Chapter 27
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” Little one, close your eyes,” He told her and she obeyed immediately. He also closed his eyes and searched for the memory of the very first time he met her in his mind, he placed his left arm on her forehead and opened up his mind to her, giving back to her, the memories he had taken from her. He allowed her to see everything from his perspective instead of hers, the information would be lost if he just returned it to her like that, he prays it works.
Flashback
Darryl suddenly stopped in the middle of the woods, something catching his attention. He sniffed the air, and he couldn’t deny it, there was an incredibly sweet smell that calmed his racing mind. He tried to dismiss it and continue searching for the vampire, but the scent was pulling him in. It was as if he were under a spell, and he found himself running toward it, leading him to a young lady curled up in a ball, sleeping on the grass.
Seeing her lying there in such cold weather struck his heart. He couldn’t feel the cold, but he knew when it was too much. He tried to walk away, but something compelled him closer to her. He gently tapped her, and she stirred.
“Hey,” he called softly.
“Ah!” she suddenly screamed, startled. She didn’t mean to scream; She had just escaped from her abusive adoptive father, and she didn’t know when she fell asleep while staring at the moon. She thought he had found her, that he was going to hurt her or break something in her body again, but it turned out he wasn’t the one.
She opened my eyes slowly and saw the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life. How could someone be that perfect? He looked so pale, like the vampires in Twilight, but vampires don’t exist, do they? There was something about his eyes, holding so much pity or worry for her. She had never seen this stranger before, so how could he suddenly pity her when he didn’t even know who she was or her story?
“I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to scream,” She managed to say after staring at him for God knows how long.
“Which human wouldn’t scream when they see me?” he muttered with a smile, but She couldn’t hear him.
“Excuse me?”
“Never mind. Are you homeless? A girl like you shouldn’t be lying all alone in the bush like this. What if something bad happens?” he said with a concerned look on his face, and she could feel myself melt at his words. How could his voice be so comforting?
“And the scars, where did you get them?” he added, and she just stared at him dumbfounded. He didn’t even know her name but he just jumped into asking her questions immediately.
“I’m not homeless, and the scars are just accidents. I’ll be going home now,” She said, trying to stand. But She only felt a searing pain in her ankle, making her yell out in pain. Had her ankle dislocated? That would take ages to heal! But he laughed and sat her down on a stone. He squatted in front of her and took her ankle in his hands, and with a swift motion, he snapped it back into place.
She didn’t even feel any pain. How did he…? She was thankful, though.
“Who are you? You don’t even know me. Why are you helping me?” She asked, and he just went back to his straight, expressionless face.
“I’m Darryl. You are?”
” Diana and thank you” She muttered back stretching her hands for a handshake but he only placed his hand on her forehead and erased every memory of their encounter from her head before carrying her in a bridal style and tracing her scent back to her small house. He tucked her in safely before turning back to go his way while wondering why he was so affected by the little strange human.
Present…
” Darr… Your name is Darryl” She gasped as the name rolled off her tongue smoothly. Something sparked in him hearing her call him by his name, he thought he would never hear that from her again and it felt like heaven. If he had known that his abilities would work in the dream plane, he could have opened up his mind to her for the very first time.
” Say that again little mate. Say my name again” With a husky voice that sent all the wrong signals to Diana’s Brain, he said leaning closer to her one more time.
” My Darryl,” She said one more time and he buried his face into the crook of her neck once more. His heart was haywire at the moment, he could see the day he would finally get to see her physically again in front of his eyes.
” Always your little one. I’m always yours” He mumbled under his breath but she heard and gave him a tooth-eating grin.
” I need to wake up so I can invite you in” She giggled at the way he was sniffling her, it tickled a little bit, she didn’t even know she could feel as much as a tickle at the dream plane but she loved every moment and she would hate to see it end but she has to wake up so she can see him properly.
” Yes, yes that’s right” He nodded his head without removing his face from her neck. He wants to remain there as much as her but there’s a greater thing ahead and their display attention will have to wait.
” Both of you will have plenty of time to do this. I have blood to shed please, can you let her go so she can wake up?” Decanal growled beside both of them, so engrossed in their world that they had forgotten about the big black grumpy wolf.
” Immediately you invite me in, I’m marching over there with my army. I will get you out of there and punish everyone involved greatly” Darryl said switching back to serious mode. Diana shook her head in disagreement.
” No, you can come alone first. I still need to find Decanal so we can become one, once again”
” No that won’t work, remember the last time you asked me to come alone? Was it not that request that led to all this trouble?”
” I… I was not the one who sent you that letter. I left the palace to see my brother, and they used the advantage of my presence in the pack to lure you out alone but if you like you can bring Maurice” She said with a shrug of her shoulders. She had left his side to check on her brother a week before that war, they had treated her well in the pack and her brother even gave her his blessings to mate with the vampire king while he was plotting to kill her mate behind her back. They just didn’t realize that she would catch up with their plans sooner.
” You are right. Maurice will follow me but once you find that damn portrait I’m marching all over that pack and you won’t be able to stop me from killing your brother”
” That is sad, I was wondering if I would do it myself” Decanal whined but was ignored by the couple. The wolf muttered something about being betrayed before turning her back on them.
” So I have to go now,” Diana muttered dragging her legs slowly on the floor with a pout on her lips. Darryl gave her a warm smile before catching her lips with his once again.
” This will be enough until we meet right?” He said, his voice huskier than before.
” Another one?” She giggled and he obeyed her almost immediately.
” Will you guys just stop this already? I ..” Decanal’s complaint was cut off by Darryl’s soft touch on her big wolf head. He petted her softly and the big wolf responded with a satisfying purr. Very funny how the bloodthirsty decanals always become a pup in front of their mate. Diana laughed at the cute moment before giving Darryl another hug.
” I’ll see you later. Not in your dreams but physically” He bade her a painful goodbye and she gave him a happy smile in return.
Darryl woke up with a smile on his face for the first time. Diana had finally remembered his name and he was going to see her soon.
” Maurice” He called. The younger man stepped out of the shadows almost immediately, responding to his king’s call.
” Go to the Blood Moon pack and inform the Alpha king that the Red Moon pack will be brought to their knees soon” He commanded.
” Yes, Highness. Wait what?” Maurice bowed his head before he finally processed what his king was saying.