Page 61 of Dark Fae's Secrets
“Stand up,” Trey says quietly.
I do as he says.
“Close your eyes,” he murmurs, putting his hand on my lower back. “Take a deep breath and picture what you want to happen. Imagine wings forming on your back, black feathers ruffling out. See yourself flying as a raven over the Palace under the thundering sky…”
“Told you he’d make it beautiful,” Rook mutters, his eyes closing again.
Desperately, I do as Trey says. I try my hardest to Shift, but I’ve never done it before. I don’t know what it’s supposed to feel like.
Just as I’m about to give up, fall to my knees and cry, I feel my body start to transform. I feel myself almost fold in half and then my vision is sharp, focused almost to the point where I can’t see at all if I don’t concentrate. I open my mouth, and a caw escapes through my beak.
Raize opens his eyes as I flap over to him, pushing my head against his cheek.
He reaches up and gently strokes my head with a soft smile. “I knew you could do it.”
His eyes close again, and his breath hitches. He rasps, and then there is nothing.
Suddenly, with a bone-busting crunch, I Shift back and drop naked to my knees, taking his face in my hands, tears spilling out of my eyes. Rath and Theo are close behind me, next to Trey, silently staring at Rook, dying in my arms. My tears of pure silver fall onto his eyelashes, his cheeks, his nose and his lips. I let out a loud sob, my body shivering and trembling.
But then his lips part and my tears fall into his mouth.
He licks his lips, and his eyes open. His breathing returns to normal, and his heart thumps in his chest. I gasp and stare into those sparkling blue eyes that I love so much. They have lost the darkness that was lurking in them, trying to take him over.
“Raize,” I cry out, kissing his cheeks and mouth tenderly. “What the fuck?”
He coughs and laughs slightly. “You just keep bringing me back, don’t you?”
“You fucker,” I laugh back through my tears. “You can’t keep doing this.”
He shakes his head. “It’s different this time. I can feel it. Your tears…”
“How?” I choke back my happiness as I can’t let myself believe that he’s okay.
Rath’s hand lands on the back of my neck. “Your power is to heal, not harm, remember,” he says, and then he adds, “Welcome back, little raven. Now, the ritual is ready. We have work to do and time is of the essence.”
He runs his hand down my back, and the clothes that I lost when I Shifted reappear on my body, complete with wand and swords, and I stand up, offering Raize a hand. He grabs it with that cheeky grin and then wraps his arms around me.
“Thank you,” he whispers. “Thank you.”
“Please don’t die on me again. I can’t bear it,” I whisper back. “I can’t lose you. I love you.”
He kisses me briefly and then steps back.
A shadow passes over his eyes, deepening their blue again, but it is brief. I don’t know whether he has pushed it back or if it has gone on its own. Either way, he is alive. He seems okay, and right now, wedohave work to do. I have to turn the Light Fae to my side, unite us all as the Faerie race, take back my lover andpunch a silly peacock in the cunt before I drag her back to her parents for a humiliating discipline at their hands.
Easy-fucking-peasey.
Right?
Right.
Chapter 30
Trey
To say that I am truly impressed with how Savvie keeps managing to bring Rook back to life, is an understatement. I do not understand it in the slightest, but it shows me that they are connected on a much deeper level than I first suspected. Sure, he can connect to her magick, but it goes way beyond that. Did it always, or has that been bornfromtouching her magick? I guess we may never know.
I don’t know if she has cured him from the darkness that was killing him. I guess time will tell.
