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Part Three- Chapter 5

“Be calm, cool, and collected. Don't let that

handsome bastard have power over you.”

― M.M. Kin, Seeds Volume One

DARYA P.O.V

“Get me another drink” I said to my guard, Nick, handing him my empty glass.

“No” he said and I glared at him.

“I want another drink” I stated with a growl.

“Na… You are not going to drink yourself to death.”

“Pssh…” I said waving him off. “I am going to drink only until I forget his face” I mumbled scowling at the mental image of Quillon Sanders.

God! He was so beautiful. He had thick dark hair, shapely mouth and superbly tanned skin. He was tall and very well-built. It didn’t take a genius to figure he is an Alpha because he had that commanding air around him. His scent radiated authority.

His eyes…. God! They were as dark as a new moon night. I could never forget it. The way he was staring at me, with those deep intense eyes, not only added color to my cheeks but it also caused my heart to hammer in my chest.

In the looks department, he scored gold medal. But everything else, he deserved a medal made of iron or even better aluminum.

‘But he did scold his brother’ my wolf pointed out and I rolled my eyes. She has been gushing over Quillon ever since she realized who he was to her.

Nothing! He is nothing to me. I don’t want him and neither did he want me and I was pretty sure about that, what with the way he was looking at me. As if... As if I am some uncalled-for problem in his life.

Well, that’s good. I didn’t want him in the first place either.

But I want him, my wolf snarled at me in rage and I blinked. Geez, the female is going crazy. She has been reacting like that ever since I walked away from there.

Why did I walk away? I was in desperate need of privacy to think all this through.

I had planned to have a full on verbal argument with Quillon ever since I heard him accusing me of ‘disrespecting’ his daft brother. That idea turned kaput the moment I inhaled his wonderful scent.

Why? Why him of all the male wolves out there?

When Duncan asked me what am I going to do? I impulsively told him I am going to move on and pick someone even better than Quillon, which is why I was in this club, wearing a blue shimmer dress. The dress was not only short, but it was also so tight that I could hardly breathe. I didn’t need anyone else telling me that I looked like a hooker in this dress.

The club, the dress, the drink was all part of my brilliant plan of forgetting Quillon and finding someone better. But the problem is there was no one who was better than Quillon in any department here. Hell, when I looked at Vernon, my heart didn’t even skip a beat like it usually used to.

Instead, all I could think about was of Quillon. I was actually comparing every guy around me with Quillon. Some didn’t have that striking eyes. Some didn’t have that curly hair. Some weren’t tall enough. Some didn’t have that sexy voice. No one seemed to match Quillon.

God! Did I turn into a hopeless case?

I was disturbed from my thoughts when Nick placed a glass filled with some drink. I drank it in one go. To my bad luck that wasn’t enough for me.

“Get me another” I ordered and Nick shook his head.

“No. Six is more than enough” Nick said and I glared at him.

“Get me another drink” I said through gritted teeth.

“Darya-”

“Leave” I heard Sel saying from behind me and I stiffened. Nick looked at me with concern, nodded once and then walked away. While Sel stared at me from behind, I played with my bracelet.

With a sigh, Sel sat on the stool beside me which was earlier occupied by Nick.

“So, how is your brilliant plan working?” Sel asked cocking an eyebrow.

“Great” I said sardonically. “In fact seven guys asked for my number” I lied. They didn’t ask my number, they asked if I am ready to go to a quieter place. All the bastards, went home clutching their groins.

“Really?” Sel asked with an amused expression and I bristled like a porcupine. Shaking her head, she got straight to the point, “Why did you walk away?”

“I wanted time to think” I muttered staring at my empty glass. “Besides, it’s not like he tried to stop me” I said with a growl. My wolf didn’t think it that way. She blamed me for walking away. She thinks he might still be near the lake, waiting for me. As if…

“He might think you walked away after Duncan asked you to” Sel said and I shook my head. It had nothing to do with Duncan asking me to leave. I walked away because I wanted to clear my head.

When I woke up today morning, I had never thought I would meet my mate. It was like a huge blow to me, especially knowing it was Quillon.

“Don’t you want to know anything about him?” Sel questioned and I shook my head.

My wolf sniveled which caused my lower lip to tremble, “I want to know everything about him” I whispered in a low voice.

“Well, he knows almost everything about you” Sel said and I finally turned to look at her. It was only now I realized that the music had stopped and other than the two of us, there was no one else in the club.

However, I didn’t ponder over that because I knew she did it. Instead, I looked at Sel with keen interest. “The agent, Mike, who was asking questions about you with the pups, works for Quillon” Sel said and I paled. “Relax, he doesn’t know about your gifts” she was quick to add and I let out a breath, that I wasn’t even aware I was holding. “You know, the pups wouldn’t do that” she said and I nodded.

The pups in my pack are already trained how to reply when someone asks about me. They do tell some useless things about me to the agents, but they find much more about the agent himself, without his/her knowledge and then, inform it to Waylon, Duncan’s Beta.

My secret was safe and will continue to be safe until I choose to change that.

“So, what are you going to do?” Sel questioned and I merely shrugged. “You know, I knew everything about Duncan before I came to know he was my mate. However he knew nothing about me but we got to know each other by going out on a date” she said with a smile.

“A date?” I scoffed. I couldn’t picture us sitting together and eating something. However, I could picture me and Quillon sitting and having a glaring match.

“I don’t think he would tell me anything about himself, I think he would try finding out all the secrets of the pack from me” I grumbled.

“Why are you so keen on thinking the worst of him?” Sel asked with a frown. “Ever since Quillon took over as the Alpha, Serene and our pack had less fights” Sel pointed out.

“You didn’t see the way he was looking at me. It was like what-am-I-going-to-do with-her look. As if I am some kind of a pest that would mess up his life” I muttered with a frown. “Besides, why are you thinking the best of him?” I snapped. “I thought you five didn’t want me finding a mate.”

“It wasn’t like that” Sel muttered sheepishly. “It was more like I didn’t see anyone capable enough to be your mate. But Quillon… the boy seemed different.”

“Different?” I asked cocking an eyebrow. My wolf perked up at the same moment, “Good or bad different?”

“Only Lory can tell that. You know how good she is in judging others just by looking at them. But personally, right now, I think its good different.”

“But how different?” I demanded to know.

“I don’t know… it was just the way he was looking. His eyes… they conveyed that sort of message for me. He seemed…. Mysterious” she put it in one word and I smiled.

“I felt that way too” I said. “It was mostly when he was looking at me, the intensity of his stare. It was like he was trying to figure me out” I mumbled. “Also, I don’t want to go on a date with him. He doesn’t seem like the guy who has the patience to sit through five course of meal.”

“You never know…” Sel trailed off standing up.

You will never know anything about him if you don’t give him a chance, my wolf snapped. He is mine, my destined mate.

“Never judge a book by its cover” Sel said placing a hand on my shoulder.

Instead, you did the exact opposite. You thought the worst of him without even knowing anything about him. Didn’t you see the way he yelled at his brother, when he realized his brother was at fault? My wolf all but shouted. He is mine, she snarled and I winced.

“It’ll get worse if you keep denying it” Sel said sympathetically. “Let’s go” she said and I stood up.

Once I stepped into my house, I closed the door shut behind me. Duncan had given me this house, when I first came to live here with mom. After mom’s death, I moved in with Duncan and Sel, but last year, I finally convinced them to let me stay alone. So, I moved back to this house but I only sleep here because the rest of the day, I spend in their house, which is next to mine.

And today, when I was in desperate need of privacy, this house felt claustrophobic. It didn’t offer me any peace.

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