Sinful Mates 1-3 novel Chapter 91

　　Imogen’s POV

　　The next week passed by quickly, Astral came by a few times to teach me about my magic. To say it has been a learning experience is an understatement. My magic has no limits and is extremely hard to control once the darkness takes over. Astral has been teaching me how to regulate my breathing and self-hypnosis to calm myself. The darkness is there, I can feel it, but it doesn’t taint me the way it did before. Astral seems to think it is because I have found my grounding place. Something to hang onto when I feel myself slipping away.

　　Even with learning control, Theo and Tobias don’t give me any rest. Constantly watching and hovering, and it was starting to get on my nerves. We had been arguing heaps and no matter how much I tell them I am fine; they don’t listen. They can both feel the darkness inside me, and it scares them. They should feel scared it is dark and twisted and all-consuming, but with Astral’s help. I have it managed and under control. If anyone is struggling, it is Theo. The more he feeds off me, the more severe his mood swings have been.

　　Astral believes Theo might become addicted to my magic, the same way it affected me, changing him to his most primal urges. So, I haven’t let him feed off me for two days now, which makes Tobias hover over me every time, I have Thaddeus and eventually I was going to snap. I have remained quiet over it, tried to ignore it and even bitten my tongue, but eventually it will become too much. I don’t need them mothering me, suffocating me. I just need them to be there when I need them, and right now I feel smothered.

　　I was about to go to war with Bianca; I didn’t want to be fighting them at home.

　　Astral and I had just come in from training she had been teaching me how to control the surrounding elements mainly air, ways to manipulate it and I was pretty good with it now and it felt comfortable. Not like the time we worked with fire, which was angrier and when I first started learning. We both nearly lost our eyebrows that first day, and I cinched Tobias’s precious garden and burnt a hole in his perfectly manicured lawn.

　　Saying goodbye to Astral, I watched as she drove down the driveway before turning and heading inside. The moment I stepped inside I could hear Tobias and Theo arguing over something, Thaddeus was upstairs stirring so, I walked upstairs to check on him.

　　Opening the bedroom door, he was laying in his new crib watching his mobile go round.

　　“Hey precious boy,” I said, looking down at him. He smiles his big gummy grin and cooed back. Leaning in I pick him up, he looks around the room, he has become very alert and being a Tribrid baby he is growing faster than a normal human child. Sitting on the end of the bed, I feel his butt and realise his nappy is quite full. I can still hear Theo and Tobias arguing over something that happened at work. Apparently, Theo snapped at one of the workers and now they have quit. Apparently, the worker has threatened legal action against the company for workplace bullying.

　　Laying Thaddeus down, I notice his eyes look slightly different, something off about him. Pulling his onesie off, I watch closely, and his eyes flicker and I jump back, startled. His green eyes sparkling before they go completely black like he is possessed.

　　“Tobias, Theo, come here” I call out slightly nervous about our son’s behaviour. They don’t hear me, too busy arguing. I roll my eyes at them.

　　I change his bum watching as his eyes go back to normal deciding I must be seeing things; I shake the thought away. Maybe I was more tired than I thought. I quickly dressed him and picked him up when suddenly the entire house was plunged into darkness. Shit, a blackout, I thought. Turning to walk to the door. Suddenly the lights turned back on and I heard Thaddeus cackle.

　　“Did you just cackle baby boy” I cooed looking at him only his eyes were black again. I watched as he cackled before shoving his hand in his mouth and the power went out again. My heart rate quickened, and I realised it was Thaddeus doing it.

　　“Babe, where are you” I heard Theo sing out. I rolled my eyes and yelled back.

　　“Upstairs” suddenly the lights turned on again, and I gasped at what I saw. All the furniture was floating like some ghostly horror movie.

　　“Are you doing that little man?” I ask and I noticed his aura glowing around him, fluorescent green. That isn’t all I see, the edges are dark, the same darkness that sometimes consumes me and I gasp. Thaddeus eyes snap to mine and the furniture plummets to the ground with a loud crash. Thaddeus starts hysterically screaming. Ear piercing screams like he scared himself. “Shh, you’re okay. You’re okay” I tell him, cuddling him. Tobias and Theo were up here in an instant, the noise startling them, and I feel panic coursing through them. Tobias rips him from my arms, and I watch horrified as Theo glares at me. His eyes turning blood red, anger radiating off him. Tobias soothes Thaddeus.

　　“What did you do, Imogen” Tobias growls out. I take a step back, shocked at him.

　　“I did nothing, he scared himself, he” I didn’t get to finish when Theo stepped forward like a predator stalking its prey.

　　“What the fuck, you said you were fine” He snaps, taking a step forward.

　　“I am Thaddeus” I was cut off again.

　　“Don’t blame him. We felt through the bond your fear, like you did something. Now what did you do?”

　　“I did nothing, Theo,” I said, throwing my hands up. I knew I would get nowhere with them, no matter what, anything I say they weren’t going to believe. If they bothered to search through the bond, they could see I am telling the truth.

　　Giving up, I go to walk out of the room. They can just find out for themselves.

　　“Don’t just walk away, real mature Imogen” Tobias calls out, as I walk down the stairs heading to the kitchen. Theo follows me and I sigh. Going to make a bottle for Thaddeus. I feel him watching me as I grab the formula from the cupboard, placing it on the bench.

　　Tobias comes down a few seconds later. I finish the making the bottle and hold my arms out for Thaddeus, who reaches his arms up for me. Tobias snatches the bottle from my hand.