Now or never

(A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER)

(Elias's POV)

'Give me control now, you bastard!' I shouted, but Dare had already decided that it wasn't going to happen. This is not who I am, regardless of what he might think. I had plans to change my future so that I could be happy once again, but it all went down the drain when Dare showed up. Forest and I have been trying so hard to fight him, but it wasn't the case.

Now I'm really questioning my existence. Was I born to go through so many trials and tribulations? Isn't the goddess herself tired of giving me such a headache? I'm tired of having to fight for my freedom, to fight for love.

Every so often, I wish that death would take me. I wish that I had died that day when Miles and Damien found me. I wish that I had died when Ryker captured me and placed me in the dungeon, injecting me with wolfsbane. Not only that, but I wish that I had died when he rejected me.

But no, I had to go through this pain over and over. To be honest, I didn't know how mu