The Love of a Lycan

There are no accidental meetings between two souls.

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After ten minutes, Raine came down with her black parka in her arm and a small sling bag in the same color. As usual, she wore jeans and sweater and put on her baseball cap.

"I am ready." Raine said, beaming from ear to ear, even as her baseball cap almost covered her entire small face.

If she acted so openly this way, who wouldn't be able to guess the result of her exam?

"Alright, let's go." Calleb twirled the car key between his fingers and allowed the guard to open the door for them while Raine waltz behind him. If she were a fae, she would have flown by now.

Calleb opened the shotgun seat for Raine before he sat behind the wheel. He did notask for a driver for this trip because he was so bored trapped inside that house and he neededto stretch his tensed muscles.

"Don't you need to call Torak to inform him that are coming?" Raine asked as she put on her seatbelt.

"I will mind link Raphael later when we are already close enough. That's more efficient because he is not always on his phone at this hour." Calleb replied as he started the engine.

"Oh." Raine nodded her head. She forgot that all Lycans could do that sort of thing with their pack members. "I wish I can do that too…" She mumbled.

Calleb turned the car at the corner as they left the house. "Since you are the Alpha's mate, you can do that too…" He said in a straightforward tone.

"I can?" Raine whipped her head around and looked at Calleb expectantly. "But how?" Now she was eager to know more.

"Once the Alpha marked you, you will have the same ability." Calleb answered, he really doesnot have any idea how clueless Raine was with this kind of stuff.

"How will he mark me?" Raine asked. The idea of having the ability to communicate telepathically with Torak sounded awesome to her.

Calleb glanced at Raine and shrugged his shoulder. "He will bite you."

"Bite me?" The pitch of her voice increased.

"Yes, The Alpha will bite you on your sweet spot." Calleb pointed to an area on his neck. "That's how the mark will appear."

"The mark will appear?" Raine leaned toward Calleb as her curiosity grew. "What is that? Is that some kind of tattoo?"

"Tattoo?" Calleb contemplated for a while before he nodded. "Well, you can think of it that way but this kind of tattoo is very sacred for our kind." He explained.

"Have you ever marked someone?" Raine sure has a lot of things to ask.

"I have not yet met my mate, so I can't just mark a random girl." Calleb grimaced slightly when he said that.

Calleb sometimes gets goosebumps just seeing how Torak treated Raine and looked at her with adoration, knowing how ruthless he used to be.

"So, you should only mark your mate?" Raine wanted to confirm her speculation.

"Exactly." Calleb replied with certainty. "Lycans will recognize their mate immediately once they sense their mate nearby. The moment they meet their mate, they will mark their other half, claiming their woman. You can say that the mark is a symbol of our love for our kind."

When Raine heard that, her face fell and her expression turned gloomy. She slumped against the seat. "But, Torak didn't mark me…" She whined.

Calleb almost hit the brakes when he heard that, realizing his mistake. "No, no…" He waved his hand in panic.

Fortunately, the traffic red light was on so he was able to face Raine, trying to explain as he looked at her dejected expression. "You are a special case." Calleb attempted to appease her even as he does not have any idea how to handle a sulking girl. "Torak has not yet marked you because he has many things to consider."

"Such as?" Raine peered at Calleb through her black hair that cascaded down her face and shoulder.

"Such…" Calleb tried to find a good reason. He really squeezed out his brain for this.

How could he know Torak's reason for not marking his mate yet?

UsuallyLycans mark their mate within days after meeting each other, but Torak and Rainealready met months ago. Why didn't Torak mark her yet?

"You can't answer that." Raine said sullenly, her mood suddenly turning sour again. She pouted and looked at the trees outside.

"No… that's not what I mean." Calleb scratched the back of his head. His mouth always got him into trouble. "Maybe because you are not yet an adult… see? You are not even eighteen years old yet."

"I will turn eighteen two weeks from now." Raine turned towards Calleb. She blinked her eyes. "Will he mark me then?"

Calleb resumed his focus on the road ahead. Of course he didn't know the answer to that question. It wasn't he who would mark her, right? "Probably…" He said in a low voice.

"But why else do you think Torak did not mark me yet, aside from the reason that you gave me?" The reason about her age sounded so lame to Raine.

"Hmm…" Calleb hummed, trying to come up with another reason, but before he could answer her first question, Raine asked him again.

"How long will it normally take fora Lycan to mark his mate from the moment they met?" Raine stared at Calleb.

"Well, the longest that I know of is around three days… because from the moment a Lycan sees his mate, there is an urge to claim what belongs to him. The feeling is like love at first sight." Calleb gave some thought to this. He does not yet know the exact feeling, but that is what he heard from Lycans who were lucky enough to have found their mate.

"Three days?" Raine said in a devastated tone as she slumped against the seat. "It has been months and Torak still has not marked me… does he not feel that urge?"

Calleb really wanted to slap his mouth.