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“I do, because I forgive you. Your perception of what you have done is wrong. You can't see past your guilt. And Tobias will see that. Aleera will see that.”
“I killed his twin and killed her father. I destroyed the White Fae,” he says as sadness courses through me from the bond.
“No. Your father did, and hers. Not you,” I tell him. Darius shakes his head. He would never believe me. I sigh, pressing closer and gripping his face to turn it up to look at him.
“You're worthy of their love. They are the ones not worthy of you. They don't see what you have done for them, but I do,” I tell him, meaning every word. His lip quivers, not believing me despite feeling my sincerity through the bond.
“Let her shred. Even if you don't let her mark you right away, at least let her mark them. The rest we can figure out later,” I tell him. He sighs, nodding reluctantly. Darius turns his head, kissing my palm.
“Okay. Will you leave me if they do?” he asks, looking back at me.
“No. Because I know they won't be leaving you. Aleera won't leave you,” I try to assure him.
“But if they did?”
“I go where Aleera goes, and you know Lycus will go where I go. Just make sure you follow us.” I smile sadly.
“Always,” he breathes. I knew he would anyway, even if they left him. I knew Darius would follow in the shadows and watch over us. He would never abandon us.
“They hate me,” he says, hanging his head.
“They just don't understand,” I tell him.
“And when they do, they will still hate me,” he says.
“No. Aleera will understand, and she may not say anything to Tobias. I haven't, because I know you didn't mean it. And if anything, she would probably be more freaked out that you used to visit her every night while she slept. Because that is a little creepy,” I laugh.
“Not every night,” he chuckles. I pull away and raise an eyebrow at him.
“Okay, every night,” he admits. “But I wasn't being a creep.”
“No, you just needed to make sure she was safe, I know.”
“I couldn't let them hurt her,” Darius growls.
“And they won't because she has you,” I tell him while getting to my feet. I hold my hands out to him, and he takes them, letting me pull him to his feet.
“I have no magic,” I tell him, and he flicks his wrist, opening a portal. “I can give it back, but I don't want to hurt you more,” he says. I shake my head, knowing once Aleera awakes, the others will power her, and she will give me magic.
Stepping through the portal, I see we are in the room next to ours, and I sigh. “Darius?” I growl.
“I don't want to face them yet.”
“You will sleep in our room tonight. With our mates. You promised,” I tell him.
“I promised to let her shred. I said nothing about sleeping in the room.”
“But you will,” I tell him. He growls and clenches his teeth. Darius nods once, opening the door to the bathroom between the two rooms.
Aleera is still with Tobias, though he is struggling to clean her up while she is still out cold. Darius makes a strangled noise, and Tobias glances over his shoulder and bares his fangs at Darius in a warning.
“Where is Lycus?” I ask while stepping into the bathroom. The steam makes their scents extra potent and fogs the mirror. I know her scent is making Tobias uneasy, her scent morphing without magic, and he hates the new scent, wanting her scent to return to normal.
“He went for a run to stop from killing him,” Tobias answers, glaring at Darius. Tobias hoists her up higher in his arms, trying to wash the shampoo from her hair.
I strip my clothes off and step into the shower with him. Taking her limp body from him, he tips her head back to wash the soap from her hair.
Her bond is dormant, and I am not too fond of the feeling of it. Since Darius was the one who hurt her bond, he’ll be the only one who can awaken it. We need her bond to awaken so she could take power back and draw on us.
