Part Three- Chapter 34

" Have you ever been in love?

Horrible isn't it? It makes you

so vulnerable. It opens your

chest and it opens up your

heart and it means that

someone can get inside you

and mess you up."

Neil Gaiman , The Sandman,

Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones (The

Sandman #9)

DARYA P.O.V

I was woken up by the familiar and aggravating tune of my alarm. Groaning, I picked my phone and dismissed the alarm. As I sat up, I recalled everything that had happened before I lost conscious. Gasping, I looked at my surroundings and realized I was still in Quillon's room, which means I am still in Serene. So they didn't kick me out?

Where is Sel? I had seen her rushing towards me? Is she alright?

Throwing the covers away, I got up and looked out of the window to see bright morning sun.

"How long had I been out for?" I whispered to myself rubbing my eyes.

"Fifteen hours" Quillon answered for me and I turned my head to find him sitting on the couch, with an iPad in his hand. "How are you feeling?" he asked striding towards me.

"Better. Wha-What happened to me?"

"Your wolf wanted to be alone for sometime" he answered and everything fell into place.

"Wait... where is Sel? I saw her—"

"She left late evening and told me to call her, when you wake up"

"I will do that" I mumbled weakly. As I ran a hand through my messy, frizzy hair, I tensed as I realized that Quillon and the whole of Serene Pack knew about my gifts. My wolf started pacing inside me. She was still on the edge over what happened yesterday and I knew I badly needed a run.

Slowly, I raised my lashes to look at Quillon and gulped when I found his dark eyes settled on me.

Is he mad at me? My wolf stopped for a moment and then continued pacing. I frowned at that reaction. Unlike yesterday, she did not seem too worried about the idea of Quillon knowing about my gifts. What brought that change? Whatever the reason, it was not really helping me.

Nervously licking my bottom lip, I began, "We have to—"

"Talk. I know" Quillon incised. "After you had your breakfast" he said and I nodded.

After brushing my teeth, I called Sel. She answered almost immediately. Despite repeatedly assuring Duncan and her, that I was fine, they did not seem convinced and told me they would come here to see me. When I recognized that it was useless arguing with them, I agreed.

"Oh! Sel... I need a favor" I said before she could hang up.

"What favor?" she demanded and I told her exactly what I needed. She agreed and said they would be on their way to Serene soon.

My second call was for Tyson and after assuring him that I was fine, I called Cortez. I had not been talking to him for a more than a week now and as I saw his missed calls on my phone; I felt terribly childish and dialed his number. He was very happy to hear from me and I smiled at his concern for me. We talked for a few more minutes, but carefully avoided the subject of Grace.

Before ending the call, he told me that Cable was spotted in a nightclub on the outskirts of Moreland Pack. The moment I heard his name, my wolf snapped her jaws.

I wanted to call Granel, but then as my wolf scratched inside me, I knew what I had to do. Therefore, instead of calling Granel, I scrolled for Sabine's number because I knew she would leave to school soon.

"Darya... oh my God! I heard what happened. Are you alright?" she asked, panic clearly evident in her tone and I smiled.

"I am fine Abi."

"Were you badly hurt?" Sabine kept asking one question after the other and sighing, I sat on the couch. Almost twenty minutes later, she let me speak.

"Abi... after everything that has been happening, my wolf has lost her cool."

"You want revenge? It's explicable" she sighed.

"I need your help to get that revenge" I told her slowly, hoping she would understand what I want.

"Anything" she said and I winced because I knew she did not grasp. I had told her what I wanted from her two years ago, but back then I did not went through it because Sabine was too young.

"You know what I want" I mumbled ruefully and I heard her sharp intake of breath from the other side. There wasn't any reply from her for and I knew she was taking her time to think.

"I..." she cleared her throat and I furrowed my brows. "I am ready" she told me and I gasped, shocked to hear her answer, even though that's what I wanted to hear.

"You are not going to lose control?"

"No. I...I can do it" she said hastily.

"Are you sure?" I needed her word because once she agrees; there would be no backing off!

"Yes. I am" Her answer was more confident this time and I smiled.

"You will not regret saying yes" I swore.

"Only I said yes Darya" she reminded me and I closed my eyes and groaned when I remembered another major hurdle on the way.

"I know... I will talk to Vincent."

"When?"

"How about tomorrow?"

"Okay. I will ask him to come to Supreme tomorrow" she said and I completely agreed with that idea because Vincent would never step into Serene.

"Yeah, you do that" I smiled. "Thank-you" I said and she chuckled and gave me another ten minutes lecture for saying thank-you.

After she kept the call, I dialed Granel's number and then spoke to him and arranged for the meeting. He agreed.

I then spent the next ten minutes replying to all the messages, I have got when I was out.

Dropping my phone beside me, I placed my hand on the arm of the couch and got thinking. I knew Vincent cared a lot about Sabine and his protectiveness towards her grew after what happened to her. It was reasonable, but I still hoped he would let Sabine help me this time.

I really needed her help. True, there are many girls out there who can do this... but if Cable suspects something slightly amiss then it will all go wrong. In Sabine's case, he will not be able to suspect anything.

Letting out a frustrated growl, I went to take bath.

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I ate the breakfast painfully slow, trying as best as possible to postpone our talk. The fact that Quillon was sitting in the living room, waiting for me or my wolf being in the edge, wasn't exactly helping. Quinn had already left for school by the time I had come down and I was surprised, he did not say anything to Quillon.

While I was chewing the last bite of my sandwich, Quillon walked in and sat on the other side of the counter, facing me. Damn! I was hoping I could avoid him even though I knew it's not quite possible.

Okay! I can do this. Why am I even scared? If Quillon wanted to kick me out, he could have done it yesterday and if he does kick me now, then Sel and Duncan will kick him back. So everything is cool...

That thought was like a boost to me and it made me smile.

Before he could open his mouth, I started talking, "I know you have a lot of questions about yesterday, it's natural after what happened yesterday, but can you please ask them later. Right now, frankly, I am not in the mood to talk about it. My wolf is at bay. Plus, I am waiting for Sel and Duncan." I let out a breath once I finished talking and noticed that Quillon was shooting me an amused look.

"I came to have my breakfast" he said and that's when I saw the untouched sandwich in his plate.

"Oh! Oh?" I said flustered and he nodded.

"Well, you can have your breakfast... I will just... go" I said and once my back was to him, I grimaced feeling like a total fool.

"Darya" Quillon called and I turned to face him, panicking that he might have changed his mind. "Your family is here" he said getting up from the stool and I heaved a sigh. "But we will talk about this later" he swore, his inert gaze fixed on me and I pouted.

Sel was climbing out of the car, when I reached the door. Within no time, she closed the distance between us and hugged me tightly.

'You scared me yesterday' she whispered and as my wolf whined I felt my eyes getting clouded by tears. I did not want to do that to her... I just wanted her to be there with me.

'Sorry' I sniffed while she pulled away and shook her head. Duncan wrapped his arms around me next and placed a kiss on top of my head, like he usually does.