The Beginning of The End
Chapter 49

The chocolate cake tasted sour, How could i enjoy something so trivial when women

just like me were raped and killed in this very mansion?

How did i let myself forget that Ryker is nothing more than a monster?

He kills for fun, not just because he was ordered to, but because he likes it. He likes the power.

He is just as bad as Darax, maybe worse.

I place my fork down, slumping back in the wooden chair, I let a monster defile me.

I gave him my body willingly when so many others didn't have a choice. How could i?

I was a traitor to my own race. Mate bond or not, i should have never allowed him close to my heart.

I needed to get myself and Miya away from him as fast as i can.

"Don't look so annoyed, it ruins your pretty face." Ryker chuckles, eating his cake as though he didn't just destroy what little happiness i had.

"It is hard to accept that you have killed so many of my people." I murmur, my eyes cast down towards the floor, trying to stay calm as i count the knots in the dark wood.

He puts he fork down, his eyes darkening. "i thought we were past all of this. The sooner you accept the past, the easier the future will be." He grabs my wrist, pulling me to my feet. "I shouldn't have mentioned it, not when i know how you feel about the war. For this, I am sorrry."

He stands me between his legs, his large hands grasping my hips as he pulls me closer.

"Are you sorry for killing all those fae?" I ask, my eyes still on the floor.

I didn't realise how hard it actually is not to use my power, especially when i feel angry.

I can feel the magic buzzing just below my flesh, demanding to be set free so that it may get revenge for all those who have fallen in this very room. Did i want revenge?

I'm not so sure anymore.

"No." He says with a sigh, "Those battles that i began brought me to this very moment, you can't change the past just because it hurts."

I look up, tears sliding down my cheeks, "I have no family because of you."

Again, he sighs, "This war couldn't have been avoided, Elora. If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else."

The urge to pull away is growing, but i fight it. I don't want to cause a fight, not when he is trying to be reasonable.

But fuck, it is hard not to punch him right in the face.

I want to hurt him in retaliation for all those he has hurt. But he's right, the past can't he changed, no matter how much we wish it could.

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Maybe the future will be better, maybe i still have a chance to be happy. I just have to work for it.

"You are right, but it hurts." I whisper softly, clutching my chest.

Life is never easy, it's an uphill battle. You have to fight for what you want. No one will willingly give you anything. You have to take it.

And that is exactly what Ryker did, he fought for his own people to save them, Yes, he killed thousands of others. But maybe he didn't really have a choice either. He did what he needed to in order to survive. Can i really blame him for that?

No. I can't because i would have done the exact same to make sure my own people were safe.

"It won't always hurt, little one. Eventually the pain will fade." His voice is sort as he caresses my cheek. "I will never harm you. Not unless you give me reason to."

But i would have hurt him. I would have killed as many of his people as i could get my hands on to save Miya from death.

I gave myself over to Ryker and Maddox so Miya could be spared, and i would do it again.

Yet, I still felt as though things could have been different.

Why did all my people have to die? is there no one left?

I force a small smile, "One day it won't be so bad." I repeat it over and over in my head, praying that it is true.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, but i hope it'll heal mine.

"Where is Maddox?" I ask, he has been gone a while, and usually he can't wait to get back to me.

The sick part of me misses him, how deranged is that?

I watch as Ryker tenses. "I actually don't know, he said he had something to take care

of."

That doesn't sound right, but i don't want to push the subject, if he says he doesn't know then i have to accept that.

Worry nestles in the pit of my stomach, Is he doing something dangerous?

What if he doesn't come back?

The dragon king strokes his soft fingers down my cheek, smiling at me. "Why don't

you go give Miya the good news?"

I nod with a smile of my own, "I will see you later?"

"Of course, little fae."