“It didn’t have to be this way,”
I shouldn’t be sad, not after what he has done, how he has ruined Dallah’s life, but I cannot help but feel the smallest of regret for what has happened, he did deserve it, but I was hoping that it would be over quickly.
“I’m sorry for what I did to you Zara, every moment of the pain I inflicted on you, was torture to myself. That is all I will ever be sorry for, I do not regret any other act,” He tells me in deep breaths through the pain.
“Well, I’m sorry you feel that way, you chose the wrong path Richard. This was the only way to stop you, and for that I am not sorry.”
“I can feel the darkness taking me, and I welcome it. Do me one thing Zara, take my hand, let me feel the warmth of a Charmer?”
Placing my hand in his bloody one, he squeezes tightly, but not enough to hurt. In my mind, I want to see him die horribly, but in my heart, the heart of a Charmer, I see him as a fallen Warrior. I am not deluded, I know that he is a horrid cruel man; nevertheless, I will hold his hand while he leaves this world. When I look back into his eyes, they are a deep shade of blue, not the midnight black I have always seen.
“After everything I did to you, you sit at my side and comfort me as death takes me, why?”
“I’m not like any of these people, if you had taken a different route, you could have had a full life. I helped kill you Richard; I would have killed you myself for Dallah.”
“But not.. for...your.....self?” He coughs up some blood.
“No,” I whisper gently.
“I will find you again Zara, I will be...back...for...you...”
He stops speaking as the last breath is taken from him, but not from the wound! From Den, who silenced him forever with a final stab to his cold heart.
“Get up babe,” Den shouts at me through the sounds of the battle that has been taking place from every angle.
Taking his hand, he pulls me to my feet. Looking around, my stomach flips at the sight of pure carnage.
“STOP!” Dallah roars with rage.
As soon as the word leaves her lips, every Wolf, Vampire, Witch, and Warlock, stop in their tracks.
“Look at what you have done Daughter,” Her mother points to Richard’s lifeless body, “There still has to be a bonding, you have to be bonded to another!” She spits at her, and by the look on Dallah’s face, shocking the shit out of her!
“No, that’s not true!” Dallah tells her almost in a plea.
“You stupid child! You will bond with the next in line, which is Thomas, Richard’s cousin. You will bond with him! I will not see you with a dog!” She spits her venom at Julian, angering us all.
“Meredith! Do not speak to your daughter in such a way. She is free from the Dark Coven, I will bond with one I choose, not to be told by you!” Thomas tells her in annoyance.
“No! She is to be the Queen! You will take her!” She tells him in an irate tone.
“Dallah, do you want to be the Queen of the Dark Coven?” Thomas asks her already knowing the answer.
Dallah walks to him and stops only inches away from him.
“I have never wanted this life Thomas,” She tells him in a distressed tone, and wipes away the tear that falls from her eyes.
“Don’t be sad Dallah, I will find another. You can live the life you choose,” He tells her gently.
“Thank you Thomas, I will always cherish you for all you have done for me.” She tells him with meaning before she walks back into the open arms of Julian.
“Who will you choose?” Somebody shouts out from the crowd.
He shakes his head as a smile appears on his face, soon followed by his gaze landing on me.
“Zara, will you be my Queen?” He asks with his head tilted to the side.
My heart stops beating and the blood in my veins heats as every pair of eyes are on me awaiting my answer.
He has got to be fucking joking! I hardly know the man, let alone want to be his bloody Queen!
“She’s mine!” Den and Ruk growls at the same time, making Thomas laugh aloud.
“But are you hers?” Thomas asks them with a smirk.
“Thomas,” Dallah warns.
“Ok, I’m only playing Zara, unless you would want to be mine, I would treat you better than no other man could,” He tells me in a serious tone as he walks to stand before me.
“I’m sorry Thomas, I can’t be with you,” I tell him apologetically.
“That’s what I thought. There will always be a home for you and for Dallah if you need it,” He tells us graciously.
“Thank you Thomas, you are a good man and will make an awesome leader of the Dark Coven.” I tell him while gazing at him in awe.
“Thank you Zara. So tell me, which one is he?” He whispers to me.
“The Wolf,” I tell him with a wink, making him laugh a real belly laugh.
“I will miss you two not being here. Go now, and be careful,” He tells us.
“I banish you from the Light Coven. You are stripped of your title, never return!” Dallah’s mother screams with rage.
“As you wish,” Dallah tells her calmly with a nod of her head.
Before I make my way over to Dallah and the Brothers’ I take the time to look at Richard one last time, well that’s what I say now, but he did say that he would be back, I don’t know if it’s possible, but I hope it was just the mumbling words of a dying man.
“Come to me baby,” Ruk tells me in his rough sexy tone.
A smile spread on my face as I see him stand there waiting for me. I was so scared that he was going to be taken from me, but here he is. Stepping up to him with clouded eyes, I wrap my arms around him as he lifts me off the ground in a loving embrace.
“Shall we go home?” I ask him excitedly, and then look to the others to see their smiling faces.
“Yeah, we should, everyone ready?” Ruk asks them with a grin.
“When you put her down, yeah!” Den tells him with an eye roll.
“Let’s go!” I tell them while I slip down Ruk’s body and lace his arms around my waist, before we all take each other’s hands, but not before the Brothers’ gaze at Thomas and nod their heads to him silently thanking him, which he returns gracefully.
Standing outside our home, I cannot believe we did it; I am so relieved it is over. Just one more thing to deal with, marching up to Den trying to keep calm.
“Stop it now Den, I want to be with Ruk, he wants me! Let me be happy!”
“You will never be happy with him!”
“I have been happy with him all week, he makes me feel different, and I like it Den. For the first time in my LIFE, I know in my heart what I really want! I am sorry that this is hard for you, but what you and I have is a friendship Den, don’t take that away from us. I couldn’t be in a relationship with you Den, I wouldn’t be able to trust you, I couldn’t walk down the street without bumping into at least one woman you have slept with. I needed you to be there for me at the Dark Coven, was you? No! You couldn’t do that for me, for us.”
“But you love me!” He yells at me, whilst taking me by the wrists. I look deeply into his eyes, and through my tears I speak to him gently,
“I was in love with you for such a long time, that I lost who I was, even when I was with Sallack I still found myself wanting you, but it’s different now. Ruk has given me everything I need and want in life, and in my heart, I know that he is the one; I can feel it when he is near. I know this is hurting you and I am sorry for that, but I am finally free of the pain in my heart after so many years. I want to be happy Den. I still need you in my life, if you want to be,” I tell him through the tears that fall from my eyes.
“I’m sorry I put you through all that shit babe, and for so fucking long, but I am in love with you, and I always will be babe. I won’t ever leave you, I will always be here for you,” He tells me passionately.
Looking away from Den, my eyes scan the Brothers’, but land on Dallah. Walking up to her I wrap my arms ar
ound her neck a hold her for dear life.
“I’m so proud of you Dallah.”
“I’m proud of you sweetie, you have turned into one hell of a woman. Go find your man, I think it’s time you told him how you really feel,” She tells me with a blissful smile, which soon drops when my heart beat rockets and my head spins out of control when I remember that Laura and Sarah, know that I am the Charmer.
“Dallah, they know!”
“Parrise and Theo took care of them,” She tells me with pleased look on her face.
“You’re happy?” I ask in shock.
“They would have drained the life from you, me, and the Brothers’ if they would have had the chance.”
“Ok, uh shit what a mess though.”
Massaging my temples, I look straight into the eyes of Julian, and a smile appears on my face. I have always liked Julian, he has a brilliant personality, and he is such a handsome man. Dallah and Julian are well matched in every way.
“She’s all yours now,” I joke with him before hugging him tightly.
“Yeah she is,” He winks at me, then takes Dallah in his arms and they both disappear.
Walking up to Theo who stands with Sallack, speaking in hushed voices, but soon stop when they see me.
“Theo, I will never forget what you did for me, I will always see you as my family now,” I tell him with a smile, before I surprise him by hugging him tightly.
“You saved me more then you will ever know angel,” He tells me with a stunning smile.
“Will you stay?” I ask with hope.
“Sallack and I have decided that we will bring our packs together on his land, see how it works out.”
“Really?” I ask in amazement, because I know that Sallack’s pack and Theo’s pack have been at war for many years.
“Yeah, we will sort something out, may take some time but the outcome could be incredible, the largest most powerful pack in the world,” Sallack tells me with a wonderful smile.
“I look forward to it,” I tell them with a bright smile.
“Can I speak with you little one?” Parrise asks as he stands before me with a sad look in his eyes.
“Yeah, come on,” I tell him while taking his hand in mine and walking away from the Brothers’.
Turning to face him under the moon lit sky; my heart aches to see him looking so sorrowful.
“What is it?” I ask in concern.
“Demitri, he will be coming for you soon love, maybe a month or two,” He tells me then bows his head down.
“I know he will,” I tell him with regret, “I need you to promise me something Parrise.”
“No! I know what you will ask, and the answer is no. I will not keep this from them; they have the right to know. I know that you think it is for their own good, but it isn’t love,” He tells me sternly, “Stop trying to protect everyone, we are all grown men, and Dallah a powerful witch with a powerful mate. You need to start thinking about you; you have found the one in Ruk?” He asks with a small sigh.
I nod my head to him.
“Then find him little one, I have never known anyone that deserves their mate more then you Love,” He tells me gently, before turning me around and gently pushing me away with a small laugh.
Taking a few steps, I turn to him with a smile,
“Will you be here for the sunrise?”
“I wouldn’t be anywhere else,” He tells me with a grin.
“Good, I’ll see you in a bit then, I’ll bring the sun cream,” I tell him with a snort just as he laughs aloud.
Walking back to the house, I walk past the Brothers’ who sit discussing their plans for the two packs merging together and have Parrise and Angus with them as their Brothers’, I walk into the house and up the stairs to my bedroom.
“Knew you would be here,” I tell Ruk with a smirk.
He is standing by my bedroom window with his hands on the window frame above his head, while he looks out at the blue moon, the moons is highlighting the muscles in his upper arms.
Running my hands across his back, I slip under his arm to come face to face with him.
“What you doing?” I ask while studying his gorgeous face, the two-day-old stubble, where he hasn’t shaved, but I like it, he looks so rugged and sexy.
His gaze meets mine a smile forms on his face, which reaches his golden brown eyes. Just looking at him makes me lose my breath, but his touch alone sends me to some place out of this world.
“I’m looking at the moon; you only get three blue moons a year. Will you sit with me on the bed,” He asks me with a raised brow and a husky voice, he seems nervous in a way!
“Ok,” I tell him suspiciously.
He takes a seat on the edge of the bed and waits for me to sit beside him, which I do.
“Baby, I want you to be mine, I need you to be. So if you’re not sure now, then I have to let you go, I can’t fall even harder for you,” He tells me with hurt showing in his eyes already.
Climbing on top of him to straddle him, I wrap my arms around his neck and his arms lace around my waist.
“Ruk, I am in love with you, and only you. I want to be yours and you to be mine. You are the one meant for me; you are him Ruk, the one. I have never felt so beautiful, so loved, then when I am in your arms. I want everything with you; I want to tell you my secrets, my fears, so that you can save me from them. I love you,” I tell him tenderly as tears escape my eyes, and for the first time, they are tears of complete adoration.
“I will never take you for granted Zara, you and me are for life now. You are my life baby,” He holds my face in his large warm hands, “Will you be my mate?”
“Yes,” I tell him with fresh tears of absolute joy.
“We will live together; fight together and one day have pups?”
“Yeah, we will,” I tell him with a tender kiss.
His head goes back and he faces the ceiling as he lets out an almightily howl, soon followed by the Brothers’ going crazy downstairs, howling, laughing and what sounds like shifting into their wolves.
When he faces me again, he does so with the most breathtaking smile I have ever seen on a man, he literally takes my breath away.
“What was that?” I ask him whilst brushing my fingers through his hair, and looking at him in awe.
“It was a howl of mating. I let every Wolf around know that I will be soon mated to the woman who holds my heart, my mate.”
“Your mate, I like the sound of that,” I tell him with a smirk before I push him back onto the bed and rip open his shirt, to see him properly.
Ruk howls again almost making me jump out of my skin, slamming my hands over his mouth I lean down to him with a mischievous smile,
“You can’t tell them everything Ruk, leave something for the imagination.” I say tugging open his buttons on his jeans slowly one by one not taking my eyes from his once, noticing his gone deadly quiet
“Not howling now,” I say teasingly.
But another part of him has gone all animal I notice as I take him in my hand pumping him slowly, bringing my lips toward him as I take him in my mouth, his groans exciting me encouraging me to take him deeper.
“Oh baby your killing me,” He groans as he grips my hair, pulling it gently as he comes apart.
It makes me feel powerful bringing my hot man to his knees like that, and seeing him in so much pleasure because of me. It isn’t long before he has me in his arms, loving me to distraction.
Chapter Twenty-one
I wake up in my own bed, with the man who was made for me and me for him, cuddled up close together. He is incredible, all my dreams and fantasies have come to life.
Running to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get a quick shower before Ruk wakes up, my thoughts turn to Angus and Parrise.
This morning at sunrise, as we all sat on the porch together, and got to be a part of the incredible moment when Parrise’s and Angus’s skin was touched by the morning sun for the first time in centuries. The look in their e
yes was heart touching, I had to keep wiping away the tears, as did Dallah, so that we could see them properly. I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life; it really was mind-blowing to see.
“Hey.”
“What’s the towel for?” Ruk asks with a raised brow, and a mischievous grin.
Walking over to the bed, I drop the towel to my feet and wink at him playfully, and in one quick motion, I am laying underneath him as he growls deep in his throat whilst his eyes search my naked body.
“You’re perfection Ruk,” I tell him whilst my hands run down his muscular arms.
“Mine,” He growls making me smile.
I love it when his Wolf comes through strongly like that, his eyes glow, and his face changes slightly, not his looks, but his expression more wild.
“I’m yours,” I tell him in excitement, as I know how this will end. Wrapping my legs around his waist, he lifts me off the bed as if I weigh nothing at all; he sits me on top of him while he sits on his knees.
“Do you remember this baby?”
He means when we first kissed, and the kiss was mind-blowing, I should have known from that moment that he was the one.
“I remember, you changed me that day Ruk.”
“You did me too.”
He takes my lips with his hungrily, as my fingers map out the planes of his muscular shoulders. He surprises me by pulling away from me and searching my eyes.
“What?” I laugh at the way he is looking at me, like he is about to do something cheeky.
“I need to mark you baby, me and my Wolf have been fighting against it for so long, but now that you’re mine, I need to.”
“Mark? What do you mean?” I ask with a seductive smile, because I already have an idea.
“To bite you somewhere where others can see, so that they know that you belong to me and only me. It will mark you forever baby” He tells me whist watching me intensely for my reaction.
“Yes, you can mark me. Where do you want to do it?” I ask before throwing myself back on the bed to get a better look at him.
“Fuck it, you know how to make me crazy,” He tells me in a sexually charged tone.
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