Chapter 25

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Firstly, I want to say a very BIG THANK-YOU for all the votes and comments on previous chapter :D Super glad you liked it :D:D I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Secondly, presenting chapter 25 which is dedicated to @DazzlingBlack :D

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"I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse."

― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

DARYA P.O.V

Quinn, few of Quillon's friends, Maxwell and former third-in-command- Larry, Bee, Leah and two of her friends were already waiting for us in the living room of Grace's house. I sat in between Quillon and Grace.

"Everyone is here, let's start" Scott told us.

"Not yet Uncle" Leah spoke and every single head turned to look at her, standing near a window. "Darya does not belong to our pack. Why is she attending this meeting?"

Except for Scott, Maxwell and Leah's friends, everyone else growled after hearing her words. I tensed as I heard it because what she said was true.

"Q has marked her and very soon she is going to be the future Luna of the pack. So I think she has every right to be here" Grace said curtly, glaring at Leah. "If you have a problem with her being here, then feel free to leave" she added.

Leah compressed her lips and looked away.

My eyes unwarily drifted towards Bee, who was already looking at me and trying her best to hide her amusement. Seeing her, a corner of my lips twitched and to hide my grin, I lowered my head and played with the bracelet in my hand.

"Alright. Start" Grace commanded, when Leah did not leave the room as others expected.

"Why did you let him go?" Scott was the first one to ask.

"For the sake of Pack. If I had challenged him for a fight, he would have targeted the pack wolves" Quillon said and I totally agreed with him. "Plus I do not know the rest of his gifts" Quillon added smoothly.

True! Only a stupid would blindly attack Konrad. Attacking him must be done with proper planning and not when our mind is ruled by anger or pride!

"What did you do to the bodies?" Quillon asked.

"Wolves are getting rid of it. It was gruesome" Scott frowned at Quillon.

"Konrad hired them to take Darya away from me" Quillon stated flatly.

"How many did he bring?"

"Almost forty. Cable was with him"

"That rogue was also here" Scott growled.

"That's just not it dad. Konrad tried to hypnotize us" Quinn said and beside me Grace gasped.

"Did he try to hypnotize you Q?" Grace questioned shocked.

Quillon smirked and looked at me, "Darya pushed me away before he could" he said and I turned beet red.

There was complete silence for few seconds before Grace sighed and said, "I am glad she did." I sent her a soft smile.

"But no one could save the two guards" Larry said sadly and beside me Quillon tensed.

"Yes, their funeral will be held tomorrow" Scott said quietly and I closed my eyes. Two guards were killed? It's the same, always. Guards are Konrad's first victims because to enter into a territory, he often makes them kill themselves.

"We should tighten up the security. He might come again" Maxwell stated quietly.

"Nothing you do is going to help because Konrad can become invisible" Quinn added.

"He has powers no creature should have" Scott muttered in frustration. "On top of that he has drunk the blood of those children who could control all the elements." I tensed and looked at my bracelet that had a charm representing each element. "Who knows whether he is capable of controlling all the elements?"

"He cannot" I said touching the charm of leaf that represented earth.

"Sorry?" Scott broke in.

"Konrad cannot control all the elements. To do so he needs to drink the blood of the fifth one who is still alive"

"The fifth one is alive?" Grace asked from beside me and I nodded. I dropped the charm I was holding and touched the next one that was a drop, symbolizing the element water.

"Who is it?" Scott demanded but I did not look up and answer him. There was complete silence for few minutes before Scott said, "Never mind about who is it. But he has killed and drunk the blood of other four. Maybe he can control those elements?"

"He cannot" I answered picking up the next charm that was flame which represented fire. "He needs all five." By saying so I meant that he needed my blood because I could control all five elements.

"I often wonder why those rogues created him" Scott muttered annoyed.

"Because they thought the five gifted children are going to kill them" I said letting go of the charm and twirling my bracelet around my wrist. "It all started with the Elegance Pack" I said looking at the next charm- a spiral, which represented air.

"Elegance Pack?"

"The rogues attacked at night and killed hundreds of innocents. Paulo, the soothsayer told them that, "Alpha Bloods shielding, masters of elements will surround you from all directions and slay you just like you slayed an innocent"' I chuckled humorlessly after I quoted it.

"The rogues thought the masters of elements- the gifted children will kill them. So they killed those children first. Remy, Tito, Orion and Austin, all alpha bloods, butchered like lambs" I added through gritted teeth dropping the spiral and then touching the next charm- a bolt, which represented the element Sky. "But it turns out that the gifted children were not the one who would have killed them. It was the other five Alpha bloods- Sel, Duncan, Cortez, Granel and Tyson. They attacked together and they killed those rogues, swiped clean the Elegance Territory and made it home again. However, they too did not know that the rogues had created another monster- Konrad, until it was too late. He killed Alpha Peter" I whispered and dropped the last charm.

"Konrad was created so that he could be the most powerful wolf, yet the puppet of those rogues. It all came to power at the end. But it started because one-" Growling, I looked up but stopped talking when I noticed that every pair of eye in the room was focused on me. Everyone was staring at me curiously. Quillon too was watching me with astute eyes.

My eyes rounded when I apprehended that I kept blurting out the whole story without even realizing what I was doing.

"Because one...?" Grace probed in a barely audible voice and I found her staring at me with unshed tears in her eyes.

Because one vile woman couldn't handle rejection well- that was what I wanted to say. It was all Isadora's fault.

"Because one group of rogues thought killing innocents was okay" I said instead as it was true too. The rogues for a single second did not think what they did was wrong. They were not ashamed of it!

Grace gulped and nodded. I did not tell Isadora's name because saying so means telling everything... including who O is.

"How do you know all this?" Maxwell asked me.

"My brother is one of the five Alphas' who killed those rogues"

"But wasn't O the one who killed Serge, one of the main rogues involved in destruction of Elegance?" Larry asked.

"Yes. I think they pissed O off too" I said with a shrug. Serge was killed right in front of me by Sel. His blood had spattered on my face. I still remember that day because it was the day Duncan had come to know Sel was O.

"He was something else. O... he had killed Alphas' instead of rogues" Scott told Larry and I smirked as I heard it because even now people consider O to be a guy.

"The guy was mad. He killed those Alphas' for no reason" Maxwell said shaking his head and nothing could stop the loud feral growl that escaped from my chest. I surprised everyone by that growl because once again all eyes were on me. However, my eyes were focused on Maxwell whose lips parted and I knew my eyes had changed to red.

"Don't" I warned, shaking my head.

"O killed your father" Quillon reminded, shooting me a confused look.

"My father was Marvin Kenrick and he got killed by the rogues" I said looking him in the eye and after staring at me for a long time, Quillon nodded.

"You sound like you know who O was" Scott blurted out and I smirked.

"I wish I did. I honestly wish I did" I said in a completely calm voice just to confuse them. They stared at me, but I lowered my head.

"Anyway, back to the topic of Konrad" Scott said after few minutes. "Maybe he cannot control the elements but he can still hypnotize wolves. He will hypnotize other wolves to fight for him and that's just not it, he has four accomplices too."

"It's three" Quillon said.

"Actually it's two" I said and he raised his brows. "Ekon left to live with Meryl."

"Okay... so two. Cable and that girl who throws the kerambits.... What's her name?" Scott demanded.

"Lefty... sorry Sanity" Quinn chuckled. "I kept that name for her after she lost her left ear."

"She did not lose her left ear. It just got cut into half after I missed her head by few inches" I grumbled the last part a little annoyed. That was the one chance I had to kill Sanity and I had missed it too. I had not seen her after that.

There was an audible gasp as I finished talking and I looked at Bee who was staring at me with her mouth wide open.

"You... were the one who cut Sanity's left ear?" Harvey asked and I flushed because for the third time in that meeting, I had everyone's attention.

"Oh dear" Grace sighed from beside me and I pursed my lips.

"Yes. Alright. The meeting is over" Quillon said standing up. "Leave" he directed in his Alpha tone when they were still staring at me. Everyone scrambled out of the door and the only ones left was me along with the Sanders family.

"You are amazing you know that right?" Quinn said staring at me and I blushed before chuckling. "No wonder you are Q's mate. Both of you are the same" he mused shaking his head.

"Bullshit"

"God No!"

Quillon and I scoffed at the same time.

"Yeah, you are" Quinn sighed and I scowled at him while Quillon threw a cushion at his face.

"I just put new covers for that cushion today" Grace shrieked when Quinn threw them to the floor.

Grace had gone to the kitchen to bring plates and so I decided to help her. Quillon, Quinn and Scott were sitting outside and talking.

"Is there something I can take?" I asked Grace, standing beside her in the kitchen counter.

"Uh... yes, this one" she said pointing at a glass casserole and smiling, I picked it while she filled water inside a jug.

After keeping it in the dining table, I went back to the kitchen. "What else?" I asked Grace.

Grace did not reply, instead, she turned, "Quillon told me you are the fifth child" she blurted out and I blinked. Once, twice. "While you were talking earlier, he told us and asked us to keep quiet." I nodded because I had suspected it earlier. "Nobody ever knew who the fifth child was and since the other four were boys, we suspected the last one to also be a boy. We... we thought the fifth one is also dead because... you know there was never any news."

"Sel had asked wolves from Regal to keep silence and few wolves from Moreland pack to were ordered the same by Alpha Peter" I told her.

"Peter Moreland helped you?" she asked and I nodded. "He had helped us too" she said, confusing me. "It was few months after Sinew Pack heir's death, Peter had called Scott and informed us that the rogues had suspected Quillon to be the fifth child." My eyes rounded to its fullest extent as I heard it. I did not know about this. Maybe Sel or others knew... I should ask them.

"Quillon? When was this?"

"When he was fourteen... he... he was... stronger than other wolves of his age. Plus he was excelling in every field of training at that time and so, rogues suspected him. After Peter's phone Scott and I, we always kept Quillon guarded and discreet. Just two weeks later the rogues had come and tried to kidnap him." A growl emanated from my chest as I heard it. "That was the first time Quillon killed wolves. He protected himself as well as his friends. We were so scared. We almost had him and Quinn homeschooled. Quillon refused it and finally we gave in. As a parent, it's natural to be worried right?" she said with a soft smile and I nodded.

"I mean, that one attack on Quillon had Scott and I so worried that we never allowed him out of our sight for months. But you... you were the fifth child and your parents..." Grace stopped talking when she realized that my father had passed away before that.

"Just my mom" I said sadly. "Sel, Granel, Cortez and Tyson were the ones who had protected me. I was always safe."

"Duncan?"

"I did not know he was my brother then" I said shaking my head.

"But Konrad still attacked you... right? And he has been attacking you from years?" I nodded as a reply.

Grace smiled, took a step forward and placed a hand on my cheek, "Don't worry. Konrad cannot hurt you anymore because now you have Quillon to protect you and he is stronger than your Alpha friends."

With that said, she walked out but I stood frozen in the spot mulling over what she said.

Quillon is going to protect me?

I am stronger than him. Okay, maybe physical fighting he excels than any other wolf I have known. But Konrad can still hypnotize him and try to kill him in many ways. How can Quillon protect himself from getting electrocuted or burnt? I can look after myself from it. But Quillon cannot.

No.

I am stronger and I have to save Quillon from Konrad.

"Darya" Quillon called me and I looked up to see a blurry image of Quillon standing right in front of me. "Why are you crying?" he asked with a frown.

"I am fine" I said and hastily wiped those tears. "Just thinking..."

"About Konrad?" he asked and I sucked in a breath. "He will not come after you" Quillon stated. I know that because he is going to come after you from now.

"I can handle him if he comes after me" I said with a grim smile.

"You don't have to. You will be protected 24X7 from now." I frowned after hearing his words. "Every time you go out, there will be a team with you-"

"Hold on" I incised. "I do not need any protection. I can protect myself perfectly well."

"Maybe you can but guards are still going to be around you just like you used to have in Emperor" Quillon continued.

"Did you even hear what I said?" I snapped.

"I did. But whatever you say is not going to convince me otherwise. Trust me, I did not want to keep a guard for you either, but until Konrad is dead... I am not ready to take any chances" he growled fiercely. "He has been attacking you every now and then... you, yourself told me you lost count of the number of times he has attacked you. That bloodsucker wants to drink your blood and I am never going to let that happen. My pack wolves will be around you and they will constantly be in touch with me through the link."

"But I am strong enough to protect myself. You don'tknow what I can do" I raked.

"You can control the element sky... I know. You can create thunder and lightning, but that is not enough to keep you safe" he gritted out and I curled my fingers to form a fist.

"You are not listening-"

"No. You are the one who is not listening. You have to be kept safe. Now I understand why Duncan had kept those four guards for you. He was right in doing that and I will be doing the same" Quillon stated.

"You will be doing worse than that" I hissed.

"Maybe. But it is all for your wellbeing. End of discussion. Now come out and have dinner." He walked out and snarling, I stomped my foot on the ground.

If the knowledge that I control one element can make him this protective, then Quillon might cage me if he comes to know I control all five.

Mentally, I imagined myself inside a prison cell.

NO!

No. No.

I do not want that. I am never going to tell him I control all the five elements, I thought furiously.

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Meanwhile in Konrad's warehouse...

Konrad screamed in rage and pushed down the dining table. The cutlery clattered and broke into tiny pieces. Cable flinched as he heard the noise while Sanity watched Konrad through furrowed brows.

He then picked up a chair and roughly threw it against the wall, thus breaking the leg of that chair. Cable closed his eyes as Konrad threw another chair. He has been like this ever since he returned from Serene Pack.

Cable still did not understand why Konrad had returned. He had all plans of killing or having Quillon killed. However, he changed the plan the last moment.

At first Konrad was silent, but then he started growling and very soon he began destroying the furniture of the living room. The only ones left were few chairs and a couch. Cable did not know what the matter was but he was too scared to ask Konrad.

Slowly opening his eyes, Cable watched Konrad, who had his back to him. Konrad's fists were clenched so tightly that his veins, all the way up to his elbows, were visible. His thunderous growls caused the glasses in the windows to rattle. His anger radiated around the room as his body trembled in rage. Konrad's whole stance warned others to maintain distance from him.

"What is he?" Konrad breathed out and Cable frowned. "What is he?" Konrad repeated harshly. "WHAT IS HE?" He bellowed and Cable's heart beat increased rapidly due to fear.

Slowly, Konrad turned and Cable gulped when he saw him. He was always scared of Konrad's this side... the monstrous side. Konrad's ears were pointed up like arrows; his eyes were the color of darkest night, his fangs bared out just like his jagged claws and his hair spiked all over his head.

Cable sucked in a breath when Konrad snapped his jaws. At times like this, Cable wished Ekon was here because he was the only one who had the courage to talk to Konrad even when he was in the worst mood.

"You told me he was nothing" Konrad began lethally, his eyes sharp as knives, focused on Cable, who silently let out a breath when he realized that the monster had not come out yet. But he knew... that the monster was still lurking and Konrad was just pushing it back.

But how long could the monster be suppressed?

Heart thumping wildly, Cable took a step back and swallowed audibly. "Quillon is nothing" Cable said in a barely audible voice and Konrad revealed his sharpest canine. "He.. he is just strong in fighting...bu-but other th-than that he is nothing" Cable stuttered taking another step back.

"If Quillon is nothing-" Konrad began in a malicious voice picking up a chair. "-Then how was I UNABLE TO HYPNOTIZE HIM?" Konrad roared throwing the chair at Cable's direction.

Cable was so shocked after hearing Konrad's words that he did not duck in time, thus having the chair hit him in the head. He fell flat on his back and grunted in pain. Blood oozed from the corner of his head, where the chair had hit him. However, he was too taken aback to focus on his own pain.

Wincing, Cable sat up and without taking his eyes off Konrad, he stood straight.

Unable?

Konrad could not hypnotize Quillon?

How is that possible? Konrad can hypnotize every single wolf out there... then why couldn't he hypnotize Quillon?

"Unable?" Sanity whispered equally taken aback as Cable.

Growling, Konrad nodded. "Unable" he said with difficulty through gritted teeth.

"But... but Darya pushed him" Cable pointed out perplexed. He had seen Darya running towards Quillon and pushing him with all her force, so that Konrad could not hypnotize her mate.

In one swift movement, Konrad strode ahead and stood right in front of Cable. Cable gasped, but quickly pursed his lips.

"No" Konrad growled placing a hand on Cable's shoulder. "No" he repeated shaking his head and Cable grimaced from the tight hold that Konrad had on his shoulder. "Quillon looked right into my eyes" Konrad hissed pointing two fingers at his own eyes. "It takes me less than five seconds to hypnotize someone and all those five seconds, Quillon stared at my eyes. I tried and tried but I could not reach and control his mind. He had a strong barrier in his mind, which I could not break. He looked at me all those five seconds and in the end, he sneered" Konrad ground out lethally, closing his eyes as if that memory pained him.

Cable recalled the way Darya had pushed Quillon. He had honestly assumed Quillon wasn't hypnotized because of Darya's intervention. However now as Konrad spoke, he could see the truth. Quillon had an amused look in his face, when Konrad had focused dark eyes on him. Darya had been shouting and rushing towards Quillon, who had been standing calmly, with an amused look. It was as if he was daring Konrad at first and then taunting Konrad when he could not be hypnotized.

Yes!

Konrad was right!

Darya had not been the one who had saved Quillon. No one had. In fact, Quillon had saved himself as well as his friends. How did he do that? Cable seriously suspected that Quillon had done something to save his friends.

When Quillon had knocked down his friends, he had his back to Cable as well as the others. Hence no one saw what he did. But Cable was sure that Quillon has some gift that helps him control other wolves just like Konrad because it is not possible to knock other wolves like that when Konrad had them under his spell.

The wolves hypnotized by Konrad always fight because they are commanded to do so by Konrad. However, this time nothing like that happened. Quillon had done something!

But what? What is his gift?

"He sneered" Konrad reiterated that brought Cable out of his thoughts. "Heknew" Konrad raised his lashes. "He knew I could not hypnotize him. That is why he sneered" Konrad stated and took a step back, dropping his hands from Cable's shoulders.

Konrad glared at the wall, but all he could think about was Quillon's words. "If you want to save this worthless life of yours; then go back the way you came" Quillon had scoffed and with his hand had motioned for Konrad to leave.

Konrad closed his eyes and shuddered as he recalled it. The way Quillon had gestured for Konrad to leave kept playing again and again in his mind. The more Konrad thought about it, the angrier he got. It was an insult and Konrad never forgets insults.

"This cannot happen" Konrad snarled vehemently walking away from Cable. "I am the strongest wolf. I am the one who can control every other wolf. I am the one who is going to rule this world." His tone got animalistic after each word he spoke. "Then HOW CAN Quillon come in-between?" Konrad bellowed punching the wall, thus making a hole in it.

"You have no idea up to what level" Quillon had smirked after he had said it.

Konrad's lips curled up in fury as he thought about it. His claws started itching and stepping ahead, he removed all the paintings nailed to the wall. He snatched them off the hook and then roughly threw it behind him.

He was mad in rage. He had not expected Quillon to be this strong. He had thought he could easily kill Quillon, but now he realized that killing Quillon required a lot of plotting. But to do that first, he has to find out what exactly is Quillon Sanders.

Konrad twisted his neck a few times and that had the nerves in his neck pop. Clenching his fists, he turned and searched for Cable, who was standing in one corner of the living room and staring at space, lost in thoughts.

Konrad took a step forward and the very next moment, he was standing facing Cable.

"Tell me everything about Quillon. Every single thing you know about him" Konrad commanded and Cable gulped.

"I..."

"I want to know everything about him. Every single thing" Konrad hissed malevolently.

"Quillon... he... he was always different from the others" Cable stuttered breathlessly.

"Different?"

"Always different"

"I want to know more" Konrad growled and Cable nodded. "Tell me why he was unusual from the others?" Konrad dictated.

"He shifted into his wolf when he was thirteen... just like others, but he was stronger than other wolves. Immensely strong! There was no one who could match him in anything" Cable's brows hitched together as he thought about his training sessions while he was in Serene Pack. No matter how many times the other wolves tried, none could beat the record set by Quillon. Not even the experienced fighter wolves of the pack.

At that time Quillon had shifted, Cable was in boarding school and since he wasn't in his pack, he did not what exactly happened. But whenever he would return home, all he used to hear about was Quillon's latest achievements.

"Fighting, shooting... even his wolf... it's huge in size and has a very rare color"

"What color?" Konrad demanded.

"Blue... the dark type... A unique color for a wolf" Cable whispered thinking about the wild beast. "Quillon excelled in every field. Training, sports, academics.... He was the best student in the school... always topper" Cable spat in distaste. "Everyone was proud of him... teachers, principal, his parents, my own parents" Cable growled in anger.

It was one of the main reasons Cable hated Quillon. His own father couldn't stop talking about Quillon.

"Never lost in anything. Always ahead of others... He even had killed-" Cable paused when he recalled something.

"Continue" Konrad commanded.

"Quillon was attacked by a group of wolves when he was fourteen. The rumors then were that they were Elegance wolves.... I think some of your father's men. None of them could touch Quillon. He had killed them all" Cable said. "I wasn't at home but one of my former friends had said that Quillon had been quite brutal in his killings. His parents had to come and stop him."

"His parents are Alpha bloods, aren't they?" Sanity asked and Cable nodded.

"My former friends, they were also talking about how his parents had been protective about him..." Cable paused again when he recalled something that he had himself witnessed when he had been home.

"What?" Konrad snapped.

"His mother... she is a CS and she used to work in their own company. But a few months after Quillon had shifted, she started working as an English Teacher in Quillon's school." Konrad narrowed his eyes as he heard it. "Then almost two years later, she joined the company again" Cable finished.

"That's strange. It's obvious that she took the job as a teacher to be close to Quillon. But why?" Sanity asked.

"That is what we have to find out" Konrad breathed out. "That's exactly what we have to find out" he growled and then focused his attention on Cable. "I will give you ten days time and in these ten days, I want to know every single thing about Quillon. Find everything about Quillon Sanders from the day he was born to right up till this moment" Konrad said lethally pointing his index to the floor. "His family history, his pack history... everything. In these ten days find out what is he. FIND OUT WHAT IS HE" Konrad finished maliciously and snapped his jaws.

"Understood" Cable said with a nod.

"Do not return without the answer" Konrad stated with a sadistic growl and Cable gulped. Nervously, he nodded once more. "Go and find out what is he" Konrad ordered and Cable marched towards the door.

Growling once more, Konrad slowly strode towards the glass board where a few days ago, he had written the name QUILLON after he had found out he was Darya's mate. Uncapping a marker pen, Konrad circled the name repeatedly.

"You bring fifty, hundreds or even thousands more, THIS is how they will end up" Konrad stopped circling and almost crushed the pen as he remembered Quillon's words.

"Here is what you are going to do now, bloodsucker... You are going to stay. Away. From Darya. Youhunther, Ihuntyou" Konrad gritted his teeth and tried to stop the growls but he could not. Each word uttered by Quillon was like a slap to his face and as he recalled them his body started trembling in wrath.

Konrad's lips curled up in fury as his mind kept replaying those words. He closed his eyes shut but even then Quillon's face and that sneer of his appeared in Konrad's mind. Nothing he did helped him erase that smirk or those words.

Konrad felt incapable and he did not like the feeling.

He shook his head and then threw the crushed marker pen on the floor. Opening his eyes, he let out a deafening scream and then kicked the glass board, thus having the glass shatter in millions of tiny pieces.

He wanted blood!

Konrad wanted blood right now!

"Ronnie is here" Konrad's irises flickered to the corner of his eyes after he heard Sanity's words.

"Bring him in" Konrad commanded.

"What the hell man?" Ronnie shouted the moment he entered the living room. "All my men are dead. All! You said nothing is going to happen to them. You said the job was easy. But now all my men are dead" Ronnie yelled and Sanity narrowed her eyes at his tone.

Suppressing an animalistic growl, Konrad spun to glare at Ronnnie.

"Forty of my trusted men, my brothers and they are all dead because of you" Ronnie pointed an accusing finger in Konrad's direction.

Konrad's claws came out and slowly, his eyes flickered towards Sanity. She was already watching him, waiting for his command.

With his eyes, he motioned for Sanity to leave and nodding she left the room.

"I have lost my men and I have received no money either. Where the hell are you going?" Ronnie shouted turning to look at Sanity, who left without answering. Ronnie stiffened when Sanity, once out of the door, closed and bolted it.

"Why did she lock the door?" Ronnie demanded and then turned to look at Konrad. Gasping, he took a step back when he saw Konrad who was standing right in front of his face.

"What are you...?" Ronnie whispered walking backwards. He swallowed audibly as he watched Konrad's dark as night eyes.

Ronnie's ankles collided against something and after losing balance, he stumbled before falling on the ground.

Smirking, Konrad twisted his neck a few times, thus turning into the monster he really was.

His shirt started to slit as fur started appearing all over his torso. His ears elongated and his jaws extended until he got a muzzle.

Ronnie watched in horror, the monster standing in front of him. He had thought Konrad was a wolf just like him, but standing here was a strange creature, with a face of a wolf. Only the upper half of Konrad's body resembled a wolf's body while the lower half had human's leg.

"Lord Help" Ronnie said in a barely audible voice.

Konrad snapped his jaws murderously and lunged at Ronnie.

Blood spattered on the wall, flesh got strewn around the room as Konrad satisfied his blood lust and gorged on Ronnie's body like the cannibal he was.

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DARYA P.O.V

My thoughts were all over the place.

After dinner, I quietly returned to our room and removing my sandals, I slept on the bed, without bothering to change for the night. I couldn't sleep though. All I could think about was the way, Konrad watched Quillon just before he went away. He would plan something big that would definitely have Quillon as the target.

When Quillon, entered the room, I closed my eyes but I still couldn't stop all the images flashing in my mind. I don't know how long it was before I finally fell asleep.

I woke up with a fright and blinked repeatedly wondering what happened. Why did I wake up? It was only when I heard a deeply distressing sound from beside me; I spun my head to look at Quillon. My eyes widened in shock and I wrenched up when I found Quillon tossing and trembling in bed beside me.

When he let out another painful cry, I snapped out of my shock and scrambled towards him. "Quillon" I called resting my hands on his shoulder and trying to wake him up. My heart pounded in my chest while my wolf whimpered repeatedly. He was sweating. "Quillon... wake up" I called louder straddling him, so that he could stop tossing. "Wake up!" I said shaking his shoulders.

Waking up with a jolt, Quillon roughly pushed me off him and I fell on the bed beside him. Groaning, I sat up and found Quillon glaring at me with those intense dark eyes. A few seconds later, he blinked and then looked away. I watched him as he muttered a curse and took long breaths to calm down but it wasn't working much because his breathing was still rough and every muscle in his body was rigid.

Running a hand through his curly hair, he turned to frown at me.

"You were having a bad dream" I whispered watching him in concern, while also wondering what the bad dream was about. Was it Konrad? Oh dear lord! He can create illusions... did he do something to Quillon?

"No" Quillon said avoiding my gaze.

"Was it about Konrad?" I asked slowly, but Quillon shook his head and fell back on the bed. As I watched him, I paled because I knew he was lying to him. The dream must be something terrifying if it disturbed him so much. What did Konrad do to him?

"Quillon..."

"Sleep Darya" he said pinching the bridge of his nose.

I slept so near to him that my forehead was pressed against his damp shoulder. For a long time, I just watched him trying to breathe normally. "I used to get nightmares too" I told him placing my hand over his arm, hoping it would calm him down. My wolf wanted us to be as close to him as possible.

"Really?" Quillon asked turning his head to look at me and I nodded. Even though it was dark, I could still see him with my wolf vision and I found him staring at me.

"It was after I watched someone getting killed right in front of me" I informed. It was after watching Alpha Abraham Rhoades- the man whom I like to call as sperm donor- got killed right in front of me, by Tyson.

"Who was it?"

"Some man..." I answered in a whisper. "The dream wasn't about him dying. The dream was about what he would do to me had Tyson not killed him."

"Konrad's men?"

"No. It wouldn't have affected me much if it was Konrad's men" I said honestly. "This was some stranger and I am glad I never knew him" I sighed. "What was your nightmare about?

"It was not about Konrad" Quillon murmured and the way he was ignoring the topic I knew it had to be about Konrad. But for his sake, I just nodded but my wolf was seething inside me wanting so badly to rip Konrad into shreds. He has done something. It has to be him!

"Your claws are out" Quillon said and I blinked, snapping out of my thoughts. I looked down and sure enough my claws were piercing his arm. My wolf whined feeling terribly guilty that instead of comforting him, I was hurting him even more.

"Sorry" I said with a wince and pulled it out, but blood still oozed from there. Quillon got off the bed and went to the bathroom to clean it up, while I sat on the bed and blinked back the tears.

What the hell am I doing?

I am scared shitless right now because what I had been trying to avoid was now taking place. One of the main reasons I did not want to find my mate, or have a boyfriend was because I knew Konrad would target that person. And after watching what Quillon did today, I am hundred percent sure he will try to find everything about Quillon and then sneakily attack him.

What will Konrad do and how do I stop it?

When I heard the bathroom door open, I wiped my tears before Quillon entered the room. It was only when I saw his naked torso; I realized that he was shirtless. Well, he was shirtless even when I was snuggling into him like a homing pigeon. Now, that I recalled it, my cheeks flamed instantly.

My eyes did not waver from him until he climbed the bed and cocked an eyebrow questioningly. I shook my head and looked at his arm, which was healed as well as cleaned. But unwarily my eyes drifted towards his spectacular body and I inhaled sharply.

Sweet lord!

Knowing that he could quickly sense the change in my emotions, I slept with my back to him. However, my wolf was excited and she was wagging her tail repeatedly. I clutched the sheet very tightly when I felt the mattress dip from beside me. To torture me some more, the mark in my neck tingled.

I had this problem on the first night I slept in the room, but that day I was able to push back my wolf. However, today she was at the forefront and I couldn't just push her back.

'Please don't do this' I begged gritting my teeth.

'We have to calm him down' she reminded keenly, but I knew that was a just an excuse.

'He is calm. He is fucking calm. He is perfectly fine. Just please don't humiliate me... he can sense it' I cried. Pride is all I have left now.

'A sneak peak' she reasoned and I bit my bottom lip. 'No touching... just looking' she added and I pondered over it. Just looking is also torturous... but I'm sure it will enough for my wolf.

Slowly, subtly, I started shifting my position, until I was sleeping flat on my back. With precise care, I turned my head and then holding my breath; I sneakily opened one eye but just as quickly closed it. When there was no reaction from Quillon, I opened the same eye again and found him sleeping. Opening the other eye then, I let out a breath.

Quillon fell asleep so quickly!

It's good because now he wouldn't be able to sense my desire for him. I stared at his flawless face first and smile when I saw he had slight stubble. Biting my lower lip, I watched as his chest heaved up and down whenever he would breathe; I watched his muscles, his well-toned body and gulped when my eyes drifted to his six-pack abs in which I wanted to trail my fingers.

Really very good-looking but also a jerk! How sad for me.

"Cannot sleep?"

My head whipped to stare at the ceiling so fast that I was surprised I did not pop a bone in my neck.

He is awake. Was awake the whole time... Oh God!

I groaned and slapped my forehead while Quillon chuckled. My wolf- completely ignoring the damage she had done- retreated cheerfully.

"I hate my wolf" I muttered embarrassed and Quillon laughed. I pouted and went for counter-attack. "You cannot sleep either?" I asked him.

Quillon took a deep breath and let it out but did not bother answering, which gave me the answer I wanted. Slowly my wolf started coming forward... curious as to why he could not sleep? All those unnecessary thoughts probed into my head that basically said I was the reason he couldn't sleep. My heart thumped in my chest and I felt giddy.

I looked through the corner of my eye and found him staring at the ceiling too. I cannot sleep, he cannot sleep.... My thoughts weren't much helpful and neither was my wolf. She had already quashed my pride for the night.

Closing my eyes, I said, "Just one kiss alright?"

I sensed Quillon's eyes on me, but staring at the ceiling, I tried my best to ignore it along with my flaming cheeks and hammering heart.

"Ooookay" The way he said it, he sounded unsure on what to do next.

Exhaling audibly, I turned and straddled Quillon so swiftly that it even surprised him. But before he could say anything, I slammed my mouth against his. Quillon was stunned at first but then he snaked a hand on my waist and yanked me closer to his powerful body, while his other hand sank into my hair. Within seconds we were kissing passionately. Moaning, quite audibly, I gripped his shoulders as his tongue delved deep into my mouth.

Quillon tipped my head backwards and rolled us over, so that I was pinned to the bed. As Quillon came over me, I breathlessly muttered, "I did not put on the lip-gloss."

Quillon paused and then chuckled. My heart swelled in my chest and I felt my belly tighten in desire after hearing his sound of laughter.

He then lowered his head until his mouth met mine. Catching a fistful of his hair, I ran my fingers on his back, while his hands trailed my skin, under my shirt. I closed my eyes and bit my bottom lip, while Quillon trailed kisses on my neck. The mark in my neck burned but Quillon purposely ignored it and kissed around it, teasing me.

Unable to bear the sweet torture, I tilted his head backwards and kissed him again. My wolf sighed happily, relieved that Quillon was here, with us, safe. I will do anything and everything I can to save him from Konrad.

He is my mate. Onlymine!

And anyone who tries to take him away from me will die a slow, painful death. Of that, I will make sure!

"Darya" Quillon said pulling away and I moaned in complain. I wanted to kiss him and hold him as close as possible. "You are crying" he stated, furrowing his brows and I blinked, when I felt tears rolling down from the corner of my eye. "What's wrong?" Quillon asked gently tucking a strand of hair, behind my ears.

"I don't know why I am crying" I lied and even chuckled somberly. I knew why I was crying. What happened today was bothered me... what will happen in future is already distressing me.

"Are you thinking about Konrad?" he asked through gritted teeth.

"No" I said wiping that stray tear and leaning upwards, I pressed my lips to his. Quillon was frowning at me and I sighed dramatically. "I am fine, Quillon. My wolf is behaving like crazy today and I don't know why... but I am perfectly fine" I said pushing him back to the bed and then rested my head on his chest.

"I am going to kill him the next time I see him" Quillon hissed and then placed a light kiss on my forehead.

There will not be a next time. Konrad should never meet Quillon again.

Sometime later, I fell asleep hearing Quillon's steady heartbeat.

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