Chapter 141


    Read Taming Darkness By Jessica Hall Book 3 Chapter 16 – Darius POV


    Since Lycus’ hearing was far more sensitive, he shrieked. I couldn’t look away as his ws tore at his


    head. Tobias wailed, covering his own.


    Although we were in the same situation, in the heat of the moment, I couldn’t understand where to go or


    what to do. I needed them safe, all of them, but where was I supposed to go first?


    Lidia snarled, getting to her feet. She straightened her body and clutched her neck where Lycus teeth got


    her, a sheer look of disgust crossed her face.


    Lycus’ cries of agony forced his shift, leaving him naked and clutching his head in his hands.


    Lidia casually walked down the stairs, unfazed by the chaos surrounding her. Aleera stopped, seeing the


    strange look on her mother’s face and the way everyone suddenly backed up.


    “You dare betray me,” Aleera snarled at her mother. Herva snakes slivered behind her as she faced


    her mother. If we had more time on our hands, I would dly stand aside and admire the beauty of


    Aleera’s newfound, destructive power as she harnessed the shadows, morphed and tamed the darkness


    that was now writhing through her.


    Lidia’s loud, screechingughter caught my attention. I snapped my head in her direction just as she


    spoke up. “You silly girl, all you had to do wase to me. None of this was necessary,” Lidia chipped


    back at her.


    Although I didn’t know what to expect, of all the things, I was more worried about the way Lidia’s mutated


    monsters were backing away. “Aleera!” I called her name, my voice sent a jolt up her spine as she turned


    her head briefly in my direction.


    Slowly, as if not to be noticed moving, Tobias also backed up, joining me in the center. He kept clutching


    Kalen close to him, refusing to let go.


    Lycus was still on the stairs, gasping for breaths. Finally, Aleera noticed the strangeness of their


    behavior. She had to understand something was terribly wrong if her mother’s minions backed away as if


    the whole area was dangerous.


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    No, the looks on their faces said so much more – this ce wasn’t just dangerous, it was deadly, and we


    were in the epicenter of a trap.


    “Your father worked too hard for this to be for nothing,” Lidia spat at Aleera. It took a brief moment until I


    noticed her mutation Fae lift their hands. Then, the next moment, I finally realized what she was doing –


    they backed away to get to their assigned ces. The minions didn’t try to save their lives, they were


    changing their positioning


    Lidia got us right where she needed us, right where she wanted us to be. We were standing in a


    pentagram as the ground shook. My eyes scanned our enemies as each one retrieved something from


    their pocket. Now, I finally understood why they domed us into this exact location.


    They tossed the crystals at the ground, letting them shatter before using their magic. They sted the


    broken crystals, making them grow in size.


    Crystalline pirs raised from the ground. I didn’t risk tearing my eyes away from everything around us,


    but the more I watched over their actions, the more I wondered for how long this had been nned.


    A sharp, loud gasp escaped me when I noticed the Onyx, Peridot, and Smoky Quartz Towers growing


    larger, surrounding us.


    The crystals grew tall, zapping a barrier from each one. Crystal couldn’t do much to general Fae, but to


    Demonic-Fae, they could immobilize us. They could stop us from trying to stop that evil witch.


    Another gasp passed my lips as I watched each tower light up. Almost no time had passed since the


    crystal towers appeared around us, but I could already feel how they affected my magic.


    I turned to try to warn them, and Aleera’s eyes noticed them too. She knew, just as good as I did, what


    was about to happen, and my lips parted in shock.


    Aleera POV


    As the towers rose, I could feel them drawing my energy. But the greed of the crystals didn’t stop there, it


    clutched onto the magic of my mates.


    Darius turned to look at me. I could feel that he wanted to warn me, but when our eyes met, he knew that


    we were thinking about the same thing.


    I focused my gaze back on the towers rising from the shards. Each of them zapped the next as it created


    a barrier. A barrier I was trapped inside- inside a perfectly created fence that held me contained until the


    owner decided to release me.


    My Phoenixes started attacking the creatures, pouring their magic into the towers. I wasn’t sure what


    they were, but it was obvious they were once Fae, but now something else. The creatures didn’t react to


    the constant attacks. Their eyes were zed over, as if in a trance-like state. They weren’t in control


    anymore. It was my mother, she held them hostage.


    “Run!” Darius gasped as we watched power surge to thest Crystal Tower. That was thest key which


    would seal us in. The power of my mates was already immobilized, yet mine flexed at the challenge.


    Especially the shadow snakes. I could feel them slide over my skin, slowly taking their ces and dly


    hissing at the danger heading towards us as they fed power into me. I couldn’t be sure, but it felt as if the


    cold-blooded creatures were d to test their strength, test my magic.


    My eyes turned to Kalen as he raced toward me. “I’m not running this time, I would never run from you,” I


    tell him, feeling my magic surge down my arms.


    We would not make it out of this pentagram. The only doorway out was closing in. Darius started running


    at me too as if they both believed they could scare me into running away or just force me out of this


    battle.


    I wouldn’t let them be trapped here with me. My mates might think otherwise, but I knew she wanted me


    here. She needed me to be trapped inside here.


    So I flicked my wrist, opening a portal. Their eyes widened when a sad smile spread across my lips. I


    was doing the right thing, I knew I was. I sted my mates with wind. My Phoenixes screeched their


    song as my mates were sted backward.


    Darius screamed, his power surged to attack mine, but he was no match for me anymore. “Aleera, no!”


    Tobias screamed as he was tossed into the portal back to Astrid. Lycus snarled, wing at the ground as


    I threw him through, leaving Darius.


    “I forgive you, but it’s about time you forgave yourself,” I whispered, addressing Darius, sting him with


    every ounce I had left.


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