Chapter 78 Onyi's POV
After some days since the mating under the full moon, a fragile calm settled over me. Amanda was constantly by my side, her presence a buffer against the darkness still swirling inside me. We'd bonded deeply in that primal mating, and now I felt her in my mind like a quiet heartbeat.
But the palace didn't calm down. Rumors flew about me being bound to darkness, about my touch burning things. The king still pushed for isolation or worse. Amanda stood firm against them all for me, but I knew it wouldn't last. Tensions brewed like a storm.
I walked the palace grounds at dusk with Amanda, shadows stretching long and dark. We didn't talk much. We didn't need to. We understood the fragile thread we walked – me with my darkness, her with her loyalty. Sometimes I caught her looking at me worried, checking if I'd burn something by accident. I felt like a ticking time bomb.
In my mind, fears lingered of hurting her despite our bond. What if in a moment of weakness I burned her like everything else? The thought twisted my gut. I'd die before harming Amanda.
As dusk turned to night, we stopped at a stone bench overlooking a darkened garden. Amanda took my hand carefully like handling something breakable. "We'll face this," she said softly. I nodded, wanting to believe her.
But in darkness closing around us like a shroud, I felt unease. We weren't safe. The palace wasn't safe for us. And something else stirred in shadows... something I don't know. The crescent moon on my neck is changing, but I'm scared to tell anyone,I don't want to worry Amanda. But I feel incomplete,I feel like I'm missing something,I feel like a part of me is lost, something I can't feel with Amanda anymore.