Chapter 30.“In case of next time. Just say “Come on in Darryl,” Her perfect man said with a dashing smile to her. She turned around and saw him sitting on a tree casually but with a smile that popped out his dimples, he was dressed in a black T-shirt that showed off all his ripping muscles on matching black trousers which made him look the king of the night he was. Diana's mouth was wide open and almost drooled at the sight of her mate.He had been there for a while, it was only when she invited him in that the magical barrier lifted and they became visible to each other. She couldn't move herself from the spot, She stood there with every functioning cell of her brain floating away from her. She hadn't expected his mere presence to rile up her insides so much.“ Come on little one, you shouldn't be so shocked,” Darryl said jumping down from the tree with an amused smile, his electric blue eyes stared deep into her soul and she wanted nothing but to get lost inside the sea of emotio
Chapter 31.Diana couldn't stop her tears as she stared at Darryl's retreating figure. She didn't want him to go, she wanted to be with him longer but they would only notice her absence in the pack if she stayed too long at the mansion so he had brought her back to the pack lands and left with a series of kisses on her entire faces so wouldn't miss him so much.He stopped abruptly before turning around once again, he was in front of her placing another one of his last kisses on her lips. She sniffled and wiped her tears with the hand of his sleeves.“ Ah, I almost forgot. My mate is too distracting” He joked and she smiled at him waiting for what he had to say. He brought his left hand to his mouth, his fangs were out already and his eyes switched to the normal haunting red that Diana was used to seeing in her dream. He bit down on his hand which started bleeding and offered it to her mouth.“ Drink my blood, it will mask both my scent and presence away from your body. I hate to do t
Chapter 32.“ Deal” She squeaked after squeezing her fist so much she drew blood from her palm. She would do it, she would follow his conditions with great loyalty but she wouldn't be able to promise him that there won't be punishments for his actions later.“ Good girl,” He said happily brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear. She couldn't help the disgust that crawled over her body at the contact of his hands on her face. He leaned in for a kiss but she moved her head out of the way. He laughed.“ I will leave you to your thoughts. After all, you will soon be all over me once we share the soul potion” He said brushing his fingers on her cheeks. She wished he would just remove his filthy hands from her body.Grabbing her hands, he dragged her towards the pack house.“ Let me go!” She yelled at him when her foot came in contact with a sharp stone, even her boot couldn't prevent the stone from penetrating her skin. It hurt but she ignored the pain giving him a death glare that co
Chapter 33.Darryl's laughter echoed in her mind at Howard's words. He was pissed but he found the stupid Beta funny. Well, it was meant to be so a d Darryl hoped that he remained stupid. Diana wanted to laugh along with him but she remembered that she was currently staging an act and laughing would probably give her out since Howard could sense every little thing, instead she furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at him with a determined expression.“ I will remember his name and I will remember the rest of my memories so you and my brother will pay for this I promise!”He laughed at her courage and leaned towards her again as if he wanted to kiss her but he didn't, instead, he whispered to her with a mock shudder.“ Oh, I'm so scared!”“You must think you are still Decanal. You are just a weak wolfless female, you cannot even protect yourself. You should be a good girl and accept my love that I'm so willing to give you instead of making your brother and I, your enemy” Brushing a loose
Chapter 34.The dark cold cell holding Kiona suddenly grew colder as Darryl's footsteps echoed loudly in the dungeon. He could have just swift himself to the kiona's cell using his ability but he decided to walk instead to rile up her anxiety. The effect of Hawthorne activated in response to his close complicity.“ Hello, there Kiona” His voice boomed and the weak witch stirred from her position, her body had become numb and used to the pain from the Hawthorne necklace but when he added a bracelet to it the other day, the pain seemed to tear her up from the insides. She opened her mouth to speak but she could only spit out blood in response.“ Save your words I don't need it, I'm here to reward you,” The Vampire king said opening the door of the cell, the Hawthorne became brighter as he moved closer to her, She could only close her eyes because begging for death was out of the question. He hummed lowly as he removed the necklace from her neck leaving the bracelet.Relief surged throu
Chapter 35.After the Alpha king left, Maurice stepped out of the shadows and informed the king that the elders were in the inner courtroom. The elders were the leaders of each vampire clan around the globe. They were sixteen in number and they each have more than hundreds of vampires under them living in shadows all over the world. The elders were like Alphas of the werewolf community but they have a direct connection with the king through blood links.The sixteen of them always gathered at the palace of their king, once a year but sometimes more than that In case of emergencies and that emergency only meant a war breakout. The meetings were usually in the form of ceremonial balls with a full party at the palace of the vampire king but ever since his mate went missing three years ago, the meetings were just held at his secret courtroom. And since the world of the supernatural has been more than peaceful for years, they only attend the meeting once a year and that meeting day happene
Chapter 36.“ Good morning my princess” Howard's unwanted and annoying husky voice woke Diana up first thing in the morning as he greeted her. She groaned as she felt a slight headache build just by being in the same room as him. It was weird, Darryl didn't visit her dreams last night and his voice had been eerily silent in her mind. She wished he was the one in front of her instead of the obnoxious Beta currently staring at her.She opened her eyes and adjusted to the light coming from the sunlight that penetrated the room. She remembered she fell asleep in the living room after Brittany had left her with the keys to the storage room where her brother had kept Decanal. Howard must have carried her to the bedroom. She hoped he didn't sleep on the same bed.“ Did you sleep here?” She blurted out, her voice hoarse from just waking up. She didn't even notice him enter the house or carry her, what if he did something inappropriate to her? It's not as if they hadn't blurred that line befo
Chapter 37.“ You look so pretty” Brittany cooed as she fixed the tiara properly on Diana's head. She took an angle brush and added another layer of conceal under Diana's perfectly trimmed brows. Diana only gave her a stiff smile that resembled more of a grimace in return. She didn't say a word. The entire room felt like a suffocating airbag with no way of escaping or getting in new air. And she wished Brittany would just stop probing her face with those torture devices also known as makeup brushes.She maintained a straight face that hid her true emotions. She wasn't sad but she wasn't happy either. It was the morning of the day that was supposed to be the happiest of her life but was the opposite instead. In the next few hours, she was going to be mated to another man while her mate still lived.The white dress she was dressed in was a total contrast to her dampened mood. Leonard had given her their mother's wedding dress and had it fitted to her figure for the glorious occasion as
Epilogue.A month later“ You look less grumpy today Your Highness, finally happy your mate is with you?” Kingston teased the vampire king who was grinning from ear to ear inside the council room. He and Diana got married a week after her freedom. The day was the happiest day of his life, he couldn't hold back his tears as she walked down the aisle. Even Maurice teased him for a while because he was too emotional on his wedding day. The wedding took place at his main palace with the Alpha king and Luna queen present. Cassie, Dyrr's human counterpart had been there also to see Decanal briefly. Cassie hardly talked and Diana was a little bit socially awkward herself so they didn't even say hi to each other.He and his Queen went back to his mansion and they started living their happily ever after. It has been nothing but a blissful journey so far, he even missed her so much even though he had only left the mansion for just half an hour to attend the council meeting.It was now time for
Chapter 45.“ Watch out” Diana's head whipped towards the direction of the voice, She felt herself getting whipped around as the hands of her mate caught the spear in no time. Before she could react to his actions, he threw it straight to where it came from and continued kissing his mate.Unlike him, Howard couldn't dodge the spear nor could he catch the weapon with his hands before it landed on his chest straight to his heart. He hated him so much but he hated himself for being weaker than him. He stared at them with hurt and regret swimming through his eyes as he spat out blood. He tried not to howl out in pain as the silver burned through his chest, He even caught Darryl's smirk towards him before he took his last breath. The royal wolves took his body out of the hall.“ So I can't kill my brother but you can kill him?” Diana asked furrowing her eyebrows, he only smiled at her the type that he knew always melted her inside any time he flashed her one of those.“ Your brother commi
Chapter 44.“ No” Leonard growled out angrily unable to believe his ears. Decanal and Diana communicate with each other? Since all this while and he had no idea? How the hell was that possible? He looked at her half-shift form which reminded him of that night three years ago. When she looked at him with the most vengeful glare ever.“ You will choose him over me? Your brother?” His hold facade was breaking as he looked at his sister with a hurtful expression. If Diana didn't know better, she would have fallen for it but she knew him way too much to know how manipulative he can be.“ Of course, with all your crimes against us, you think I'll choose you?” Diana tsked her tongue as she circled him with a predator smile, her claws itching for a single swing of beheading.“ His kind killed our parents! They separated you from us making you grow up with that abusive man! Diana wake up!” He growled trying to attack Darryl but Diana had him under her hold by wrapping her hands around his nec
Chapter 43.After hours of going on and on in never-ending ecstasy and pleasure, Decanal finally returned the control to Diana who was already exhausted. She blushed slightly as she curled into her mate's open arms. He wrapped his cold arms around her and pulled her closer to him. He placed a kiss on her forehead muttering “ I love you” to her and she nodded with a smile on her face before mouthing it back at him. Her throat was already raw from all the screams and moans.“ I think I should start going” She croaked out to him still feeling the ache between her legs. Her heat was not over but all the many rounds of sex should calm down her body for a while.“ No, little one. Stay with me” He said sniffing her hair and breathing in her scent like a starved animal. “ I will take you back before dawn. Just stay” He muttered, his tone vulnerable as his kingly pride and brave front slipped away revealing a man who had missed his mate so much.His blue eyes stared into her hazel eyes showin
Chapter 42.The first thing Decanal did was stand up and unlock the door. She dragged Diana's wrecked body out of the room after masking her scent so every unmated wolf within their range wouldn't go crazy. She was the only wolf who could do such and she prided herself in her abilities.“ Diana?” Howard said immediately he heard the door open. He stood up and took a look at her but Decanal wasn't up for him. “ You smell different” He purred sniffing the air before he could touch her, Decanal attacked him. She knocked him out flat with just a swing of her fist. She let out her claws and cut her pinky finger. The one she broke earlier to scare Diana, a dark liquid poured out instead of blood, her poison. She placed little on Howard's mouth, not enough to kill him but enough to keep him out the whole night and also give him temporary amnesia.She sat down, ignoring the way her body screamed out in pain at every movement she made. If there was one reason why she begged Diana to take cont
Chapter 41.“ Where the fuck have you been?” Howard asked immediately as he sighted Diana from afar. Diana felt her instinct go wild at the sight of him, her gums hurt as her canine threatened to come out. She took a deep breath before talking to her wolf.“ Decanal No!”“ Why? I can just kill him now and move forward to your brother later” The wolf whined inside her head. She was slowly regretting that she returned Decanal to her body. Although she felt like she was complete again she still felt weird sharing her consciousness with another being.“ You promised” Diana hissed.“ Alright, I won't do anything but I can't promise not to do anything if he manages to make you angry”She walked towards the house while having an internal banter with her other half. It's hard to maintain your cool when all your wolf thinks about is homicide. Howard stared at her waiting for an answer but she said nothing.“ I asked you a question” He barked grabbing her wrist tightly and dragging her closer
Chapter 40“ Strange?” Diana furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.“ Sorry, don't mind me. You didn't visit me ever since you woke up even when you moved into the pack house,” He said staring at her from head to toe. He sniffed the air a little but he couldn't get anything strange from her. Maybe Brittany was lying to him. There was no way Diana could have known about him hiding the portrait of her wolf in that storage room. Even if she regained her lost memories, she couldn't have known the exact location of Decanal.“ Only because your Beta had locked me inside his house like a prisoner. Did you know? That he locked your little sister in a house like some bird in a cage?” She asked with a defensive tone. He sighed and punched in the passcode for his door. She entered after him, he took a seat on his chair while she sat on the chair opposite him.“ He is your mate. He knows the best for you” He simply said without sparing her a glance.“ Even when he doesn't treat me well? He marked me
Chapter 39.“My bad, you cuss a lot these days don't you think?” Decanal's light airy tone said jokingly. Diana could only huff in response. If she doesn't need Decanal to put an end to her brother's sorry ass, she would have just given up on looking for the disrespectful wolf.“ There is a trap waiting for you, Now turn to your left,” Decanal said in a weird high-pitched voice that sounded like Brittany's. Each time, Diana thought her wolf was weird Decanal kept on surprising her by surpassing Diana's expectations. How had they coped with being in one body before?Wait Trap?“ Your little goody shoe friend is a shapeshifter” Decanal informed her as she turned left. It was when she continued walking that realized that she was heading towards her brother's office.“ Little goody shoes? Shapeshifter? Can you be straightforward for once?” Diana grunted while faking a smile to greet a wolf pup that said hi to her.“ Calm down little one” Darryl's soothing voice returned and she let out a
Chapter 38..“ Touch her with your filthy hands and you will lose them faster than you can say 'it' ” Darryl's cold voice slithered through the entire hall and a small smile made its way up to Diana's face at the sound of her mate's voice. Her body trembled violently in want but she calmed herself down, that wasn't the time to lust him. There was a big issue on the ground that she needed to solve.Leonard's face morphed into pure anger as he searched for the direction of the voice. He kicked his Beta who was still clutching his chest in pain out of his way to look for wherever the vampire king was hiding. Diana threw the banquet away and folded her arms watching her brother's rage multiplied by ten folds.“ Show your face, you wretched creature” Leonard growled, his eyes turning pitch black instead of the normal golden color peculiar to when his wolf fights for dominance. Black veins grew in vines around his neck and his skin became deathly pale. Diana gasped in shock at his appeara