The Beginning of The End
Chapter 34

Ryker leans back in his chair, he finished eating a while ago, now he was just watching me eat. It was odd, but then again, I was as much of a fascination to him as he was to

me.

"You don't have to stare at me, I am not going to vanish into thin air." I joke, throwing a small potato at him.

He raises an eyebrow, but he can't fully hide the small smile at the corners of his lips. "I'm not so sure about that, little Fae, I don't trust you yet; and I know for a fact that you do not trust me, or Maddox."

I frown, "I am trying to build trust with you, I haven't tried to run in days." I slam my fork onto the table, my mood souring quickly. "Maybe if you hadn't blocked my powers, I would be trying harder to make this work."

"We had to block your powers, you kept using them against us." Maddox purrs lightly, pulling me into his chest.

Somehow, his purr was soothing, "I was scared, can you blame me?" I murmur, leaning into Maddox.

Maddox smiles against my hair, "Good girl, calm down."

"How are you doing that." I ask him, glancing up at him from where I was laid on his chest.

"It's something I can only do to my fated mate, my beast is calling to you and calming you." Maddox explains softly, "Ryker can do it as well, when he wishes to."

"Wow." I whisper, yawning.

Ryker chuckles, "Maybe you have overdone it Maddox."

Maddox laughs loudly, causing me to jump. "Maybe, but I saved us from her anger."

"I am still awake you know." I grumble, wrapping my arms around his throat. "Take me to bed?"

"Is that an invitation little fae?" Ryker asks.

I lift my head and look at him, considering his words. "Yeah, I think it is. But no funny business, I am tired."

"Funny business?" Maddox repeats.

Ryker smirks, but Maddox is confused.

I nod, puffing out my chest. "Yeah, I am not having sex with you."

They both laugh and say, "Deal."

Yeah, maybe I could have a life with them, even if it looks different to how I imagined things would be for me.

Maybe different isn't so bad after all.

I am immortal now; we could work the rest out together.

I was surprised when I woke up and Ryker and Maddox were still snuggled in bed with me, both of them snoring lightly, they stuck to their word and didn't touch me in any way that i didn't want them to, but to my own surprise, I was a little disappointed that they didn't try anything. I would have gladly satisfied their needs as well as my own.

I snuggled closer to Ryker, trying to relax my mind so that I could go back to sleep. What was happening to me? A week ago, I would have never hesitated to escape at any cost, but not now. Now I wanted to make it work, I didn't want to be alone for the rest of my immortal life. I had already spent years alone in the cold and I didn't want to go back to that.

I would do almost anything not to go back to that.

But the alternative was sketchy at best. And even though i did not have long to choose, my brain couldn't come to a conclusion.

The mate bond was messing with me, i didn't know which were my own thoughts anymore. Though i knew for certain i didn't want to be alone.

had Miya to thank for wanting to be around others, before she came along, I had believed that I was better off alone. But I wasn't. I was lonely and depressed.

I was barely surviving, let alone living. It was a mess.

I was a mess. I wasn't able to be myself anymore.

But now? Now I had a chance to start again, yes, it was with those responsible for all of

this. But they were my mates and I didn't think they would hurt me, not anymore.

I roll onto Ryker's chest, my back pressed against Maddox's side. I was comfortably cocooned between them. Warm and safe, two words I had almost forgotten the meaning of.

"You're awake early, little fae." Ryker yawns, rubbing circles along my back as I lay my head on his bare chest.

I giggle, hiding my face amongst his muscles. "Honestly, I don't think I have slept that good in years."

Why couldn't I help my smile? Was this the beginning of happiness? I couldn't remember what being happy felt like.

Maddox rumbles a laugh behind me, stretching out his limbs. "Me either, the nights used to annoy me, now they are bliss."

I turn my head to look at him, "You weren't a good sleeper?"

He shakes his head, eyes hard. "A lot of things happen in an immortal life, not all of them good." He leans over and gently kisses my cheek. "I have faced many evil things, and many innocents. Taking lives isn't as easy as it seems."

I think I am finally beginning to understand him, "You have nightmares?" I phrase it as

a question, but I already know the truth.

He feels guilty for those he has killed and dreams of all the innocent deaths.

"They were hard, but necessary." is all he says before climbing out of bed and disappearing into bathroom.

I turn to Ryker, "What does he mean when he says that they were necessary?"

How could the death of an innocent be necessary?

It didn't make sense.

Ryker pulls me closer and breathes in my scent, his voice tense. "Even Maddox and I must answer to someone, not everything is done by choice alone."

"You mean it was someone elses idea to destroy humanity and the fae?" I ask, looking up at him.

He nods, "We were commanded to do it."

My eyes go wide with shock, was everything I knew about them wrong?

If they didn't choose to end the world as I knew it, then who did? Who was responsible

for the destruction of my race?

And where were they?

"This changes everything." I murmur, my mind racing with a thousand and one questions.

"It changes nothing." Ryker snaps, "We will return to our original home within weeks, and you will come, but you will mention nothing about this conversation. Not ever."

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I sit up, moving quickly to put some space between us. "What do you mean, original home?"

He scoffs at me, "Surely you know that we are not from this realm, now enough questions, go and get ready for breakfast."

He gets dressed in the blink of an eye and storms out of the room, leaving me alone

with more questions than answers. But he also leaves me with a hollowness in my

chest, he got so angry when I asked anything. Why?

Why won't he answer my questions?

What is he hiding?

And what did we mean that he is not from this realm? Where is he from?

My mind was racing as Maddox exited the bathroom and smiled at me, unaware of the storm raging inside of me.

"Why are you still sat there?" He chuckles. "You better get dressed quickly little mouse,

I can get nasty when I'm hungry."

I drove a smile, but I know it isn't convincing. "I'll meat you down there, I need a shower myself."

He stares at me for several seconds, his eyes cloudy. But finally, and to my surprise, he nods. "Don't take too long."

When he leaves the room I release a breath that I didn't realise I was holding, my shoulders too tense and my back too straight.

Sometimes I think everything will be ok, and then others I am reminded of how different they are from me.

How could I ever hope to love them when they kept me in the dark?

Maybe if they told the truth I would... I don't know, forgive them?

They had destroyed everything that I loved, yet here I was, content in my own

suffering. Would being alone for the rest of eternity be so bad?

Or would being with them worse?

I wasn't sure.

I didn't think I would ever be sure.