Chapter 61

Aiden’s POV

I was sure I was dead. I had no energy to force myself up off the floor where I had landed, running from the Luna and her unsavoury friend. My body hurt, my legs felt like they were made of led, and I had been thrown into the sea and sinking fast. I was sure I’d never wake up again if I just gave in.

Shadows constantly sang to me, trying to drag me back under, calling me back to their dark embrace.

“No, I’m needed here; she needs me”, I mumbled in my sleepy haze. Then, finally, I had to force myself up. I don’t know how long I had lain here in the dark, my back pressed against the cold wooden door. But I didn’t care.

“Aiden, where are you” Ayla’s voice tickles my mind. But could it really be her, now that Alune had control of her body? Could she still reach me if she wanted to?

“Ayla, babe, is that you” I call out desperately to her, needing to know if she was there, if she was okay and how I could help.

“Aiden, she’s sleeping; it’s the only time I can reach you,” she told