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So spill those tears dear one, capture them in jars and look to the sky to ask the stars to be kind. Because every once in a while, they listen.”
When Darcy had presented us with these weapons, my heart had ached for her. For the pain she was in with her sister and Lance gone and the weight of the world pressing down on her. I shared the torture of their loss with her, so I understood the burden of it more than well enough.
But instead of crumbling beneath the agony of their loss, she’d risen to the challenge
I’d given Roxy my word that I’d protect her sister before she’d fallen into the shadows and been taken by my father, and it was the only thing I could do for her at the moment.
Besides, I’d formed a bond with Darcy of my own in the last six weeks.
But I didn’t want to stop trying. I needed to break free so that I could stand against my father and rescue the girl I loved.
A huge blast of Phoenix fire came from the clubhouse at the centre of the clearing and Nymphs screamed as they died beneath Darcy’s wrath.
Powerful blue haired girl ily <3
For a moment the light from her fire cast her in shadows, making her blue hair appear black as she smiled savagely in victory, looking so like her sister that my heart dropped right down into the pit of my stomach.
MY HEART
Darcy’s gaze softened at that and she nodded. “I know. But I’m not some fragile thing that needs protecting.”
She might not want me to protect her, but I’d promised Roxy and I wasn’t going to back down on that.
There was one small sliver of hope which I clung to all the time he continued to taunt me and hold Roxy captive at his mercy. Ever since the night I’d almost killed him, he hadn’t once come near me without Clara at his side.
He knew just how close I’d come to besting him that night. To ending him. And only Clara and her control over me via the shadows kept him safe from my wrath.
IM SO FUCKING ANNOYED HE DIDNT KILL HIM IT WAS WORSE THAN AN AD BREAK
certainly didn’t seem like we were on opposing sides of a war to me.
“I’m always alone now,” she said in flat tone which made my heart twist with guilt. I was starting to seriously worry about how she was coping. First Lance had been taken from her and now Roxy;
I HATE WHAT THEYVE DONE TO MY GIRL
I’d only ever let Lance and Roxy ride me before now and I’d been breaking the rules to do it, but that suddenly seemed so pointless. Father was obsessed with the idea of Dragon supremacy, but who gave a shit if I wanted to let some of my friends ride me through the clouds? It
Darius suddenly discovering he has free will to do this but he’s been rebelling against his father in other ways already anyway?
The Heirs slid from my back, laughing excitedly before I shifted back into my Fae form and I offered them half a smile. It was good to see them enjoying themselves, but I hadn’t been able to take real joy in anything since Roxy had been taken from us. My heart felt like it was locked in a cage of ice and if we didn’t manage to find her soon then I wasn’t sure what would become of me.
I do like seeing him suffer
If I had my way, we wouldn’t be celebrating at all. Hell, if I had my way, I’d have spent the day alone with Roxy doing literally anything and it would have been perfect.
Awww he can be redeemed (maybe)
Tonight, the other Heirs were going to stay with me in my rooms and we were going to use our combined magic to try and locate where the fuck he was keeping Roxy.
If we could just get her back to her sister, I was sure we could find a way to pull her out of the shadows and then the Guardian bond could be dealt with in its own way.
My smile was tight, my posture rigid, but no one noticed. No one cared. They wanted to buy into the pretty lie of my perfect life and get as close to the most powerful Fae in the room as they could manage.
Lance’s mother, Stella, strode along the table, shaking her ass as she walked and looking like she thought every man here was hers to choose from. But it was more than obvious to me that the only one of them she wanted was my father. Unfortunately for her, despite her continued loyalty and devotion, Father seemed more than happy with the trade he’d made to her daughter so she could shake her ass all she wanted but it didn’t seem to be luring him back.
Ew
She was heart-stoppingly beautiful, wearing a full-length black gown which clung to her figure like a spill of ink. Her mahogany hair had been curled and hung down her spine and her makeup was like a work of art, dark and sultry around her eyes which only highlighted the ring of black the stars had given her. Her lips were painted a deep, blood red which made me ache to taste her kisses again.
Serving lady death
She didn’t look my way. She didn’t even seem to care where she was. She just stood there as my heart splintered right down the centre and I was frozen, not knowing what to do. I wanted to stride over there, rip her out of his arms and take her as far away from him as physically possible, but instead I was rooted to the spot.
I couldn’t lift a hand against Roxy. I’d sooner burn my own heart from my chest than put her in harm’s way.
Roxy’s upper lip pulled back the smallest amount as she narrowed her eyes on Clara and for a moment it seemed like she was angry or bitter or…I refused to even consider the word jealous.
EW
My heart stilled as Roxy turned to look my way, her gaze sweeping over me slowly, like she hardly even recognised me. She was so deep in the shadows that the girl I knew barely even seemed to be there anymore.
There was nothing in that kiss, not a single piece of the girl I loved, and it felt like every part of me was breaking apart as I looked down at her in horror, wondering what the hell had happened to her to leave her so empty. How the shadows could have stolen so much and what else my father had been doing to her in the time that she’d been missing.
“Don’t you know me?” I breathed, unable to hide the raw edge to my voice as I studied the black rings in her green eyes and begged the stars to let her see me. “You’re Darius,” she replied, that rough edge still coating her voice. “The man who promised he’d never hurt me, even though he always enjoyed it when he did.”
Father took his seat at the head of the table and heat invaded every cell in my body as he tugged Roxy down into his lap. A growl ripped from my throat and I half lurched out of my seat, but Clara caught hold of the shadows in me and forced me back down again before anyone noticed.
Oh my gd
Xavier’s hand gripped my knee beneath the table, and I could feel his own horror at this, but I couldn’t spare an inch of my attention for it.
“I can see what had you so captivated, Darius,” Father murmured as the next course was served and everyone was distracted. “She really is a beautiful girl. And so…tenacious. I have to say I really enjoyed breaking her in and beating that wildness out of her.” “If you’ve laid a fucking finger on her, I’ll cut you into a thousand pieces and burn you alive in Dragon fire,”
That evil king I FUCKUNF GATE GIM
Rage unlike anything I’d ever felt before consumed me as I was locked in my fucking chair, forced to endure the show he was putting on for me, taunting me with the girl I loved like she was just some plaything.
I FEEL THE RAGE
“What did he do to you?” I choked, my heart racing as I reached for her, but she shifted so that I couldn’t catch her hand and I could have sworn fear flickered in her eyes for a moment before she hid it again. “Tell me and I’ll rip him apart for it. Tell me what I have to do to break you out of this.” “Out of what?” she asked in a cold tone. “The shadows, Roxy, you need to break free of them, you need-”
“Why would I do that?” she asked dismissively. “The shadows bring me more pleasure than you can even imagine. They feed my soul and steal my pain. Maybe you should consider joining me in them.” “Joining you?” I sneered. “The girl I love would never-”
“I only love my king,” she breathed. “No,” I snarled fiercely, denying her words with every fibre of my being. “You don’t love him. You’d never love him.”
My heart is breaking
I knew better though. Darius had told me himself he was going out Nymph hunting with the other Heirs and Darcy Vega.
“Oh, I’m not running for the throne anymore,” Tory said simply and my heart scrunched up in my chest. She reached out to run her hand up and down Father’s arm. “I’ve found my true place now.” Portia blinked furiously and Mom carefully kept her serene expression in place, but there was a dark horror behind her eyes.
“By the stars, so you are officially renouncing your claim to the throne of Solaria?” Portia asked, dollar signs flashing in her eyes at being the first to get the scoop on this. Hell no. Don’t do this, Tory. “Absolutely,” Tory said with a weirdly empty smile.
I FUCKING HATE THIS BOOK
He steered Tory past her and me and Mom hurried to follow, sharing a worried look. She took my hand, squeezing quickly before releasing it and my heart swelled a little knowing I had her secretly on my side, even if she couldn’t say it. I just wished I could take her with me tonight and keep her away from Father forever.
And anyone who knew Tory would be able to see it the second they got close. But that was the problem, Father didn’t let anyone near her. And
I wondered if he’d receive the same kind of treatment I’d endured if he turned out to be a Pegasus or something else, or if his family actually loved him and would accept him no matter what.
Beside Nova was a woman with flowing raven hair and pale skin; she was dressed in long black robes, looking like some sort of medieval witch. She gazed at my father and the other Councillors with respect, but something in her eyes told me she wasn’t exactly thrilled they were here. Her gaze fell on Tory and a squeak of horror left her as she took an abrupt step toward her. “My dear, are you quite well?” “Quite well,” Tory echoed, and the professor pulled at her own hair, glancing at Father and quickly schooling her expression again.
My heart lifted at the sight of the Heirs waiting for us there. Darius, Max, Seth, and Caleb were dressed in smart suits, watching us closely as we approached. I could see their lips moving and Caleb’s hand curling around Darius’s arm as my brother stared at Tory.
Then water droplets dotted my cheeks and I laughed as the swell of my water Element crashed into my limbs, running through my body like an overflowing lake.
glanced at Ellis, seeking the same, but there was nothing there and it took me a second to realise she was staring back at me with utter horror in her eyes. Something tickled my hand and I dropped my gaze to it, my heart lurching in complete disbelief as I found the grass coiling up around my body too. “Holy shit,” I breathed. “He has three Elements!” Mom gasped and I turned my head to look at my family. Father’s eyes were wide, a look of pride filling them that I’d never seen aimed at me in my damn life.
Darius was smiling his head off and the other Heirs looked awestruck.
And I realised with a horrible, confining certainty, that I was never truly going to be free.
But no matter how much of a morning person I was, nothing could make me want to get up today.
A weight shifted on my bed and my hands slipped into soft fur as I rolled towards the comforting heat of the body beside me. Seth’s Wolf form was damn huge, but he still managed to somehow fit in my single bed and leave me with enough room to breathe. I hadn’t asked him to stay with me, but I also hadn’t asked him to keep me company at the palace all summer and he often had. All the Heirs had.
I’d been heartbroken to find out that Tory had been at his Awakening too. Right on campus.
