“Stop giving Aleera the devil's bane. Let her shred, Darius. Let her bond with us. I get why you don't want her to mark you, but you're punishing all of us by not letting her mark the rest of us. You’re punishing her,” I tell him, and he shakes his head against my chest.
“I can't let her mark me. You think I don't wish I could?” he says.
“She will forgive you. They all will.” I try to reason.
“You don't know that,” he says.
“I do, because I forgive you. Your perception of what you have done is wrong. You can't see past your guilt. And Tobias will see that. Aleera will see that.”
“I killed his twin and killed her father. I destroyed the White Fae,” he says as sadness courses through me from the bond.
“No. Your father did, and hers. Not you,” I tell him. Darius shakes his head. He woul
