Chapter 28

Hi lovelies,

Chapter 28 for you all and it is dedicated to @fanalisha-fire :D

The quote below is from one of my favorite authors and I was just waiting when I could use any of his quotes... finally got a chance in this chapter.

Also, I am sure many of you will like the first line of the chapter ;) I do....

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"And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many."

― J.R.R. Tolkien

DARYA P.O.V

I was making out with Quillon.

It all started with me ordering lunch for us. When the food was delivered, he was the one who opened it and he started shouting at me for ordering sea food. How the hell am I supposed to know he does not like sea food? Majority people do eat and love sea food. Not everyone is like him. I swear the guy is so fussy about food. Even if he is hungry, he doesn't just eat anything. He eats only what meets up to his standard. I am so glad I cannot cook, and even if I did, I would have never cooked for Quillon! He is very, very hard to please.

When I couldn't hear any more of his shouting, I told him to fuck off. He retaliated by anchoring a hand around my wrist and snarling at me. When I saw that his wolf was close to make a guest appearance, I gulped and nervously licked my bottom lip. One thing led to another and we were now lying on the couch and kissing each other passionately.

I moaned in pure ecstasy when the kiss deepened as Quillon's lips coaxed mine. His hands were pushing up my skirt and when his fingers trailed the soft skin of my thighs, my pulse raced. My pupils dilated when my fingers traced the ripped muscles of his six-pack abs. Oh my! I could do this forever and-

"Gross!"

Squeaking, I pushed Quillon away from me and buried my lips inside my mouth to stare at Quinn, who was standing in the doorway of the living room.

"Please don't tell me from now on I have to make more noises before coming in, so that you two know I am here" Quinn muttered frowning at us. I turned scarlet to the roots of my hair while Quillon just growled at him. I knew exactly how we looked. I could feel my lipstick, which Quillon had wiped off earlier, burning my cheeks.

When neither of us replied, Quinn shuddered and then went upstairs.

That was embarrassing!

Pinching my lips, I turned to look at Quillon and gulped when I found his eyes focused on me. "He is right" Quillon told me and I cocked an eyebrow. "We should make out in our room."

With that said Quillon picked me up like I am a doll and smashed his totally kissable lips against mine. Feeling totally deprived of breath; I closed my eyes when I felt Quillon moving.

The next thing I know, my back is pressed against something solid. When Quillon started trailing kisses down my neck, I opened my eyes and studied my surroundings. I was pressed against the wall, next to the door of our room. As his expertise mouth teased my flaming skin, I arched my back and bit my lip to stop myself from moaning. My heart throbbed and my belly tightened as heat simmered in my pelvic region.

When I couldn't hold back the moan anymore, I decided to go inside the room. I tried to pull away but Quillon just growled and continued kissing me.

We were still outside the room where Quinn could totally see us!

I lowered my legs and once I felt the cold floor touching my toes, I roughly pushed Quillon off me. He was startled and had to hold the railing for support.

When he realized what I had done, he narrowed his eyes and growled at me, "Get back here" It was an order and one which my wolf wanted to obey it enthusiastically.

Since my breathing was heavy, I did not reply. Instead, I pushed open the room door and went inside. While Quillon shut the door, I sat on the edge of the bed with my toes touching the white marble floor.

I tried and failed to swallow the moment my eyes clashed with Quillon's, which were shining like black diamonds. As he walked closer to me, my wolf purred in delight that had my chest heave up and down. As he came closer, I moved backwards in the bed. But Quillon held my ankles and stopped me.

God! He looked so hot!

How can I stop myself? It's just not possible. My whole body was craving for more! I wanted Quillon to touch me, anywhere, everywhere...

As he climbed atop me, I laid on the bed watching the desire clearly evident in his dark eyes. I felt proud of myself at the moment.

Before Quillon, I had only kissed some number of guys. But other than that I have no experience whatsoever. But looking at Quillon now, I knew whatever I was doing.... I was doing it right because his interest was clearly noticeable not only in his eyes but also from the bulge in his shorts.

"You are mine" Quillon growled huskily biting my lower lip and my wolf sighed.

"Kiss me" I said breathlessly and Quillon obliged.

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By the time I woke up, it was dark outside. I was alone in the bed and wondered where Quillon had gone to.

Since I was alone in the room, I did not mind getting off the bed in my bra and panties. I blinked when I saw my tattered dress on the floor along with Quillon's shirt.

My eyes rounded in disbelief when I saw my reflection in the mirror above the sink. I looked like I had rampant sex. My hair was a tangled mess; my lips were swollen while there were hickeys all over my neck and chest.

God! Quillon!

As I looked at the mark in my neck, I flushed deep red and lowered my lashes.

All we did was touch and kiss each other but still I looked so untamed. We didn't go all the way because well... I just wasn't ready.

Obviously, I did not tell the same to Quillon but he still figured it out because after ripping my dress off, he sensed it and then only kept peppering kisses on me until I fell asleep with a big grin on my face.

Even now, when I thought about it, I couldn't stop the giddy smile from creeping its way into my face.

After a quick shower, I changed into a shorts and a t-shirt. While in the room I searched for my new cell phone, which Quillon had purchased last week. After he threw my old phone out, I yelled at him so much that he stopped the car. When I went to check my iphone, it was broken badly and so Quillon brought me a brand new cell phone the moment we reached town.

I was impressed because this one was really better than my old one. However, I was not so happy when once the card was inserted; the Alphas' called me again and demanded answers.

I told them I let Quillon mark me. They threatened Quillon, called him names and when my wolf couldn't take it anymore I growled at them and after telling them off, I hung up on them! This was my life. Quillon is my mate and our private life wasn't a source of some public discussion.

Three days later, after they have cooled down, they called and accepted my decision. But they also made some brand new threats against Quillon if he ever hurt me. Luckily enough, Quillon wasn't beside me when that happened.

Cortez called me too but I was giving him the silent treatment!

As my phone beeped, I found it on the coffee table next to a note written by Quillon.

BIRTHDAY PARTY AT 19:00 HRS,

2nd CROSS ROAD.

- Q.

I furrowed my brows after reading the note. Whose birthday party? He wanted me to come there?

Sighing, I decided to change into a nicer outfit! But first, I had to call Bee.

After wearing a grey full sleeves dress, I applied light make-up and then put on my ankle length boots.

When I reached downstairs, Bee was already waiting for me.

"Whose birthday party?" I queried curiously.

"Amber, Harvey's mate" Bee told me.

"Harvey has a mate?" I asked startled by that piece of information.

"She is just fifteen. Her wolf hasn't recognized him as her mate yet"

"Oh!"

"Poor guy, he has been waiting from the past four years and he has to wait one more year" Bee sighed pitifully.

"Wait... how old is Harvey?" I was confused now.

"Nineteen. Same as us" Oh... I thought he was as old as Quillon!

The first person I spotted when I reached the party was Quillon who was laughing at some joke. As if sensing my gaze on him, he looked up and as our eyes locked with each other, I completely forgot how to breathe.

Bee was saying something but I didn't even hear it. My pulse quickened and my cheeks felt warm. I swallowed audibly when Quillon's eyes darkened.

"Cupcake" Bee squealed right next to my ear bringing me out of the spell Quillon had me in. Holding my arm, she began dragging me towards a table, where cupcakes were kept.

I had just taken a bite when I sensed someone's gaze on me. It was definitely not Quillon because the gaze had my wolf growl fiercely. Guess who?

I turned to face Bee, "Harpy?"

"One o'clock... Oh shoot! It's migrating here" Bee groaned and I took a long breath to calm my wolf.

"So you are into gate crashing too? Why am I not surprised?" Leah said rolling her eyes heavenwards. "You like being in places where no one needs you."

"Gate crashing?" I asked cocking an eyebrow.

"You were not invited because nobody wants you here" she said flatly and my wolf scratched inside me.

"Doesn't matter. I am here because Quillon called me" I said sweetly.

"Oh... he is just doing his duty! Why else would he leave you to come alone? Clearly he is embarrassed to be seen with you" she said smugly and my wolf bristled, while her friends snickered.

He is not! I knew that much.

"That's so true Leah" one of them said. "Q can barely tolerate being next her. Look, even now, he is standing so far from her."

My wolf howled in anguish inside me and I crushed the cupcake in my hand.

"Poor Q! I feel so bad for him. He is stuck with the bimbo" another one said and I gritted my teeth.

"Not for long" Leah smirked and picked a cupcake, "Just for another two months and after that-" Leah stopped talking and dropped the cake to the ground.

When she looked at me again, her hazel eyes had a troubled expression and I scowled at her. "I am so sorry Darya" Leah said and my eyes widened to its fullest extent.

"EH?!" Bee said out loud from beside me and I blinked, while my wolf growled.

"What?!" her friends said equally startled at this change of tune.

"I feel so guilty" Leah whispered and her eyes did have a guilty expression. I was so bewildered that I leant away and watched Leah with furrowed brows.

What the hell is going on?

"Leah" one of her friends called and holding her arms, she shook Leah.

"What?" Leah glared at them.

Okay... now she sounded like herself!

"What is wrong with you?" the same friend asked. "Why did you apologize to her?"

"I... what?" Leah scowled at them. "Apologized? To whom?"

"What was that?" Bee whispered from beside me as I watched Leah arguing with her friends and wondering why she apologized to me.

"I don't know" I whispered back, totally confused. What... what the fuck of fucks just happened?

"I need a drink" Leah muttered and walked away, with her group tagging behind.

I watched them going and kept blinking in puzzlement. Why did Leah apologize to me all of a sudden? I was sure she was about to say something nastier.

My eyes unwarily drifted towards Quillon, who was taking a sip of his drink, while Clay was saying something to him. As if he knew, Quillon turned his head to look at me, smirked slightly and then went back to his conversation with Clay.

I blinked. Once. Twice. And then frowned.

"I think she is suffering from PMS" Bee said from beside me and I giggled.

Amber, who was also Leah's second cousin, was a pretty fifteen year girl with auburn hair and icy blue eyes. Harvey couldn't take his eyes off her and Amber... by looking at her, one could say that she liked being with Harvey even though she doesn't exactly understand it. They were a cute couple.

The party did not have that much hype because recently two wolves were killed by Konrad. There were a good number of people, but there wasn't music or dancing. Just some kids playing games.

I was sitting beside Bee and Mia, another she-wolf who I recently became friends with. We were talking about a movie that was about to be released, when Nevin's mom called us.

Grace and Amber's mom had cut the rest of the cake and now wanted us to distribute it to everyone else.

I was taking a tray when a foot stuck out in front of me and since I did not notice it, I tripped after losing my balance. The tray flew up and the cream over the cake smeared all over my neck and chest, while I fell on my fours and groaned.

Very few people laughed.

However, the first people to laugh at me were Leah and her friends and I realized that it had been her foot. She did this on purpose!

I winced at the sound of their laughter. It was only them, others were all very quiet.

Gritting my teeth, I closed my eyes shut in humiliation. However, my wolf refused to be pushed back. One thing that is very important to me and my wolf is respect.

I am not a nobody!

That is why I wanted that respect. If people hate me, they could either stay away from me or fight against me like Konrad. But humiliating me is a wrong thing to do! Very wrong!

"Darya" Grace called.

My eyes flew open and a loud growl erupted from my chest as I slammed my hands on the ground. Grace and Bee, who were rushing towards me, stopped in their tracks.

The laughter died down.

Another feral growl erupted from my chest and immediately everyone started moving backwards. I am sure they weren't scared of me shifting into wolf... they were scared of the way I was growling.

My growl was loud, threatening, warning, frightening!

The last time I had growled this loudly was when I had attacked Sanity. My wolf had been furious that day, just like she was now! That day, I had cut her left ear and today....

The third growl was accompanied by a deafening thunder. My body started shaking violently and everyone was at least ten feet away from me... except for one.

Quillon crouched facing me and I looked at him through the corner of my eyes. He looked angry. His eyes had a hard look and his jaws were aggressively firm.

My wolf, who was violently baring her fangs inside me, slowly closed her mouth. Quillon sighed and enclosing a hand around my arm, he helped me kneel on the ground.

My wolf stopped growling but did not retreat back. He looked at me. I glared at him. Not intentionally... It was just because my wolf hadn't calmed down.

Slowly, his eyes lowered to my neck and the top of my dress, where cream was smeared.

Furrowing his brows, he looked up and asked, "Is that lavender?" He did not give me time to reply.

Instead, Quillon did the most unexpected thing!

Leaning forward, Quillon pressed his mouth against my neck and licked a portion of the cream. Gasping quite audibly, I went rigid and watched Quillon with wide eyes as he ate it.

"Taste's good" he said appreciatively.

The first one to laugh was Grace followed by Bee, Quinn and many others.

My wolf too was shocked at first. Then slowly the shock receded and she purred softly, while I turned beet red. Quillon never.... Just like me, he is not a great fan of PDA! But now.... For me?

There was unhidden amusement in Quillon's eyes and as I looked, my heart soared in my chest, while my wolf howled joyously.

She was very happy by what Quillon had done for us today!

Nothing else mattered. Not even the pathetic growl from Leah and her friends.

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Meanwhile, in the outskirts of Emperor Pack...

"Konrad is going to kill me" Cable said the moment he entered his friend's house.

His friend's eyes flickered to him as he pulled out the cigarette from his mouth. "What happened?" he asked.

"He has given me ten fucking days to find about Quillon and its day seven today. I haven't found anything worth reporting. It's like that fucker has no secret at all, when we all know he obviously has one" Cable spat throwing the file on the coffee table that had white powder and rolled-up note on it.

Placing the cigarette in between his lips, his friend picked up the file and began reading it. Like Cable said, it had no special information about Quillon Sanders.

"You were in his pack.... You didn't find anything odd... ever?" his friend demanded, closing the file.

"I wasn't in the pack while he shifted. My old man sent me to boarding school" Cable breathed out. "And those who were there don't know about it either. No one does. I think only his parents, Quinn know. Maybe even Nevin and Harvey know."

"His parents would definitely know.... Especially his mother" his friend said.

"What to do? Kidnap his mother?"

"That means you have to enter the pack. If Quillon is not there, then his bitch will be there to protect his mother and I have no intention of standing against Darya. I have seen her in action. She is deadly" his friend said and inhaled the smoke.

"Well, we will bring the mother out of the pack" Cable suggested and his friend gave him a blank look. "Right... not happening because she never leaves the pack."

"Glad you figured it out" his friend muttered looking away.

"Then what the hell do I do? Konrad is going to eat me alive" Cable breathed out fearfully.

"If you don't want to become the meal; then feed the monster a better meal" his friend advised.

"Better meal?" Cable whispered and then got thinking. What could he do? Find some more wolves to work for him? No use, Konrad can hypnotize anyone and make them work for him.

"You have got any ideas?" Cable asked his friend.

His friend let out a trail of smoke from his mouth and then smirked, "Finish Quillon."

"What the... Did you hear a fucking word I said last week?" Cable exploded. "Konrad didn't want to fight Quillon. He walked away and you want me to kill Quillon? Have you lost it?"

"Calm down" his friend said leaning back in his seat.

"Calm down? You want me to calm down after hearing what you just said?" Cable growled in anger. "You should have seen the way Quillon tore those forty wolves. He did not even let a single one raise a hand" Cable said through gritted teeth. "And you want me to finish him? I hate to admit this, but I won't even stand a chance against him."

"Who said you have to fight him physically?" his friend demanded tapping his cigarette, lightly, to let the tidbits drop. Cable stopped pacing and frowned at his friend. "Remember what happened in January, this year?"

After hearing his words, Cable furrowed his brows and nodded. It was only because of his friend that they got access to Darya's car and were successful in electrocuting her.

"How many days was she in coma?" his friend asked with a smirk.

"Twenty three. The moment she woke up, she learned she could control the last element" Cable said flatly.

"She went into coma because she could control electricity" his friend said and then raised his lashes, "But Quillon cannot."

"You mean to say... we electrocute Quillon's car?" Cable asked with wide eyes.

"Fuck! You are so dumb" his friend said in disgust and Cable gritted his teeth. "I wonder what the fuck Konrad sees in you?"

"The fact that I am a wolf and you are not makes me a better choice than you" Cable bit out harshly.

"Whatever" his friend shrugged.

"Cut this shit and get to the fucking point" Cable hissed.

"My point is that Quillon is not immune to electricity or even a bomb blast" his friend said and then inhaled the smoke.

At this, one corner of Cable's lips tilted upwards, "That, he is not."

"We have no access to his car, but we can enter their territory. Place one or two land mines on the way and then-"

"BOOM" Cable laughed. "You, my friend, are a fucking genius for a human" Cable said clapping his hands, while his friend rolled his eyes.

"Do you have the land mines ready?" Cable demanded after some time.

"They are in garage. So when are you going to use it."

"Day after tomorrow. But first, I have to make sure Quillon comes where I want him to."

"Hmm... Get him to the outskirts of his territory. Not the one which is in close proximity to Emperor. The bitch will be close and she can come to his help anytime if she senses something odd" his friend suggested.

"Can't you just stop her?"

"If she is in the farm, then I will" his friend said smoothly. "I will create a tantrum and sweet little Darya will come to console me."

"I know... I know. That must irritate you a lot" Cable said and his friend nodded. "Don't you ever get tempted to kill Darya... the girl who killed your mate?"

At this, his friend's eyes hardened and he crushed the cigarette. "Believe me.... every fucking time. Darya as well as her brother's little son" he spat in anger. "If she was a human, then I would have been done with it. But I am no match to her and so, I will do as Konrad says. I will continue my act."

"And you act so well Wesley" Cable grinned as Wesley lit up another cigarette.

"Here you are, smoking and doing drugs, but in the farm, you are this vulnerable autistic person that has even fooled Darya."

Wesley just inhaled the smoke and closed his eyes. He hated Darya. He wanted Darya dead because she had killed his mate, Sofia.

Konrad had sent Sofia and her friends to kidnap Lorcan, but Darya had come in-between and killed all the three she-wolves.

Wesley clenched his fists as he thought about it.

Being a human, Wesley knew that he had no power to fight Darya, who was a very powerful wolf. But Konrad could and Wesley had sworn he would assist Konrad in whatever way he could.

All he wanted was Darya dead.

But killing her mate, Quillon Sanders would be a poetic justice.

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Yay! Hope you liked it :)

Yes. Wesley is a bad guy and the incident with his mate is mentioned in the prologue.

So, my friend called Wesley- Asteen kaa saap, which means a snake in the grass and I think it quite suites him :) What do you think of Wesley?

Next chapter will be posted on 20th June.

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