CHAPTER FIFTEEN 

         DARIUS 

Tick! Tick!! Tick!!!

The clicking sound of the wall clock filled the air. Or maybe it's the time bomb in my head counting down to the time I'll finally explode. The air in the study was so suffocating that I was taking mild gasps of air.

I was staring at some files but couldn't really make out what I was reading from the letters. 

Xander stood beside me, his hands hanging loosely by his side. 

While staring at the letters, my mind kept drifting to Hazel. She is terrified of me. Now she is never going to mate with me. I saw the horror in her eyes...