Chapter 43
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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 showing her all the emotions he had kept bottled for three years of looking for her without getting to touch her physically. Every frustration, every want all most importantly his ultimate love for her. He had come to her when he thought he had no shot at living or being loved. But the moon goddess had gifted him a mate after being alone for almost four centuries.
” I think it’s almost dawn,” She said with a low voice that told him that she didn’t want to leave him either. She wanted to remain in his arms as long as she could. She missed him as much as he missed her but they have to put an end to her brother’s sick game first and they can be in each other’s embrace as long as they want.
” Just for a while little one” He whined holding her tightly as he continued to inhale her scent like a drug. She smiled at his actions, she missed them so much and she was almost sorry that it took her three years to finally wake up from the coma.
” Love…” She said calling him her old nickname for him. He grinned from ear to ear hearing it again from her. He heard it when they were intimate earlier but he just thought it a during the spur of the moment. ” Say that again” He placed a kiss on her shoulder. She shuddered slightly holding back a moan at the intensity of his touches. It was electrifying compared to Howard’s touches. Those felt bland compared to her mate’s touches. She couldn’t help but compare.
” No I won’t” She smirked shifting away from him. He chuckled as he pulled her closer to him again ” If you think you can escape from these strong hands without saying what I want then you are wrong”
” Flexing your strength on your helpless little mate, are you?” She pouted staring at him with those innocent eyes as if she didn’t just ride three years’ worth of pleasure out of him. ” Nah… You are far from helpless little one. You have a giant black wolf with red eyes inside of you so that equals things out” He smirked at her before kissing her little nose.
Decanal started purring at the back of her mind like a kitten. She was shocked at the wolf’s reaction. She acted like she hated Darryl’s existence when she was still in the painting and now that the wolf is back in her body, She was purring at every little thing that the Vampires does.
” Love..” She moaned out as soon as his teeth grazed her earlobes. Darryl cursed under his breath at her reaction, he wouldn’t have enough of her even if he tried.
” wait, can I see Kiona before I go? You said she is here” She asked out of the blue. He groaned at the way she cut off the mood again. ” Of course” he replied. Anything for his queen.
He helped her dress up again while trying not to have her little body under him moaning and mewling. Once she was dressed in her hoodie and joggers, he also wore his clothes and straightened them out perfectly.
He led her out of the chamber and down to the dark passageway that led to the dungeons while holding her hands unable to let them go. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness as she felt Decanal take over while she watched from the back of her mind. He stopped in front of Kiona’s cell and opened the door of the cell. The witch’s body was curled in the same fetal position he had left her but the Hawthorne bracelet on her hands was still glowing.
” Long time no see witch” Decanal’s voice slithered through the room like snake venom. Kiona stirred in her sleep and opened her eyes ignoring the dull ache of the glowing Hawthorne.
” Decanal!” She hissed sitting up to take a look at the person in front of her. ” Yeah all in one place again, seems you lost once again even though you were battling with just half of me,” Decanal said with a smirk.
” You can gloat all you want but I only lost because the Vampire king intervened. If not for him you could have been mated to that Beta right now” The witch said bitterly, Darryl snarled dangerously at her words but Decanal placed dainty fingers on his shoulder keeping him from throwing Kiona across the room.
” No, Dyrr is still out there. Even if your plan worked. Dyrr will hunt you down and rip you apart. Besides it’s so good to have a mate don’t you think?” Decanal teased rubbing her hands on Darryl’s shoulder. Kiona scowled at the action rolling her eyes slightly.
” Yeah, yeah, yeah do you know what a summoning horn is?” Kiona said after rolling her eyes. She sat down properly resting on the wall. Darryl’s expression morphed into seriousness at once. His simple glare ordered her to speak instantly.
” It is a magical item capable of summoning any mythical creature including demons. Only experienced and trained Witches can maintain their full power but we hardly summon demons because of their destructive nature. Your brother stole it from me and I think you already know the rest of the story” Kiona explained cowering under the strong gaze of the vampire king.
” How is possible for him to use it when he is not even a witch?” Darryl asked and Kiona folded her arms.
” He is an Alpha, so he is at least powerful but he can only use it once without it sucking his wolf out of him. If he wants to summon demons, he only needs to summon one or two because of how fast they can multiply by bitting other people”
” I see,” Decanal said remembering the dark veins on Leonard’s neck. Her brother was really creating an army of demons.
” Well, thanks for the information. Even though I’d love to plunge my claws into your neck and wring it apart from your body like a piece of paper I can’t now, I’ll have to wait for Dyrr” Decanal said and Kiona’s eyes hardened in anger.
” Just kill me now you mutt! I told you everything already kill me!” The witch screamed and thrashed around wildly. ” Just wait patiently, even if Dyrr took Twenty years before coming back, I will wait for my other half before tearing you apart” Decanal whispered tilting Kiona’s chin upward with a single Sharp claw.
” How did you know she told you all that so you will kill her?” Darryl asked on their way out.
” The look in her eyes told me. She doesn’t have anything to lose anymore. You already took that much away from her and I’m grateful” She said with a smile turning around to kiss him again. He smiled giving in to her. It saddens his heart to let her go even if it was Just for a day.