"What the hell? A broken sword? How is that going to help us defeat the damn Dream Walker?" Navin has some anger issues that I will gladly love to resolve for him if he keeps running his damn mouth!

Every since we came to this damn Realm it has been nothing but one argument after another and I'm fucking sick of it.

"It's the only damn weapon that can kill the Dream Walker you moron! If you would shut your damn trap for more than ten fucking seconds I would gladly tell you!" I hate him!

His is obnoxiously shooting daggers at me from across his desk, trying to play all macho mighty man in front of Starla, I'll definitely take his ass down a peg or two of he keeps on with his macho man bullshit.

"How did you find this?" I glance over at Starla, she's running her fingers along the broken swords handle in fascination.

"I purchased it off of a Dark Fae from the Chaos Realm about four years ago, I think," I scowl, trying to remember just when I did actually get my hands on it, "Yea about four or five years ago. Cost me a pretty penny for it to." I knew as soon as I seen it that I had to have it. I was drawn to it for some odd reason. I felt the pull to it just like I feel the pull to Starla.

Maybe that's the reason I was drawn to it in the first place. At the time I couldn't understand why it was so damn important to me. Now I think she may be the reason why I was drawn to it in the first place.

I shake my head to let loose my wayward thoughts. Who the hell really knows why I was so drawn to it? Either way it cost me nearly fifty thousand dollars but it was worth every damn cent of it to me.

"Dark Fae? My daddy is a Dark Fae. Maybe I know him?" Starla suggest.

I certainly don't think she nor her father would actually know this particular Dark Fae. He is the lowest type of slum that ever graced the Chaos Realm.

"Don't think so firecracker. He doesn't run in your kind of circle." I grin at her facial expression. Her mouth is agape forming a cute little O with a red tint appearing on her pale white cheeks.

"That's a really ridiculous nickname for her. Firecracker doesn't fit her at all." I growl at Navin.

Navin is really trying to piss me off today and it's fucking working. I have the same hatred for him as he has for me but the asshole needs to lighten up if we're going to have work together.

"I like it." Starla sweetly rebuttals. Navin scowls at her, scoffing at her admission.

"Maybe you and I should talk somewhere private?" I'm tired of his blatant disrespect toward me.

"Maybe we should?" Navin places his hands on his desk, leaning over closer to me, glaring.

"Listen guys I'm always up for some man on man action but I think we have more important things to worry about than whoever may have the biggest cock!" I jerk my head in Starla's direction literally shocked at her sinful declaration.

My woman apparently has some visceral claws and I think I just might love it.

From the way my blood all of the sudden rushes from my head going straight down to my groin just now basically proves it.

"You're into men on men action?" Nikos eyebrows furrow looking over at her inquisitively.

"I don't judge. I'm not a clueless virgin!" Starla argues. That definitely surprises every single one of us in the office.

I actually thought she was an innocent virgin. I had to close my eyes and start gritting my teeth over her abrupt confession.

Fuck!

My dick clearly has a mind of its own. It's so engorged now that I have to adjust myself by moving my legs back and forth embarrassingly.

Making sure that nobody notices my obvious desires, I place my hands in front of my groin, interlocking them, to hide my visible fucking hard on.

"So you wouldn't be upset if like, Alis and I had sex with each other?" Nikos's dirty mind is going to get the hell beat out of him. What the fuck?

"I wouldn't touch you even if your dick was a magic lamp and could grant me a million fucking wishes!" I spit out at him. Furious over his sexual innuendo.

"So what are trying to say to me, that my dick is actually magical? I'll take that as a compliment Alis." Niko slyly smirks at me.

Starla giggles beside me.

The whimsical sound of her sweet little giggle distracts me from Nikos slurs toward me quickly.

I'm completely hypnotized by her glowing beauty.

How she can manage to have me under her spell so quickly begins to frighten me. I can't lose my head over her just yet. Not before we are able to end her suffering from her stalker. If I do it would put us all in danger and I can't have that on my conscious.

I refocus my attention on my hatred for the brothers that are both giving me heated looks instead.

"I don't know Niko maybe I should go ask Puella if your dick is magical. Oh wait, if it was so magical then she wouldn't be leaving your fucking ass right now, now would she?" I ask Niko snidely. Mentally patting myself on my back.

"Can we stop this shit already? We need to focus on finding the other pieces of this damn sword before it's too late!" Demir frustratingly interrupts our self indulgent arguments.

"Fine. As I was trying to say, before I was so rudely interrupted, that if the sword was forged in the Chaos Realm then more than likely the other missing pieces of the sword will be there also." I bounce my eyes to each of them searching for their reactions when none is forthcoming I continue on with my explanation.

"I have a picture of the sword with its missing pieces showing exactly how many pieces of it we will have to find." I dig into the soft velvet red lining of the box, pulling out a folded piece of paper with a replica drawing of the sword and the essential missing pieces.

Unfolding the paper I lay it flat down on Navins desk, smoothing the creases down with my hand.

"As you can see there are five remaining pieces left to find since I have the handle in my possession already. Once we have all of the pieces to the sword then we will be able to kill Starla's Dream Walker." I bounce my eyes to each of them again waiting patiently for all of them to eventually understand.

"How will we be able to form the pieces together once we have them all?" Starla ask with concern written all over her face.

"That I don't know firecracker," when I call her my new pet name for her I sneakingly glance over to Navin smiling, "but we will figure it all out I'm sure of it." I add.

Starla nods her head, openly biting her bottom lip, deeply worried.

I wish I could wipe that worried look right off of her face.

She honestly doesn't deserve all of this shit that is unfortunately happening to her. No one actually does.

After I safely locked up the sword handle in Navins safe he astonished me by asking if my brother and I would like to stay overnight in his guest rooms before we all headed back to our Realm in the morning.

Maybe we're finally making some head way after all.

I still despise him though. His callous behavior toward Demir and I after they so greedily ran off with Abiit will always be in the forefront of my mind.

One day I may be able to forgive him but today is definitely not the day. I can't help that I have so much animosity toward him. He did in fact steel the love of my life away from me without any regard whatsoever toward my feelings.

Walking into the kitchen, I stop in the doorway, leaning on the door frame I start viewing Starla while she is preparing dinner.

She looks absolutely stunning, with her white halter cross shirt and blue jeans on.

I observe her from across the room, when she bends over, to grab something out of the refrigerator, I slowly edge my way across the room standing directly behind her.

Dropping my eyes down her body, I can't help but to admire her nice firm ass in those tight ass jeans of hers.

When she raises up, I wrap my arms around her tiny little waist, gently rubbing my jaw along her slender neck.

She gasp, slightly turning her head over her shoulder, when she finally notices that it's me that has her in my embrace, she blesses me with one of her magnetic smiles.

"You scared me Alis." She breathlessly whispers. Leaning her head back on my chest, she closes her sparkling eyes wistfully.

"Sorry firecracker. I just couldn't resist." I tell her lightly peppering little kisses all along her soft neck.

She hums in delight, while I kiss her neck, the little sounds escaping her plump pink lips automatically start sending the blood rushing my head straight down to my damn groin again.

Opening those beautiful blue eyes, she places the carton of eggs she was holding down onto the counter, then turning around in my arms, she suddenly wraps her arms around my neck firmly.

"Want to make it official?" She openly ask.

I scowl at her a bit confused at whatever she may be implying.

"Make what official?" My curiosity is peeked.

"Our first kiss." She boldly replies.

Gods how can I not fall for this delectable woman?

I dumbly nod my head.

She reaches up on her tiptoes planting her supple lips on mine hesitantly. The touch of her soft lips upon mine sends delicious sparks right through me.

I nibble on her bottom lip, then trace my tongue across it gently. She moans a sexy ass moan when I finally plunge my wet tongue into her warm succulent mouth. Our tongues do a happy dance of desire. Molding happily together erotically.

I groan out ferociously. Dropping my hands down to her round ripe rump, picking her up hurriedly, I place her on the kitchen counter. Ramming my hips in between her tantalizing thighs rambunctiously.

She wraps those sexy legs around my hips, pushing me closer to her hot core. My dick is so damn hard a fucking chisel couldn't chisel it's way through it.

"This is where we eat man. Take it somewhere else!" Niko rudely interrupts our heated liaison.

Tearing my lips away from Starla's lips reluctantly, I look over my shoulder glaring at Niko. The fucking fool!

"Fuck off asshole!" I disobediently growl at him.

"I think you were about to that before I came in here," he tilts his head, looking at Starla, "is dinner ready or are you serving up pussy al a carte tonight!" The damn audacity of this asshole is grating on my last damn nerve.

"Have some damn respect fuckwad!" I turn around abruptly from Starla's embrace on me, daring him to argue with me.

"I do have respect. I just don't have it for you or her. Who the hell makes out in the damn kitchen anyway?" Niko grumbles, crossing his arms across his chest.

"Who the hell makes out with the kitchen staff?" Starla daringly ask him.

I break out in laughter from Nikos disgruntled expression.

I just love how witty she is.

"Are you trying to suggest that your too good to make out with the kitchen staff miss high and mighty?" Niko smirks.

Starla pats my shoulder, wanting me to move aside. I step away from her. She places her tiny hand on my back while she jumps off of the countertop into the floor.

Making her way over to Niko, she stops in front of him crossing her arms on her chest just like he did.

"I don't think I'm too good to make out with anybody. I just have higher standards which you sorely lack apparently. I have never went to bed with someone that I just meet and I definitely know all of the names of the people who I chose to sleep with! Can you say that?" Man I think I'm falling for this woman.

Comparing the two of them while they stand off, glaring each other down, I can't help but notice the vast differences between the two of them.

Starla probably stands no more than a measly five foot two feet while Niko on the other hand stands at around six feet or more, looking just like a midget facing off with a giant and she never backs down from him.

My brave little warrior. Maybe Navin is right and I can't believe I'm even thinking this, but maybe he actually is right.

Maybe firecracker isn't a proper pet name for her? Maybe I should start calling her a little hellion instead.

"I may not have known his fucking name but I can say he was an excellent fuck, can you say that?" Niko snarls at her.

"How am I suppose to know if he was or not? I know one thing about Trimen that you don't know though."Her snarky comment grabs my full attention.

"What?" Niko ask.

She leans over to him, smiling up at him devilishly. "He has crabs!" She gleefully boasts.

I bend over in laughter. Laughing my fucking ass off at him.

"How the hell do you know that?" Niko astonishingly ask her.

"Well dumb ass he is an employee of my fathers. He has to have a medical check up every year. When he went last week they informed us of his embarrassing predicament. Gave him his medication with a little tiny comb. I had to review the paperwork. So you might want to get that checked out." Starla drops her eyes to Niko groin, smirking.

"Fuck!" Niko curses, storming out of kitchen hastily.

Starla looks back over at me, with a devious smile plastered on her beautiful face. We both simultaneously burst out in uproarious laughter. Doubling over.

"I can't. I just can't." I wheeze.

I haven't laughed like this in a very long ass time.

"What's so funny?" Demir ask as he enters the kitchen staring confusingly at the both of us.

"Let her tell you. I can't. I just..." I continue laughing.

During my laughter Starla tries to explain to Demir what she told Niko earlier.

When she finished her tale we are all standing in the kitchen looking like damn fools roaring out in harmonious laughter.

"That shit is not funny!" We we're all way to lost in our happinesses to even notice when Navin entered the kitchen.

All three us automatically still. Trying our damnest to contain our laughter. Giving Navin sheepishly buoyant looks.

"Oh come on Navin. You have to admit that it was a little funny!" Starla motions with her thumb and pointer finger, creating a small little opened area between them, while glancing over at Navin fake pouting.

But unfortunately Navin does have a fucking sense of humor when it comes to his obnoxiously overbearing twat of a brother.

"Niko is sensitive. He may not show it but he is. After...well he's been through a lot and it's hard for him to let go. I know he can be a complete asshole but that is just the way that he copes with his issues. I don't expect either of you to understand why he acts like he does but please try to understand that he deflects as a coping mechanism. Just try to be patient with him. Okay? That's all I ask of you!" Navins pleas for Niko surprises me.

Starla looks over to me and Demir guiltily. I try to place myself in Nikos position. After losing Abiit I knew how broken hearted I was but she was their mate after all and not mine. I don't want to even imagine if we lost Starla now especially after we just found her.

"I won't say that I'm sorry Navin. Because Niko was being a complete dick to Starla but I will say that I do understand where you are coming from. I lost...well we all lost something invaluable to all of us. I can understand his dilemma." And I do.

Although she wasn't my mate I did love her and I lost her also. I can absolutely sympathize with Navin and Niko on their grievous heartbreak now.

"At least that's a start. I know we all have a long way to go at mending our lost friendship. I will work on it if you two will work on it also. Agreed?" I absolutely can't believe that Navin is handing us an olive branch.

I would be a fool not to take it.

"Agreed!" I confirm.

"Agreed" Demir pipes in.

"Somebody want to fill me in on what happened in all of your past?" Starla curiously ask.

Fuck! Shit and Damn!

I thought she already knew about our sordid romantic past.

Jerking my head around to look at Demir I suddenly realize that we haven't indeed inform her of it just by  the guilty look on his face. It's a fucking dead giveaway.

Looking over at Navin quickly, he is avoiding looking at anyone, searching the kitchen with remorseful eyes obviously trying to avoid any confrontation.

"Well?" Starla grows impatient.

Sighing, I hesitantly glance into those beautiful sparking blue eyes, knowing that I'm the one whose going to have to unleash all of our past secrets to her unfortunately.

"Little hellion it's a long story. Maybe we should wait until everyone is here before we tell you." I say trying to avoid the inevitable myself now.

"Is this about Abiit?" She ask. How the hell does she even know about her?

"Well yes it is. How do you know about her?" I suspiciously ask her.

"I may have overheard a few things." Damn! Our devious little hellion is turning into a spitfire right before our eyes.

"Who did you overhear?" Demir ask.

"Uhm. I may have overheard Navin and Niko arguing about it." Her confession grabs Navins attention immediately.

"When?" Navin ask growling.

"When I couldn't sleep last night. I'm sorry Navin I didn't mean to snoop on you two but you were being so loud. I think everyone in the castle heard you." She looks guilty at Navin.

I watch the interaction between the two of them very closely.

Niko is hot head and I don't trust him in the least. Navin on the other hand rarely loses his temper. But if he thinks for second that I will allow him to lose control on Starla for eavesdropping, he has another think coming.

"It's rude to listen to other peoples conversations Starla. I know that Niko has treated you with an abundant amount of disrespect but eavesdropping in on our private conversation is beyond disrespectful. I actually thought better of you." Navin angrily informs her.

Without waiting for a reply Navin storms out of the kitchen dramatically.

"Well that went well." Starla morosely says.

I can see the pain etched on her face. This time it's me that doesn't say a word, instead I walk gradually over to Starla. I pull her into my arms hugging her tightly.

It's not her damn fault that Navin and Niko were arguing far too loudly. I'm getting sick and damn tired of those two treating her this way.

Demir walks over to us, he wraps his arms around her shoulders, placing his arm between us.

This has gotten way out of hand.

Just when I thought that we were actually making some kind of head way on repairing our friendship, they both have to show their asses dissuading everything in a matter of mere minutes.

I make a vow to myself that I will not allow either of them to ever hurt her like this ever again.

Not if I can help it!