Secret.

They cuddled all afternoon till they had fallen asleep then woke up and continued from where they left off unable to keep their hands to themselves. The rest of the day they spent with each other only stopping to eat dinner and then continuing till their body ached of fatigue and they slept till the next day.

Darla awoke adjusting her eyes to the light rays. It took her a while to understand she had entered a new day. She had enjoyed her mate for half of the day yesterday. She smiled as she remembered all they did yesterday. The ways they explored each other. The styles they studied in the sheets.

She inhaled deeply the smell of her mate as it surrounded her...as he surrounded her. Spooning her. Entwining their fingers, she weighed his hand on hers. Suprised at how his completely covered hers.

But she was hungry. Her stomach growled. So she carefully raised his hands that layed over her waist and released herself from his embrace only to get under his weight again.

Darla sighed. "Daryn I'm hungry"

"Eat me" he said in a voice heavy with sleep.

"I'm serious. We have to eat something and we don't have any cooked food. I need to cook breakfast"

"The jungle will provide. We can eat later when the day brightens...or we pluck some wild fruits"

"Its already noon Daryn. Aren't you hungry?"

"No. I have you"

"Daryn!"

"I don't want you to go"

"But i have to eat Daryn"

Daryn let out a heavy breath. "Ok since you are so hungry I'll settle it"

He got up the bed carrying the surprised Darla with him still spooning her. Then walked to the closet. Rummaging through the clothes he found some leathers for Darla and himself to wear.

He wore her the clothes not letting her leave his embrace and after he had completed her clothing, he wore his. Then turned her around so she faced him and carried her. He hooked her arms and legs around his frame. Groaning at their perfect fit then walked to the door of the house. He did all this in just twenty minutes before leaving the house through the back.

They passed the lake and continued till they reached the bushes that margined the lake and continued till they reached the bushes that margined the lake. Daryn parted the bushes so they could pass through. They walked through the waist height bushes till they got to a clearing. No bushes just tall great beautiful trees filled with ripened fruits.

Daryn poured chi in his legs and jumped to one of the trees branch with Darla still clunging to him. He plucked a fruit and fed his mate.

"Thank you" she whispered.

"Hmm" he plucked another and munched it. Then he plucked more and shared them among himself and Darla on his body.

He sat on the tree branch resting his back to the stem of the tree. Darla adjusted her legs just enough so she could straddle him. They both ate the fruits in comfortable silence. Daryn plucked more fruits after they finished that set. Then jumped to another tree branch to try another fruit and that was their lunch. Wild fruits.

Eventually, they rested on a tree branch together. Darla sat in between his legs her back to his chest with his arms around her protectively.

"Its the full moon tomorrow..."

"And?"

"I think we should hold a small feast in honour of Selene the moon goddess. What do you think?"

Daryn sighed feeling uncomfortable at how the conversation was going. "I don't know,.... but i know mother enjoys occasions made to honour her and she blesses them"

"Then we'll do it" she said almost jumping to her feet if not for Daryns arms around her. Suddenly she stopped and the smile disappeared from her face. "What if she doesn't like it. I mean it's just you, me and Eric that will be at the feast. Won't she think its too small."

Daryn laughed then pulled her closer to kiss her hair. Happy that his mate wanted to do this. The effort she was willing to make. "I...doubt mother cares about the number of people in the feast as long as its in her honour. She blesses equally."

Her smile returned then. She held Daryns arms around her. Caressing his strong arms. "Then its settled. We are having a feast tomorrow night as the moon rises. I'll tell Eric"

Worried that she might tell Eric about him being Selene's child, he paused her excitement. Then turned her head so she found his eyes and saw how serious he was. "Darla, Eric can't know that I'm a child of Selene. None of the champions should...no one should know about me unless Selene finds them trustworthy."

"Why is that?"

"Because i might get killed since I'll be seen as a competition or a threat to other champions"

Darla stilled. Those competitive beasts will hunt him down if they found out he had an advantage over them. "So Eric does not know"

Daryn nodded. "Yes he doesn't. He sees me as any other champion like him...and i prefer it that way"

She nodded. Understanding the importance of what he told her. Gods the people that wanted him dead when he was a baby could come after him again to finish what they started. She realised how much his life hanged on the secrecy of his identity and was touched that he trusted her enough to disclose it to her. Only her.

It spoke volumes to her.

They stayed that way in comfortable silence. Enjoying each others presence. Shaded by the great tree leaves. When ever they felt hungry, Daryn would jump to any other tree to pluck more wild fruit. Different from the former so she tasted different flavours and judged how sweet they are. Also to avoid stomach aches because of taking one fruit continuously.

"Do you have siblings Daryn?" Darla suddenly asked.

"Mother said she had other children after me. Though i never met them..." Then sadness crept into his heart when he thought of the sister he had on earth. "...Apart from my sister from earth, i have known no other."