Triad of Souls by Kassia DeVane

Author:Kassia DeVane [DeVane, Kassia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

MARINA

Silence reigned over our little group as we walked through the narrowing hallway, all of us still processing that last test. That’s all this was, right? I mean, a creepy inverted, underwater temple wouldn’t be complete if it didn’t assess our intrepid heroes, right?

Seriously though, that was some trippy shit back there. I didn’t think I would ever be able to rid my mind of the sight of Finn, broken and bereft. He had totally given up. None of us had yet spoken about our time in that room, but I think I understood.

The moment I crossed into the room, thoughts, insecurities, memories all rushed to me at once. Taunting me, reminding me, that I was not enough. I was alone in this world, and I only had myself to blame.

I mean, would it have been THAT hard to behave myself more like a proper lady, like my mother asked? Tiny pricks of pain skittered across my body, each accompanied by the memory of my mother trying to get me to speak properly, slap on my winning fake smile, push down my own desires and put my duties first, death by a thousand cuts.

Would it have been SO awful to have been mated to Ray? At least I would still have my sisters and my parents would still love me. Icy razor blades sliced up my arms and down my thighs. The pain was almost unbearable, but the scream wouldn’t come.

Finn may have rejected me at first, but he kept telling me he wanted me, and yet, it was me who kept pushing him away. In the end, I didn’t even have a mate to love me and there was no one to blame but me. With that realization, my heart imploded. The walls I had built to protect my heart crumbled to ashes and the pain from the loss of my mate burned inside of me until I was only an empty shell. The one being in the entire cosmos who was supposed to love and accept me, and I found a way to fuck it up. Excellent job, Marina.

I was alone. Unwanted. Unloved. Forever. Or so I thought. Without knowing what I needed exactly, Finn sent his healing energy to me, repairing those psychological cuts and scars and filling me with love and warmth.

I could still feel the crippling pain, but a much stronger force lifted me from the floor and carried me to safety.

Finn’s face held a reflection of the pain I had felt when I was in that room. So, I did the only thing I could think of; I sent love and warmth to him, just like he did for me. Not that any part of me was brave enough to tell Finn that I loved him. Then again, maybe it was time.

That room may be my worst fear. It may all have been a mind trick, but I did know that if I kept pushing this god of a man away, one day, I would lose him.

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