How cruel...

"Would you just wait"

After chasing the stag for almost an hour, Darla gave up chasing it. She sat on a great tree trying to catch her breath. For the past two nights now she has been having the same dream.

A dream were she is in a totally empty forest. No predators, no prey just huge great trees everywhere she looked. Then she would suddenly find a white stag and no matter what she does, she would never catch it.

The astonishing thing about all of it was, she was totally conscious of everything she was doing in the dream. Every hunt, every chase tired her when she awoke from sleep. As though she had really been hunting...while sleeping, ..Where was this place,..

She looked down to the ground again and saw the stag looking at her.

It tilted it's head to the side and bellowed breath from it's nostrils. But to Darla it felt like the stag was mocking her.

Her brows furrowed and she grabbed her bow and an arrow. Within seconds, she was already aiming for the stag's head still the animal did not even flinch. She snorted then released the arrow after applying enough CHI into it but she definitely did not expect what happened next...

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He had stayed by her side this remaining few days. Each passing minute felt like something was being slipped slowly away from him. His mate.

Daryn had planned this remaining days for the both of them. Their honeymoon as it would have been called on earth but in this case without them being married. Though still a couple anyway.

He would not have liked to leave her without a beautiful memory for both of them to hold on to supposedly things eventually got to a sad end for both of them.

Still he had to leave tomorrow for the battle grounds. Something that was still hard for him to do.

"Mine" he grumbled as he feasted his eyes on her naked body before him. So firm and beautiful. Each day, he never forgot to thank the gods that this woman was his.

Daryn stroked his mate's hair the whole morning. Waking up at the early hours of dawn only so he was sure that she was still here. Next to him and that they were not already apart.

He moaned at their impending separation.

Daryn pulled her close to his chest her back to his chest and nested his face at the crook of her neck surrounding himself in her warmth and her scent just wanting to feel her and reassure himself that she was still here with him.

Darla noticing her mate, she relaxed herself in his chest and sighed happily in her sleep.

The gesture made Daryn smile. He looked at her face and traced her chin with his fingers.

"You look so beautiful and innocent when you sleep love. It's hard to believe you are the same sturbon woman who likes to argue with me when she is awake." he whispered in her ear. She did not wake but Daryn was sure he saw a smile tug at her lips.

The light of dawn creeped into their tree house to notify the start of a new day and Daryn's smile widened when the light basked his mate's body.

"So beautiful" he sighed. To him she rivaled the younger generation goddesses. He was totally amored by this woman. HIS woman.

That he would have sang her praises to everyone and still hide her from them for they were not worthy to see her.

No One Was.

As far as he was concerned, who ever came close was dead meat in his hands.

His stomach grumbled bringing him back from his thoughts. He realised that if she awoke from her sleep, that she would be hungry and probably tired.

Which would be true because after their activities last night, who would not be.

Silently, he stood up from the fur bed. Making sure to cover her properly with the furs to protect her from the morning chills.

After making sure all was in order incase she would wake in his absence, he walked to the edge of the tree house and jumped.

When his feet touched the ground, he was already in wolf form all set and ready to hunt. The wolf trailed the jungle that morning in search of an early meal for his mate. He would make due with a small rodent or two.

By what felt like high noon to Darla, she stretched her limbs and had to shield her eyes from the bright sun light that came into the tree house.

When her eyes had adjusted, she looked around her and was marvelled at the beauty before her. If she had thought the location where her mate had picked for them was beautiful at night, then it was wonderful at day.

The golden colour of the sun only heightened it's beauty the more. She sensed her mate at the corner and was immediately greeted with the smell of spicy cooked meat. No need bothering how it was arranged she knew.

"Good morning"

"Good morning love" she purred as she stood from the bed and rubbed her eyes with her knuckles. "You are going to spoil me lazy with the already cooked foods and.."

When she opened her eyes, she saw him gobbling down the spiced up meat from a leaf plate and she could not find her own anywhere near.

"Where..., hey remain some for me" she dashed to his corner. "Do you want to finish the whole food without me?" She stole the leaf plate from his hands. "How cruel of you!"

No one takes food from a wolf's possession. In another circumstance with a different person, Daryn would have ripped of someone's limbs and helped himself on the flesh but this was his mate and he could not be selfish or greedy around her. Though with her, he definitely would.

He only stared at her and steadily looked into those beautiful eyes of hers and his impulsive natural anger passed. He sighed

"How can i forget about you love," he arose from his seated position and pulled her to him wrapping his big arms around her from behind nuzzling her neck. "I would never keep my mate hungry when i am around, i had kept your food aside so you would have something to eat when you will be awake....or should i have fed you in your sleep?" He coed

"Mmhm. So where is it?" She asked turning to face him her face stern before this embrace got too hot to concentrate. That thing was already poking her back.

"Oh it's right over there" he pointed to a covered leaf plate just a few inches away from their clothes at the side. Even from where she stood she could still smell the spicy meat in the plate.

She smiled and left his embrace to go to her food. She touched it and found it was still warm. Without wasting a moment, she opened the plate and started eating the food.

"Hmm," her eyes shone then she glanced at Daryn and took another bite. This time, from his own. "You really outdid yourself love. Where did you get the spice?" She asked still eating from his plate.

'Hmm. So that's how she wants to do it... this wolf will surely have his revenge'

"I got them from the bushes just a few meters from the clearing where we took Eric for hunting" he replied.

"That far," she said truly surprised

"Yes. But you know my dear,..." Daryn started walking towards her. "...since you ate a portion of my meal, it is only fair that i too take a portion of yours".

She picked her plate from the floor and tossed his aside after finishing the food in it. "Let me see you try" she smirked.

Daryn paused. "You think i can't or are you refusing me woman?"

"Hmm...both" she said putting the plate behind her. Her heart thumped loudly when he continued walking to her with his eye brows furrowed.

It was about time she tested her mate again.

You dare me woman," Those were the last words he said before he snapped his fingers and the space before him tore open and he stepped through it. It all happened before she could blink twice.

He had disappeared leaving Darla confused for just a second because the next thing she knew was her food plate had left her hands. She hastily turned back to wrestle her food back from him but he used the opportunity to cage her in his embrace. She looked to the side and saw her plate on the bed.

"You cheated Daryn. You used your...your ability to steal my food. That. Does. Not. Count !"

"Oh really."

"Mhmm" Darla said still trying to leave the confines of his embrace.

"You did not say that i couldn't use my powers now, did you?" He released her a little so he could look at her pouting her lips. She was so cute.

"Hmph. Even without me telling you, you should have known it was not allowed."

"Oh...you see love, i did not know. You should have made it clear you know" he said smiling. Darla balled her fists and started punching his broad chest totally angry now. She wriggled from his arms and went to the bed to take a food plate. Daryn just laughed at her. After laughing to his satisfaction, went over to the bed and sat beside her.

"You are not eating out of this food Daryn" she said sternly. Still pouting.

"Ok. That was not what i was planning to eat anyway" Darla turned to give him a skeptical look.

"So what did you want to eat?"

The wolf grinned sending chills down her spine. Then he said; "You" and her entire body flooded with heat.