Part Three- Chapter 20

“There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic.”

― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

QUILLON P.O.V

I took deep breaths to calm myself. But it wasn’t happening. I was so much into the kiss that I didn’t even sense my dad coming.

See… this is why I always try to stay away from Darya! She entices me, without even doing anything, and I find it difficult to restrain myself. To add to all this is my wolf, who, when looks at her is not capable of thinking anything else except making her his.

Dad had already left the room, but I was still glaring at the door. I was furious that we were interrupted. I had just gotten a taste of her and before I could taste more and more of her luscious lips, I was interrupted.

I turned to look at Darya, who was staring at her own two feet and biting her lip. I want to bite that lip and do a lot more too!

“Um…” she began and nervously licked her lower lip. I groaned because crazy things happen to me when she does that. I want to be the one to do that!

Oh! Fuck my life!

When she looked at me, I glared at her even though I knew she wasn’t the one to be blamed for anything. I just wanted her to be mad at me. That way, I find it easier to control my temptations but nowadays even that isn’t working.

“You should… you should go talk to your dad” she muttered striding towards the door.

“Yeah, I should” I mumbled to myself. That will distract me.

My dad was already in the living room. He was sitting there calmly and when he saw me, he immediately stood up.

“I suppose we can talk in your office now” he said and I nodded. He followed after me and closed the door behind him.

“What happened?”

“I must be asking you the same thing. How did a prisoner escape from the pack prison?” Dad demanded.

“He was no ordinary prisoner dad. His special skill is that he can escape from any prison” I muttered.

“What’s his name?”

“Rick Carlson”

“And where is he now?”

“Dead”

“Good. Glad you killed him. Now what-”

“I was not the one who killed him” I incised.

“Who else?” Dad queried.

“Darya” I replied looking him in the eye.

“Darya?” he repeated unsurely.

“Darya” I confirmed.

“Darya… your mate Darya?” he asked in disbelief, pointing his finger towards the door.

“I don’t know any other Darya” I replied leaning back in my seat.

“She… killed him?” I realized that my dad was in a state of shock!

“Decapitated and burnt his body” I decided to be precise.

“Oh” was all he said and I looked away to hide my smirk. “Where were you when this happened?” he asked with a frown.

“She reached before me. Apparently, he was her target…” and then I told my father exactly what had happened.

There was a silence for a long, long time from his side. I watched my dad curiously, wondering what was going on in his head. He was staring at space and frowning, but then all of a sudden, his frown turned into a smirk. “Now, I know why Duncan kept her identity a secret. He didn’t want anyone else knowing the truth about her” Dad said and I rolled my eyes. Of all the things I said, he understood only that? “I knew something was fishy the moment I saw her eyes. If she is chosen as your mate, then it obviously means she too must be gifted like you” Dad said happily.

“She has to be the only one in our kind who cannot be electrocuted. How powerful is it? The current?” he queried.

“Enough to make my wolf jump” I replied and my dad tensed.

“Your wolf felt the effect?” he asked surprised and I nodded. “Then our wolf might collapse” he said and I shrugged.

“Did you ask her anything else? How she received these gifts and all?” Dad questioned.

“I was asking her that before you interrupted us” I frowned.

“Oh! So you were asking her questions when I interrupted?” Dad asked cocking an eyebrow and I growled at the sardonic tone in his voice.

“Wait… if your mate is gifted like you, then even Quinn’s mate is going to be gifted too” he forecasted and I shrugged. There was a possibility of that happening. Dad beamed in delight. He was all about making Serene a strong pack! “Did you tell your mom about Darya?” Dad questioned and I shook my head. “Alright, I will tell her” he said standing up. “She is quite busy today. Preparing cake for Quinn’s birthday” he muttered and I smiled.

“He asked her to prepare an ice-cream cake and she doesn’t know how to make one” Dad said shaking his head.

“Tell her I have already ordered one for him.”

“Of course you will” he murmured with a smile.

Just then Quinn came barging into the room and stopped in his tracks when he saw us. “What is going on?” he queried entering the room.

“How come you were not able to figure Darya’s gift before?” Dad asked him confused.

“She is gifted?” Quinn asked and I nodded. “See… I told you! I felt vibrations that day” he said and I rolled my eyes. “What’s her gift?”

“Manipulates electricity” I said and Quinn frowned. “What?” I demanded.

“I got a different vibe” he said and I stiffened. “Actually, it was like a blur. There were many things happening at once and I couldn’t catch on to anything particular” he pointed out.

“Nothing?” Dad asked and Quinn shook his head. “Is she hard to read?” he queried and Quinn nodded.

“Harder than me?” I demanded.

“If she was harder than you, then her wolf would never have cowered while you threatened” he pointed out. “She isn’t as challenging as you, but not easy as others either” he mused.

There was silence for few seconds before Quinn said, “Maybe that is it and the blur was because of her gift.” I cocked an eyebrow, “Maybe my wolf was getting electrocuted and hence it became a blur for him” Quinn continued with a shrug.

“Hmm… that’s possible. But if you sense anything amiss tell us” dad told Quinn. “And here take this” Dad said pulling out his wallet and handing Quinn his credit card. “I couldn’t find your gift, if you get it then pay for it from my card” he told him.

“What gift did you ask from dad?” I asked Quinn after dad left.

“An adapter-less phone” he said in a mock serious tone.

“What the fuck is that?” I said with a smirk, fully aware that there is no such thing.

“Exactly. I just wanted his credit card” Quinn replied with a grin, flashing the gold card triumphantly while I laughed and shook my head. “I do hope you have a gift for me tomorrow” he pointed his index to me.

“I didn’t get anything yet” I lied.

“Then give me your card, I will purchase something for myself” he beamed. Smirking, I gave him one of my credit cards.

“I feel like my birthday is today instead of tomorrow” he said fanning himself with the cards.

“Take how much ever you want from my card” I told him and he just shrugged.

“Q, do you know where the pen drive which contains Darya’s videos are kept?” he queried, while I was opening a file.

“Movie room” I replied. “Why?”

“I want to see” he answered before going out, totally unaware of my frowning face.

Through the link, I contacted Nevin and asked him to bring Quinn’s gift here after an hour.

Not a minute later, Quinn came rushing to the room and then pulled one of the pen drives attached to my laptop. “It is in this” he said hastily. Shaking my head, I got back to my work.

While I was done reading the general meeting report, I stood up to stretch my hands. It was then I noticed Darya’s cell phone on my table. I picked it up to give it to her. We were not done talking and I wanted to continue the rest of our conversation now.

I could hear Quinn and Darya’s laughing sound while I walked towards her room. I narrowed my eyes wondering what Quinn was doing in my mate’s room.

However, when I looked, I couldn’t stop the growl that escaped from my chest. There, Quinn was sprawled on my mate’s bed, while she was in it too. My wolf was furious to see the sight in front of me and immediately he wanted to take Darya away and keep her to himself.