold that my breath reminded me of smoke


    clouds in the air. Fog filled the room as goosebumpsced over my skin.


    The room was ice-cold, like a freezer.


    Whatever awoke inside me wanted out.


    Fire and ice, light and darkness, bothbative and just as lethal. Both fought a war inside, as I did


    my damnedest to fight his memories.


    I could still feel Darius, feel my mates.


    Lycus moved to touch me, but once his fingers barely grazed my skin, he hissed in pain.


    His fingers turned ck, as if frostbitten, and he screamed, jerking away from me. “How do we wake


    her?” I could clearly hear Lycus’ voice.


    I tried to tell them I was right here, I was here with them, yet no sound left my lips. Frozen like a block of


    ice, trapped in a freezing room and my own mind. I could have screamed and even that sound wouldn’t


    reach my mates.


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    Instead, i listen to them, focusing on them and their words. I barely grasped the short conversation as I


    tried to focus on the wing caws of my Phoenixes. I tried to make them go with my mates, but they


    refused to leave.


    Their disobedience only angered me more. My mates needed the Phoenixes, yet the stubborn creatures


    weren’t willing to leave their keeper.


    Slight relief filled me as I heard them rush to Darius’ aid, yet my nightmare was far from over. I was still


    left paralyzed in this state. I still couldn’t break free and leave this ce to look for Darius. Just when he


    needed me the most – I was… here…


    Coldness slivered in my veins as I stared at the ceiling, watching the memories y out. Each passing


    second felt like an eternity, the coldness did nothing to numb my torment.


    It did nothing to help me break free of the pure torture of knowing my mates needed me, and I was


    powerless. I was too far gone, too stuck to break free and help them.