Chapter 37

Hi lovelies :D

Sorry, I couldn't update earlier than today. But I had completed this chapter early morning today :( I had some problems while writing this chapter.

Anyway, after a long wait, chapter 37 is here and it is dedicated to @princess143me :D

Another cover given to me by @CharlesMegan :D Thanks a lot! I super love this one because I got a perfect quote for it :D

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"I claim you as my life mate. I belong to you. I offer my life for you. I give to you my protection, my allegiance, my heart, my soul, and my body. I take into my keeping the same that is yours. Your life, happiness, and welfare will be cherished and placed above my own for all time. You are my life mate, bound to me for all eternity and always in my care."

-Christine Feehan

DARYA P.O.V

Quillon kicked open the door to his house, before walking in with me still in his arms.

"The room" I said before he could settle me down on the couch. Sighing, he nodded and carried me upstairs. Once there, he laid me down on the bed.

"Did they hurt you?" he asked in a serious tone and I shook my head. I felt better... In fact, great!

Quillon obviously did not share the same belief because he was staring at me. As his eyes travelled over my body, I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up straight. When he was sure there was nothing wrong with me, he turned and picked the bottle from the coffee table.

Swirling, he removed the cap and drank a mouthful.

"I am thirsty too" I stated and he passed me the bottle. Within few seconds, I emptied the bottle. "The game was totally fun" I said breathlessly settling the cap back to its place. "I totally kicked your ass" I chuckled and Quillon scowled at me.

"You cheated" Quillon stated flatly.

"No, I didn't" I scoffed waving a dismissive hand and Quillon cocked an eyebrow, "Okay, maybe once?"

"Once?" It was Quillon who chuckled this time. "The only reason you won is because you cheated."

"Hey, I didn't cheat the last time" I protested strongly.

"So you do agree you cheated?" he asked cocking one perfect dark brow and I pinched my lips. Blast my bigmouth!

At this Quillon let out another low chuckle, "I know you did! No one can beat me without cheating" he said proudly.

"I just did" I grinned proudly and Quillon shot me a 'really' kind of look which wiped my grin. "I did" I said loudly. "The last try I scored was without cheating" I stated and he rolled his eyes.

My mouth dropped open when I realized that he did not believe a word I said. "I did not cheat the last time... I wanted to play fair and square" I said and Quillon nodded. However the amusement in his eyes told me he still thought I cheated.

Fuming, I stood on my knees on the bed and moved closer, so that I could look taller than him when I proved my point. I didn't. He was still an inch or two taller.

"I did cheat the first few times but not the last time" I said firmly.

"Okay, whatever makes you sleep at night" he said with a shrug and I growled vehemently.

"You are just embarrassed over the fact that I beat you" I remarked haughtily and Quillon's eyes narrowed dangerously. "But face it Quillon, I am, for real, better than you in every field" I grinned.

"You are not" he retorted flatly and I gritted my teeth.

"I am. I am better than ninety-nine wolves out there"

"Well, I am the hundredth one" he said with that same infuriating smirk.

"Alright! You and I, in an arm wrestling match, right now" I declared loudly pointing my index downwards and Quillon shrugged.

Five minutes later, we were kneeling on either side of the coffee table trying to outdo each other. I was gritting my teeth, while Quillon was smirking calmly.

"Give it up doll-face" he goaded as I began grunting, while he was dangerously close to defeating me.

"Shut up" I snapped at the asshole.

I have to win this.

"I am stronger than you" he drawled and I kicked him from under the table.

"Cheating, cheating" he mocked but did not raise his elbows from the table.

Okay... maybe he is stronger than me but it is me, who is faster.

Just when he was about to pin my arms onto the table, I raised my elbows from the table and straightened our gripped hands.

Quillon's body shook as he threw his head back and burst out laughing. I felt like a total fool at that moment.

"I am still faster than you" I grumbled pulling my hand back.

He laughed like I have said another joke. "Fuck off!" I snapped. "The only reason I cheated was because you cheated first."

That seemed to control his mirth, "I cheated?" he questioned wryly.

"Yes, you did" I pointed an accusing finger at him. "You leaned close and I thought you were going to kiss me but you were only seducing me."

Quillon nodded and a brilliant charismatic smile glimmered on his lips, which made my heart lurch in my chest. It was a miracle I didn't fall flat drooling over him.

"So you wanted me to kiss you?" I felt heat igniting at my heart as Quillon took a step forward.

Oh damn! Over share much?

However, I didn't bother accepting or denying it. The intensity of his gaze made me giddy and every nerve endings of my body danced in delight.

"Maybe" I said with a nonchalant shrug and smirking, Quillon took another step forward. One more step and then...

"And now you are mad that I didn't kiss you?"

"Maybe"

Quillon nodded for a second time and took one more step ahead. I looked at his dark brown eyes, which were slowly turning dark. As he stepped closer I could feel my cheeks burning.

Quillon's eyes flickered to my mouth and stayed there as he asked, "Do you want me to kiss you?" he demanded, lowering his head which caused his hot breath to fan my face. I swear I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. I could feel the rush of heat all over my body.

"Maybe" I said tilting my head backwards, to get a better look of his fallen angel features.

Were we flirting? Maybe....

As his eyes kept staring at my mouth, I slowly licked my lower lip, knowing full well the effect it has on him. Needless to say, I was shocked at my own behavior. However, every cell in my body yearned for Quillon to touch me.

"Now?" His lips brushed against mine as he said that.

The answer was not maybe. It was a definite yes!

And I suppose Quillon knew what the answer was going to be because with a stroke of his thumb, he wiped my lip-gloss and a split second later, he brought his mouth down to cover my own. The kiss ignited the fervor within me and the result was explosive. He coaxed my lips apart with his own, warm mouth which caused every cell in my body to become sensually alive for the first time in my life.

As I placed my palm on his chest, I could hear the thud of his heart which was as fast as my own.

The kiss deepened, became fierce, urgent and every nerve-ends of my body caught up in flames as Quillon bit my lower lip.

"Quillon" I moaned his name, as my feet left the white marble floor.

The next moment, I felt my body being lowered against the soft mattress, felt the weight of his powerful body above me as he continued kissing me.

I arched my body and raised my knee as Quillon trailed wet, sizzling kisses from my jaws. I gripped his shirt very tightly as his tongue traced the mark on my neck, for a few seconds, before he bit down hard on it.

As I moaned out loud, I tightened my grip on his jersey which caused it to rip apart.

"Sorry" I breathed out after I realized what I did. Quillon didn't seem to mind. He continued his sweet torture by nibbling and sucking the skin over my pulse.

"You looked beautiful in my jersey today" Quillon confided huskily, sexily, near my ear and suddenly my briefs felt too tight on my heated skin. "Yet I wanted to rip it off, to see you... all of you" he growled hotly and proceeded to lick my earlobe, making me shiver with desire.

He sat on the bed and with strong hands pulled me to him so that I was sitting on his lap, with my legs splayed on either side of his hips. With a gentle tug, he released my hair from the hair band and the thick golden fall of my hair fell round my shoulders, while strands of them brushed his chest.

My lips parted on its own as my eyes collided with dark, sexy eyes that gleamed with desire. This close to him, I could also feel his desire through the fabric of my clothes. We moved at the same time and kissed each other with that same, unrestrained desire.

Meshing his fingers in the thick locks of my hair, Quillon deepened the kiss while my fingers traced his washboard abs, the muscles of his lean, powerful body.

Quillon grabbed the hem of my top, pulled back to help me strip it over my head and then kept on kissing me ravenously. I tightened my grip on his hair and he groaned raggedly against my mouth.

I was so lost in my desire for him that I did not even realize Quillon toying with the flimsy garment of my briefs until it dropped down.

Cool air hit my skin and my eyes flew open as Quillon pulled me close to have skin-to-skin contact with him. When I felt his flesh against my sensitive buds, I shivered violently. His hands, which were on my waist moved upwards until they curved around the small mounds. Once there, he gave a low appreciative growl and then his thumb slid over the pouting pink peaks.

I threw my head back and cried out, lost in the sensation as his mouth found them. Quillon continued his sweet torturous torments and I writhed in his arms as I felt a sharp pain, shooting downward until it hit the womanly area between my thighs.

"Exquisite" Quillon purred against my flesh, making my toes curl. The core between my thighs ached. It longed to be touched. Fulfilled.

As Quillon lifted his head, I reached for him to pull his mouth back to mine. This time, Quillon let his head drop back with a groan as my mouth tasted the clean, male scent of his. With my hands, I explored the well-tanned skin of his torso and when I reached the waistband of his shorts, Quillon held my wrists.

"Greedy" he growled staring at my mouth and as I smiled, I blushed profoundly.

A split second later, I fell back on the bed, with my hair spread around me. My cheeks tingled when I felt his fingers on the belt loops of my shorts. Goosebumps rose on my skin as he pushed the shorts down my hips. All the time, as I laid there exposed, his eyes never left mine.

Dimly, I was aware that it was raining quite hardly outside.

Once the shorts were gone, Quillon enclosed his fingers round the band of fabric at my hips and wrenched them free until I had no barriers left. My breath got caught in my throat and a low cry emitted from my throat because I felt vulnerable at that moment.

I love him and so, I trusted him with all my heart and knew he would never let me down.

Quillon pulled back, straightened up and got rid of the rest of his clothes while I stared at him and nervously licked my lower lip. Oh! sweet lord...

I watched through hooded eyes as Quillon came over me, slowly, sexily, like a predator. A sexually hungry predator, who was possessively running his eyes over my body. My legs parted on their own accord to let him settle freely between them.

A few weeks ago, I wouldn't even have thought about us being like this, but right this minute... it felt natural.

My entire body was on fire and I curled my fingers around the mattress as I felt his manhood near my thighs.

"Tell me you want me" Quillon rasped against my mouth, gleaming dark eyes watching me hungrily.

"I do. I want you" I gasped out as Quillon crushed my mouth under his.

What came next was something that I had never experienced before. Quillon touched, caressed, tasted and stroked every sensitive parts of my body. His mouth did things to me down there that made me squirm vigorously and dig my hips into the mattress. All my senses came alive as I moved underneath him. The sensation was so strong that the sounds of my moan, radiated around the room. In the end, I was forced to bury my face on the pillow and bite it.

I cried out his name when I reached the high peak and then dropped down limply, breathlessly.

The experience was blissful. Yet, it was far from over.

For Quillon then traced kisses upwards until he captured my mouth with his and bit my bottom lip. I wrapped my arms tightly around him in acceptance as he hauled me closer to his body, until there wasn't space for even air to pass between us.

Quillon groaned my name and then with one powerful thrust drove deep inside me into a place that was for him and only him.

The booming crash of thunder from outside swallowed my cry of pain at that sharp invasion. I have always heard it hurts and it did.

As he murmured soft, soothing words, I slowly felt the tension in my body being evaporated. He withdrew and then smoothly slid in again. A rumbling growl emanated from him as I gasped out loud and feverishly ran my fingers above the dip in his spine. This time there was no pain, just the amazing feeling of having him fill me.

He repeated the process and soon we moved in the age-old rhythm. My heart soared and my vision turned cloudy. As I closed my eyes, tears slid from the corner of my eye. They weren't tears of pain but of pure, electrifying, happiness.

Quillon moved with a dominant power, taking me to another world that was flooded with heaps and heaps of raw, undiluted, ardent sensation. My body shook from the overwhelming feelings and kissing him, I kept telling him how much I loved what he was doing to me. Soon, I learned how to raise and shift my hips to meet him, to respond wildly.

"Darya" he said throatily against my cheek as the pressure intensified.

Our love making grew better and better and soon he was taking me to exquisite heights of passion. I kept moaning his name and digging my nails to his flesh, scratching his skin of his back.

As Quillon sank in deep, I pressed my mouth to his solid shoulder and bit down hard, just so as to suppress my scream of delightful surrender to pleasure.

The pleasure continued building and when I hit my climax, it reached to an unbearable height. As the explosion went off inside me, I sobbed his name and drew blood from his muscular back where my claws tore his smooth, damp skin.

Quillon called my name raggedly and then shuddered over me as he hit his own peak.

Afterwards, sated, I dropped down, flat on my back, to the bed like a rock being thrown deep into bottomless chasm.

Quillon came down on me, crushing me; yet, I loved his weight over me. Our position was intimate. So intimate that I could feel the brush of his hair against my cheek, his ragged breathing on my neck, his damp skin against my own but I made no protest because I loved it.

As I was unable to move, I stared at the ceiling— hearing the thump of his heart— and I could see stars. Hell, the whole galaxy!

I was stunned by this new amazing, exhilarating and heavenly sensation of pleasure that had me panting and quivering in delight.

As Quillon's breath settled, I felt him shifting and soon, I removed my legs from round his hips and dropped my hands to my sides.

He rolled over to his side, caught me in his arms and pulled me towards his hot, damp self by clamping an arm round my body. Resting my cheek against his chest, I inhaled his exquisite, all-male scent. He surprised me by pressing a tender kiss to the crown of my head.

My wolf sighed peacefully and rested lazily. She was overjoyed that we mated with Quillon.

Titling my head backwards, I gazed at him while the rain was thrumming outside. His eyes were closed and so, I boldly stared at him. Stared at the way those long, dark lashes brushed his cheekbones. At his mouth that I wanted to kiss again and again and his stubborn jaws that had a hint of stubble.

As if conscious of my gaze on him, Quillon's eyes flew open and I smiled dreamily at him. He raised his knuckles to gently brush my cheeks.

Before either of us could say anything, we heard the familiar tune of my cell-phone.

We growled at the same time not liking the momentary disturbance. It was lying on the coffee-table at the other side of the room. Yet, I made no move to go and answer the call.

I watched it until it stopped ringing and then sighing, I closed my eyes.

My eyes flew open as my cell-phone started ringing again and sitting on the bed, I glared at it. I just wanted to throw it away somewhere at that moment.

As it continued buzzing, I wrapped the sheets around me.

Just when my foot was about to touch the marble floor, another cell-phone started ringing and I stiffened. Quillon met my gaze and I noticed the way every muscle in his body tensed.

My wolf sat up in unease as I picked the phone which flashed Tina's name on the screen. Christina was Sel's best-friend and the beta female of Emperor Pack. She rarely calls me and now seeing her name on the screen, I knew it was something to worry about.

"It's an unknown number" Quillon said staring at his own mobile screen and then answered his call while I did mine.

"Darya" Tina breathed out hurriedly and hearing the alarm in her tone, I felt cold. "Konrad has attacked our pack."

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QUILLON P.O.V

As I wore a fresh pair of jeans, I watched Darya, who threw the sheet in one fluid movement and shifting around the room in blur, she got dressed in shorts and t-shirt.

The call to me was from James, the former Beta of Emperor. It wasn't the first call. He had been calling for a long time but we were so lost in each other that we did not hear our phones ringing.

Konrad had attacked the outskirts of Emperor and Duncan, his mate and other pack fighters have gone there. James called me because he wanted Darya to come there.

I will let her go... but not alone!

I watched Darya as she put on her boots. She had a goofy grin on her face just a minute ago and now she looked pale as death. However, her expression turned vile all of a sudden and then leaping from the window, she ran towards the eastern border.

"Darya" I called out loud, but she ignored me.

"Dammit!" I hissed and slammed my hands on the wall next to the window. I knew she wanted to go to her pack, her family. I would not stop her but I wanted to go with her too.

As I wore my black t-shirt, I alerted the pack.

'I am coming with you' Quinn told me and I said a sharp no. 'Why not?'

'One of us has to stay here to protect our pack. You do that along with dad' I commanded and he replied a small yes. I then directed my friends to come and join me.

By then, I had already jumped out of the window and running towards Emperor following Darya's scent.

The nerve of that cannibal to attack Emperor. I just hoped her family was safe.

I worried for Darya because I cared about her. I couldn't bear it if she gets hurt. If anything happens to her family, it would kill her. I knew it. Konrad knew it too and hence, he was taking advantage of that.

I wanted to kill that bloodsucker for good this time.

We had just mated. Even before the heat had cooled, we got the call. Without doubt, she must be sore and tired. Yet, she couldn't rest.

'Q, I really think I should come' Quinn said through the link while I was sprinting down the woods.

'No. Stay. You are needed here' I stated firmly.

'My wolf is agitated. I feel something is wrong'

'Quinn STAY' I bellowed in my Alpha tone and I could already sense the submission of his wolf. I knew he was just saying it so that I could let him come with me. Even if he wasn't, I couldn't let him come there because I wanted him safe. So, I blocked him from the link.

As I raced between the trees, I frowned when I realized that I still hadn't spotted Darya. I could sense her and she was way ahead of me... but she left only a minute before me.

My wolf whined softly feeling Darya's pain. When it was drizzling, I realized that she was crying.

Already twenty minutes had passed and I still couldn't catch up with Darya. It felt like she was miles ahead.

The ground was wet, thanks to the heavy rain and running through maximum speed wasn't possible... Oh! Who the fuck am I kidding with?

Darya is faster than me.

It just got proved because if it had been any other wolf, I would have already run past them by now.

I stopped in my tracks and clenched my fists, when I spotted the lake. What the hell?

The shock was just for a second because when I started thinking properly, I grasped how Darya crossed the lake so fast. Shaking my head, I turned route because I couldn't go through the same way.

Once I reached Emperor, it wasn't very hard to figure out where Konrad had attacked. There was chaos everywhere in the pack and when the Emperor wolves spotted me, they immediately told me where Konrad had attacked.

As I was rushing there, I gritted my teeth when I sensed Quinn trying to connect with me through the link. He had been doing that since I left Serene and just like then, I refused to unblock him.

"NICK" I heard Darya wail and I growled loudly. Not because of jealousy but because of the anguish in her voice.

By the time I reached the small, quite clearing in between the woods, where Konrad had attacked, I found Darya sitting on the ground, sobbing and holding Nick's lifeless body in her lap.

Konrad had punctured a sword right through his heart, instantly killing him. Someone had removed the blood covered sword and kept it on the side.

"Nick" Darya sobbed; her whole body quivering as she tried to wake him up even though she knew it wouldn't happen. My wolf lowered his head and stayed quiet. I knew Nick had feelings for Darya, and I hated him for it. Even threatened to kill him but I would have never gone through with it because he was Darya's friend.

Looking at his unresponsive body, I felt vain. Ashamed of myself.

Even though Nick had feelings for Darya, he never tried to come in between us. He respected our bond and I will forever be grateful to him for that.

Now, as Darya sobbed, it rained, showing her pain.

"If it makes you feel any better—" A familiar voice drawled and slowly, my wolf raised his head. "—His last words were 'I love you Darya'" Konrad mocked and my knuckles cracked as I clenched my fists.

I turned my head to have a better look at him.

He was tied to a nearby tree with thick metal chains. He had one black eye, swollen cheeks and several bruises all over his face. I frowned when I saw that. Konrad... chained? How is that possible?

But it was true; his hands were shackled to a chain that twirled around a powerful branch of a tree.

"He was here... waiting for us" Duncan hissed as I stared at Konrad, suspiciously. "Said he wanted Darya to come" he growled.

The five Alphas' were here and so was Tyler Grier. My guess, they had all attacked together and chained him.

"Tell me everything from the start" I said to no one in particular, my gaze focused on Konrad. When he caught my gaze, Konrad smirked at me and my wolf bared his fangs.

"Nick called us when he spotted Konrad. By the time we reached here, he was already dead" Vernon said bleakly.

"This bastard had killed him" Mikhail, another one of Darya's guards expressed angrily.

"Not because he came in my way. I killed him because he was my target" Konrad shrugged and everyone around me growled. "That was for Rick" Konrad said pointing at Nick's lifeless body.

"Since when did you start caring about what happened to Rick?" I demanded cocking an eyebrow.

"I didn't" he chuckled. "Just said it because it suited the situation" he added and a loud growl rumbled from Darya's chest as she raised her head to glare at Konrad with flaming red eyes.

Konrad's face fell sideward when someone punched him right in the face. My eyes drifted towards the person, who had his back to me.

"Quiet" the person said to Konrad with a venomous hiss, shaking in rage.

"He is taunting us deliberately. Don't fall for his trap, Cortez" Granel, as calm as always, told him. Cortez Moreland turned and I came face-to-face with him for the first time. I had seen his photo but had never met him before.

Cortez nodded grudgingly but did not budge from his place.

"Something fishy is going on here" Tyler Grier, the twin of Tyson, murmured standing beside me. I shot him a questioning look.

"We could capture him very easily" the Luna pointed out and I narrowed my eyes. "Years ago, half of Moreland pack had tried to capture him but no one could and today, within twenty minutes, we had him chained."

"Didn't he fight back?" I asked not moving my eyes from Konrad.

"He did" Tyson Grier was the one who replied. "But in between the fight, he would grunt in pain, clutching his chest and then drop down on his knees."

"That made capturing him easier" the Luna said. I furrowed my brows not understanding anything.

"He seemed to be in pain... internally" Tyler said in bewilderment.

Standing straight, Konrad raised his lashes to look at us with unconcealed contempt. But then, as quickly he morphed it to a mocking grin.

"Trap? The only trap I set was for Darya and she did get caught in it. She is here" he said and my wolf snapped his jaws. In one swift movement, I was standing right in front of Konrad, trembling in rage.

"I warned you bloodsucker to stay away from her" I reminded, gritting my teeth.

"And I told you there is no fun in staying away from her" Konrad finished smoothly.

I was about to punch him in the face when Darya spoke all of a sudden, "You wanted my attention. You have it" She stated flatly and every head turned to look at her. She was still sitting on the ground, holding Nick's lifeless body. But she had stopped crying now. Instead, she was glaring murderously at Konrad.

Through the link, I could sense my pack wolves trying to connect with me through the link. Quinn was the one who was most desperate. But I had to block them out because I had to give all my attention to keep Konrad away from Darya.

"I have been trying to capture your attention for a long, long time Darya" Konrad said and my wolf started scratching inside me, wanting to be let out so that I can kill him.

I wanted to. I wanted to so badly just do that.

"You always ignored it" Konrad shrugged.

"What the hell are you implying?" Duncan snarled in fury as my claws came out.

"Exactly what you are thinking" Konrad grinned and growling loudly, I bared my fangs. How dare this fucker set his eyes on my mate? She is mine and only mine!

"I WANT HER" Konrad said looking me in the eye and I held his throat and started digging my claws there.

"MINE" I roared, tightening my hold on his neck.

Granel, Cortez and other fighters started pulling me back until I was forced to let go of my hold on his neck.

"I never intended to kill her" Konrad stated, his eyes flickering to Darya who was shooting him a disgusted look. "If I wanted to do so, I would have done it long back. All this time, I was trying to make her mine."

"Shut up" I thundered and got out of their hold. My wolf couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to shift and tear this wretched creature apart.

"Make her realize, how strong we are together" Konrad continued and once again I rushed towards him.

I attacked him with full force. Breaking his shackles, I threw him to the ground and punched him repeatedly.

It took nearly twenty wolves to pull me back from him. My friends were here and they were repeatedly asking me to calm down.

Coughing repeatedly, Konrad stood up and then faced Darya, whose body was shaking in rage. She was furious. The deafening roars of thunder were the proof of that.

Wolves had surrounded the area so that Konrad couldn't escape, now that he was free from his hold.

"It was working well until HE came" Konrad bellowed pointing his index at me. "Quillon fucking Sanders" he spat and it caused my wolf to retreat slowly but Darya snarled maliciously.

What calmed my wolf was the truth that Konrad did not expect me to come in between whatever plans he had made. My wolf wanted to know more and so he retreated... for the moment.

I calmed myself down and even forced a mocking grin at Konrad. His lips curled in anger when he saw that.

"Anyone who comes in between me and my goal will die" Konrad stated and I narrowed my eyes.

"Nick was in between your goal?" Darya demanded in a dangerously low voice. She was now standing next to Nick's body, baring her fangs and claws. Her eyes had a cold look in it and her expression too was the same.

"No" Konrad said shaking his head. "Nick was a lesson" he declared. "To you. To him." he added pointing his finger at me, "TO EVERYONE" Konrad shouted, his own body shaking with anger.

That fucker really doesn't know who he is dealing with!

"A lesson?" Cortez Moreland growled incredulously.

"To you, so that you willingly come to me" Konrad said to Darya, pointing a finger to his chest and everyone growled, but an earth-shattering growl came from me because my wolf was fucking furious to hear it. Once again, he started fighting my control over him.

"To him. To everyone, so that they learn to stay away from you" Konrad glared at all of us when he said that.

Darya's chest kept rumbling as she growled, shaking violently in rage.

At that moment, I wanted to challenge him and then slaughter him.

"I made it easier for Nick" Konrad growled, extending a hand towards his body. "A quick death. But him—" Konrad snarled looking at me and my eyes darkened, while my wolf arched his back, ready to attack. "— your mate..." He spat. "...I will give him a deliberately slow and painful death. I will break each and every bone of his body and then tear him apart until there is nothing left even for the vultures to— "

It happened so fast that none of us could prevent it from happening, because we did not see it coming.

Only after it was done did I realize how it happened.

Ten seconds ago, Konrad was still standing in the centre, methodically describing how he would kill me. First, Darya moved. She took four steps ahead and bending down, she picked the sword which Konrad had used to kill Nick.

Enclosing her fingers firmly around the handle of the sword, she had walked few more steps ahead and when she couldn't control her rage anymore, she had increased her speed and letting out a piercing scream, she had run towards Konrads. While she was a few steps away from him, she had leaped high in the air and then swinging the sword, she had raised it high above her head. As the sword spun, she held it with both her hands, pointing the blood soaked tip at Konrad first and then violently puncturing it right through his heart until it came out from his back.

As Konrad's blood splashed on the ground, there was a boisterous roar of thunder as the lightning struck a nearby tree setting it on fire.

Konrad's eyes and mouth had widened to its fullest extent as he dropped down on the ground, with Darya straddling him.

He had gasped out and a low, painful moan had erupted from his throat as he held the sword, which was injected to his heart. His eyes had turned red in tears of anguish and sweat had coated every lines of his forehead.

While he was struggling to breathe, he watched Darya, who was grinding her teeth and glaring at him.

"DIE" she snarled and forcefully pulled out the sword.

Konrad exhaled his last breath as his head hit the ground. Darya dropped the sword near him and then got off him and stared at him, where he lay on the ground unflinching.

I was the first one to rush towards her. I circled an arm around her and pulled her towards me. She leaned closer to me, but her body was still trembling violently.

"He is dead" Cortez Moreland declared after checking Konrad's pulse. Granel did the same too.

Still finding it hard to believe, I closed my eyes and then started searching for his heartbeat or even faint signs of breath. Yet, I got nothing.

He was dead.

Still finding it hard to believe, I checked for any response from his senses. I got nothing.

Konrad was dead.

Darya had killed him.

"Good" Darya said fiercely after Granel too said he was dead.

Good indeed!

My wolf growled in satisfaction and I sensed the same satisfaction from everyone around me.

Now that we had mated, I could easily sense Darya's wolf and she raised her head and howled. My wolf was quick to respond.

"It's over" the Luna sighed, leaning closer to Duncan, who smiled softly and rested his chin on top of her head.

Darya placed the back of her head over my shoulder and closed her eyes. Tears leaked from the corner of her eyes, but I quickly wiped it off. Pressing a kiss on her temple, I smiled softly.

Darya was happy but at the same time she was sad for the loss of her friend. She would grieve for Nick, who would, without doubt, be given an honorable funeral.

"Take her home" Cortez Moreland said and I looked at his blue-green irises, which seemed quite familiar. He stared at me for a long time, without even batting an eyelash.

It was only after I nodded that he looked away. I could sense his feelings and it ranged from confusion to pride to happiness to sad to anger to worry. He had a blank look on his face, but his feelings were conflicting.

"Q" I frowned when I saw Quinn. "Wh-what happened here?" he demanded and every head turned to look at him. Quinn's eyes rounded when he spotted Konrad's dead body on the ground.

"He..."

"He is dead" I stated and Quinn stared at me in disbelief.

"He is?" Quinn asked and then crouching on the ground, he touched Konrad's hands. My wolf stiffened and sensing my tension, Darya turned rigid too.

Everyone was watching Quinn, whose eyes had turned dark.

"Something wrong?" I asked my brother.

Quinn let out a breath of relief and dropping Konrad's limp hand, he shook his head. "He is dead. When my wolf was behaving oddly, I thought something bad was going to happen. But this is good" Quinn said standing up.

"Thank-God" Darya whispered closing her eyes and I smiled softly.

"Let's go home. I will ask someone to get rid of this" Duncan said referring to Konrad's body.

We all nodded. When I sensed eyes on me, I turned to look at Cortez Moreland, who was staring both at me and Quinn with a blank expression. His eyes... the blue-green irises.... They seemed way too familiar. They were.... Of course they seemed familiar. Mom had the same shade of irises.

"Hello" Quinn said to Cortez with a small grin, when he caught the stare. Cortez walked away without bothering to reply and I growled lowly.

'What did I do?' Quinn asked confused.

Rolling my eyes, I placed an arm under Darya's knees and holding her in my arms, I started walking towards Duncan's house.

Konrad was dead and now, all wolves could live freely without any fear.

Everything, without doubt, would be good now.

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Yes. It happened. Darya killed Konrad!

But the story isn't over yet. What about Wesley? Sanity? Soothsayer? Quillon's gift? Quinn's mate? Cortez meeting Grace? And... What about super babies? Lol!

Still A LOT more to go. If you want to know about all these, then don't stop reading :P

Also, please, please tell me what you thought about the... umm... mating scene? :P It's the first time I wrote something like that and only because the story needed it. So... yeah... please tell me... I tried my best to keep it PG-13 (I still doubt it is PG-13 though)

Next update on 17th :) Yay! Sooner!

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