Part Three- Chapter 17

“Whatever Happens To You Is Planned By Me Cause, I'm The MASTERMIND....”

― Muhammad Imran Hasan

QUILLON P.O.V

“Rick?” Nevin asked shocked and I nodded with a growl. “The very same one who works for Konrad?”

“Worked. They have split” Harvey said.

“Why?” I questioned with a frown.

“After Jared’s death” he answered. Really? This got to be interesting!

“We still don’t know who killed Jared, do we?” Ram asked and I shook my head. Jared, another one of Konrad’s aid, whose weakness was sloth, was killed in June this year. His body was found in a desolate road, and I doubt he was killed there because his car wasn’t there in that road. In fact, it was parked in a public parking space. Hence, I think someone killed him and threw his body on that desolate road.

“So you think Rick is going to come to kill Darya?” Harvey queried.

“I don’t think. I know it. Rick is a very greedy person and like you said, fifty million is a lot of money” I reasoned. “He is definitely going to come” I predicted with a feral growl.

“What are we going to do?” Ram questioned.

“Kill him, what else?” Nevin said and I nodded.

That night, it was Quinn’s turn to cook and when he was done, he called me through the link. Darya, was already in the kitchen laughing at, I am sure, some stupid joke that Quinn cracked. Neither I nor my wolf, appreciated it.

While I took my seat opposite to her, I glared at her and she blinked looking startled. Quinn served and kept a chicken stew in a bowl for all of us. I didn’t even have to taste it to know that the salt proportion was less.

Leaning forward, I picked the salt and sprinkled it on my stew. “Pass me the salt” Darya said and I gave it to her. “How did you even know it had low proportion of salt?” she questioned. At her innocent question, Quinn paused and looked at me, waiting for my reaction.

“I didn’t” I lied and Quinn’s eyes widened. While my gaze clashed against his, he stared at me for a long time, before sighing and looking away.

“Pass me the salt” he asked Darya, who did it with a sincere smile. I scowled when I saw that. She is all smiles even for Quinn!

The next morning, I had already had breakfast before Darya came downstairs. I frowned when I saw her dressed, and with a bag. She was about to go to her college.

“I think I warned you not to go out” I stated while she dropped her bag on the floor and sat on the stool.

“I am not going to miss today’s class” she said with a frown. “I have a presentation today on organic farming and I am going to lose thirty marks if I miss it.”

“I don’t care” I snapped and Quinn joined us the same moment. “You are not going anywhere.”

Darya snarled and I narrowed my eyes, while my wolf bristled. “Watch me” she challenged. My wolf snapped his jaws, when he heard that. How dare she defy my orders?

Immediately my claws and fangs were out and placing my hands on the counter, I leaned forward to dominate her. Darya inhaled sharply and drawing her head back, looked at me, with eyes as wide as saucers.

“Q” Quinn called when he saw what I was about to do. Turning my head, I glared at him, but he had already lowered his head, to avoid my gaze.

Focusing my attention on Darya, I growled and she swallowed audibly. I swear I could hear Darya’s heart pounding in her chest.

‘What are you doing? Exposing yourself like that’ Q snapped in my head. ‘You are scaring your mate’ he shouted and that last sentence caught my attention because immediately my wolf retreated and I blinked when I saw sweat coating the corner of Darya’s forehead. Standing straight, I closed my eyes and shook my head.

While I looked up at Darya, I found her gaping at me in perplexity.

“Darya-” I tried to keep my voice as gentle as possible because I didn’t want to scare her.

“Okay… okay, I am not going anywhere” Darya said hastily and picking up her bag, she ran upstairs.

“Satisfied?” Quinn barked once the door to her room closed. “I thought you said you would not try it on her” he reminded and I gritted my teeth. I know… I said I wouldn’t try to dominate her, but every time she doesn’t listen to me, my wolf gets furious and he immediately takes over.

“You scared her” he growled while I was running a hand through my hair. Why is he so bothered what I do with her?

“She is my mate” I launched furiously and Quinn rolled his eyes.

“I know that, but I think you keep forgetting it” Quinn snapped and picking up his bag, he walked out without having his breakfast.

Clenching my fist, I growled savagely. I wanted to punch someone… actually myself. Closing my eyes, I took deep breaths, but when that didn’t help, I went to the gym room.

I kept venting out my frustration at the punching bag. Every time I thought about the shocked look in Darya’s face, especially the sweat on the corner of her forehead, I felt angrier and then I would keep punching again and again. I hated myself for doing that to her.

My friends were in the gym using other equipment’s. They all stared at me, but all were wise enough to keep distance with me for the moment.

Jumping high, I kicked the punching bag hard, before walking away to wash myself.

“Q” Nevin called and I looked at him questioningly. “A team has just begun patrolling around the territory. If Rick is spotted, then we will be informed” he added.

Nodding, I went upstairs. Before going to my room, I paused and looked at Darya’s room. Should I apologize?

Pursing my lips, I made my way towards her room to check on her. However, I frowned when I couldn’t catch her scent. I knocked twice before growling and kicking open the door.

She wasn’t in the room and neither was her bag. I saw a note stuck on the mirror and I gritted my teeth as I read the words, ’30 MARKS IS PRECIOUS TO ME’

Clenching my fists, I snarled loudly when all of a sudden, Isaac, the chief of guards, contacted me through the link and said, ‘We just saw the Luna crossing the territory.’

That. Crazy. Female.

Spitting a string of curses, I went downstairs and called for Nevin and my other friends. “We are going to Emperor” I said already making my way towards the garage.

“What?” Harvey asked confused.

“Darya ran” I spat furiously.

What was the female even thinking? No. She wasn’t thinking at all! How can she be so careless? How did she escape from me?

I was so into punching the bag that I didn’t pay any attention to my surroundings. Holding the steering wheel, in a tight grip, I started driving towards Emperor Pack.

Midway, I picked up my phone and called Duncan, “Your sister is mad” I hissed as soon as Duncan picked up the phone.

“Relax. Darya already informed me she is coming for some test and now her guards are with her” Duncan said with a growl and I frowned. Is that supposed to make me feel better? If yes, then it didn’t.

“I am going to take her home” I barked out.

“You can try” Duncan said and I grinded my teeth. “But I think by the time you reach her college, her test will be over.”

“Have you heard anything about Rick Carlson?” I demanded.

“I know who he is” Duncan replied tersely.

“He is a greedy bastard and he is coming after my mate” I launched. “If anything happens to my mate, while she is in your pack Rhoades, then I am going to slaughter you” I avowed before hanging up on him.

The Emperor Pack guards didn’t stop me. I assumed Duncan asked them not to. Once, I was there, I drove towards Darya’s college, with my pack wolves, following me in SUV.

It was around twelve in the afternoon when I reached her college, which was opposite to a Federal Court. Her college was in city, that too in a busy street. Throughout the journey, I was relieved to see that I didn’t feel any sort of pain, which only meant Darya was fine.

The Emperor Pack wolves, mostly her guards, were in and around her college. They frowned when they saw us, but didn’t come in our way. ‘Lose yourself in the crowd. If you see Rick, inform me first’ I commanded my friends and they did as told.

I took a deep breath and frowned when I couldn’t find Darya’s scent in the college building. Just where the hell is she? When I called her, she didn’t answer it and I furrowed my brows. My whole body was tensed and I felt cold all of a sudden.

Where is she?