Chapter 31
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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 this but we will have more time to flaunt my scent on your body later” He said and she obeyed immediately. She latched her mouth on his hand and sucked his blood, his blood tasted like heaven, sweeter than anything she had ever tasted in her life. A moan escaped from her lips at the sensation.
Another memory of her drinking his blood while they were making love flashed through her head and that sent all wrong but right sensations to her core, if she had drank his blood earlier, she wouldn’t have been able to leave his mansion until he took her everywhere convenient and non-convenient. Every of her being ached for him as she sucked his blood hungrily, without a warning he yanked his hand from her mouth with a grin. She replied to the action with what sounded like a growl.
” Alright little one, that is enough unless every one of those pack members to see me here. I don’t have a problem with it but I don’t want to have to kill the innocent” He said before disappearing out of her sight. She used her bare hands to wipe the blood at the corner of her lips and licked it hungrily. She was starved of him already. Damn him for giving her a taste and disappearing when she wanted more.
” Where the fuck have you been?!” Howard’s angry growl brought her out of her faze. She faced him with a full glare on her face. But she couldn’t say a word, he was already sniffing her entire body. Strange enough, he couldn’t get a scent or anything on her body.
” Get your hands away from my body!” She screamed at him pushing him away with all her might. She saw a hurt expression flash between his eyes and left as fast as it came.
” I have been looking for you everywhere. And what the hell are you doing here?” He shouted placing his hands on her shoulder and shaking her aggressively. ” Leave me alone” she yelled trying to get his hands off her shoulders.
” the last time I checked, I don’t owe you a fucking explanation so get the hell away from me” She raised her fingers and jabbed him in the chest when he wouldn’t leave her alone. He stared at him with a shocked expression as he slowly removed his hands from her shoulders, she had never swore at him ever since she woke up. Precoma Diana had a mouth that rivaled the one of pirates and wasn’t afraid to use it on anyone including her brother. He could see a trace of Diana in the one in front of him. She looked at him like she would tear him into pieces if he laid his hands on her again.
” Did you just cuss me out?” He asked still dumbfounded.
” Are you both fucking deaf and stupid? I asked for a freaking space, leave me alone! But you won’t will you?” Darryl’s blood in her veins was making her aggressive. She was like a wolf in heat with all the mixed emotions and mood swings and an ultimate trigger of annoyance in front of her.
Howard burst into laughter, a bitter one. He took her hand and dragged her closer to him, taking a closer look at her. He saw the black streaks in her already loose hair and cursed out loudly.
” Let me go!” She screamed yanking her hand away from his hold. A song of fear built up in her throat as she watched him laugh like a crazy person. He had caught her ruse. And it scares her to think about how much he knew already.
” I must have been very stupid! And also blind! You have your memories back don’t you?!” He said taking a step towards her and she took another backward, it went on and on till she found herself pinned to a tree.
” No, I don’t! I have looking for a way to remember but..” She lied hiding her fears.
” No, you can’t fool me, Diana. I know you have remembered your past, stop lying you bitch!”
” Bitch! How dare you call me a bitch?!” Forgetting the ruse she needed to maintain, she seethed in anger as she pushed him away. All her fears turned into a bird and flew out of their range. She messed up already, She reacted to him calling her what she hated the most. Calling her bitch in the past would have had him sliced open if she still had Decanal but that doesn’t stop her from being angry and ready to tear him apart.
” See? You are becoming what you are? I must tell the Alpha about this. How long have you been fooling everyone With the pretense that you don’t remember anything?” He shouted while she tried to calm down her anger. She needed to make a rational decision if she wanted Decanal out of that portrait and that includes preventing Howard from telling her brother anything.
” I am… please don’t tell my brother?” she squeaked out. Beads of swear were already forming on her forehead as she tried to think of a way out of her situation.
” Ohh you probably came here to look for him right? You wanted to get out of the pack land so you can see your mate?”
” Why? I have always been good to you. Why do you choose him over and over again? Don’t I mean anything to you? I love you. Why can’t you just leave things the way they are now?” He asked with a heartbroken voice that could have moved her if she wasn’t desperately thinking about how to get him to keep her secret. If Leonard heard about this, he would likely bring back the witch and perform another bond-breaking ritual on her.
” I wonder what the Alpha would say when he hears that his little one has been looking for a way to go back to that wretched creature,” He said with a sick smile, a contrast to the heartbroken tone he used earlier. The insult to her mate didn’t pass Diana but she held in her anger, it wasn’t necessary at the moment.
” Please don’t tell my brother. I will do anything you ask Please” Swallowing her burning anger, she pleaded with the most convincing tone ever. He gave her a smile that made her grit her teeth together to contain her anger.
” Anything?”
” Yes anything”
” My dearest Diana, I won’t tell your brother on one condition,” He said with an eerily excited tone.
” What is that?”
” The crescent ball is in three days. You will marry me as planned and drink the soul potion saying goodbye to that wretched creature forever. You will only love me and forget about him forever, You will become mine and mine alone and I will keep your secret Forever do we have a deal?” He stated and Diana gasped at his ridiculousness. Three days? It was too small for her to prepare her mind but she nodded anyway marking the exact spot where she would bury her claw inside his body when she finally got Decanal back to her body. The time of pity for him has passed, he would never change and she would teach both him and her brother a lesson they will forever remember in hell.