Tempted
“Even in the wispy realm that was the boundary between the conscious and unconscious mind, even before he fully felt the pain that wracked his abused body, Rephaim was aware of her scent.
At first he thought he was back in the shed and the nightmare had just begun—just after the accident when she’d come, not to kill him, but to bring him water and bind his wounds. Then he realized it was too warm for him to still be in the shed. He shifted slightly and the pain that coursed through his body brou...ght full consciousness with it, and with consciousness came memory.
He was belowground, in the tunnels she’d sent him to, and he hated it.
It wasn’t a hatred that bordered on paranoia, as did his father’s. Rephaim simply despised the confined feeling of being beneath the earth. There was no sky above him—no green and growing world beneath him. He couldn’t soar belowground. He couldn’t— The Raven Mocker’s thoughts ended abruptly.
No. He wouldn’t think of his permanently damaged wing and what that meant for the rest of his life.MoreLess
At first he thought he was back in the shed and the nightmare had just begun—just after the accident when she’d come, not to kill him, but to bring him water and bind his wounds. Then he realized it was too warm for him to still be in the shed. He shifted slightly and the pain that coursed through his body brou...ght full consciousness with it, and with consciousness came memory.
He was belowground, in the tunnels she’d sent him to, and he hated it.
It wasn’t a hatred that bordered on paranoia, as did his father’s. Rephaim simply despised the confined feeling of being beneath the earth. There was no sky above him—no green and growing world beneath him. He couldn’t soar belowground. He couldn’t— The Raven Mocker’s thoughts ended abruptly.
No. He wouldn’t think of his permanently damaged wing and what that meant for the rest of his life.MoreLess
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