The Love of a Lycan

Actually, not long after Raine went to the greenhouse, Torak and Raphael returned along with Serefina.

Torak was looking for Raine when Calleb told him that she was in the greenhouse visiting her bunny. However, when they went to the greenhouse, she was no longer there and the door was already open.

Calleb asked the Lycan warrior there and he told him that Raine was at the backyard. Apparently, the bunny had gone missing and half of the Lycan warriors were looking for the white fur ball.

Torak felt something was wrong when they went to the backyard and still, Raine wasn't there. Even her scent was very faint, as if she had long gone from there.

Torak's suspicions grew deeper when he saw that the gates of the backyard were open.

And then, what happened after that was the thing that Calleb had told Raine. Torak called out his firebird to find Raine's location and Serefina took them there.

"Torak, are you angry with me?" Raine asked cautiously, because Torak had not yet said a word to her during this long conversation.

Torak blinked his bloody red eyes and as he spoke, his voice came out so rough. "You need to rest."

Afterwards, he carried Raine upstairs to their bedroom.

Instinctively, Raine wrapped her arms around Torak's neck, her uneasiness pressing onto her chest uncomfortably.

Like usual, Torak treated her with care.

He let Raine take a quick shower while he prepared her pajamas. After Raine had bathed, she put on the pajamas that Torak had prepared for her.

Oddly, Torak didn't take a bath and gestured for Raine to come to the bed then he tucked her inside the warm blanket.

Raine felt fresh and sleepy, but she didn't want Torak to move away from her, so she pulled him to the bed too and snuggled in his arms.

Raine frowned when she felt Torak's muscles tense up. "Are you still angry with me?" She asked, lifting her head and seeing that the color of Torak's eyes was still red.

But why didn't his eyes turn back to its original blue color? Was the beast still aggravated? But, usually Torak would be able to calm his beast whenever he was with Raine, so what happened now?

"I am not angry… I am just worried." Torak said in a gruff voice.

Raine bit her lips and, stretching her hand, smoothed out the wrinkles between his eyebrows as Torak closed his eyes, relishing his mate's touch.

"But your eyes… they are the color of red." Raine whispered.

Torak didn't answer her, but a second later he caught Raine's wrist and put her hand down. "Sleep, my love." He planted a quick kiss on her forehead.

Raine was exhausted because of what had happened today, so when Torak pulled her into his arms and caressed her back tenderly, regardless of Torak's strange behavior, Raine gave in and fell asleep almost instantly.

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Aeon staggered into his house, his body covered with blood and dirt. He barely survived from the collapse of the building.

As a shadow warrior, he didn't have the same healing ability as the shifter, so with the wound that he was suffering now, he was in critical condition.

Fortunately for him, he managed to escape to the shadow realm right in time as the building was collapsing.

Aeon hit the corner of a table, causing the things on top of it to fall to the ground with a noisy sound.

But he could not care less about that as he felt his consciousness starting to slip away. Roughly, he opened a cupboard and pulled out a bottle of alcohol.

He opened the bottle cap with his teeth and gulped down half of it before he poured the liquid on his wounds.

A cry filled with agony escaped his lips, echoing around the small house.

"I can help you." A familiar voice was heard after Aeon's outcry.

Aeon shot a dagger look at the devil, who sauntered across the room towards him.

And when Lucifer stopped right in front of him, he stretched out his hand, barely touching Aeon's open wound.

Seconds later, the wound on Aeon's thigh, which was still bleeding fervently before, gradually closed until his skin showed no mark at all, as if he had never gotten injured in the first place.

Afterwards, Lucifer moved his hand to Aeon's ribcage. A snapping sound could be heard along with a deep grunt coming from him as his broken ribs were being fixed.

"You are alright now." Lucifer smirked as he stood up, but in an instant, his body was wrapped by a darkness that immobilized him.

With bloodshot eyes, Aeon stood up. He had to admit that the devil had healed him completely as he could feel his strength returning.

"You tricked me!!!" Aeon shouted at Lucifer. "That book wasn't the grimoire Raine was looking for!" He exclaimed out loud as the shadow around Lucifer tightened and almost crushed his devilish body.

However, instead of panicking, Lucifer was laughing out loud.

"Did you just, right now, realize that I tricked you?" Lucifer sneered. He clicked his tongue as if he was bored. "By now, you should have known me better."

"You!!!" Aeon's anger flared up. "What are you up to!?"

"Don't worry. Nothing major will happen to the Alpha's mate." Lucifer snickered, ignoring the fact that Aeon was furious. "At least not now." He added.

Aeon couldn't take it.

First Lucifer addressed Raine as the Alpha's mate and second, he had breached the deal between them and has a plan to harm her.

With a movement of his hands, the shadow around Lucifer's body crept up until his whole figure was encased in darkness.

Aeon performed a gripping hand to control the shadow as it constricted and, not long after that, the shadow vanished along with Lucifer.

Seeing Lucifer had gone, Aeon's lips formed a thin line.

His eyebrows furrowed questioningly. Had the devil gone? While he was thinking about it, suddenly, Aeon felt an excruciating pain in his heart.

The pain was unbearable. It was thousands of times worse than the wound on his thigh or his broken ribs.

"Don't forget that your soul is mine to destroy." Lucifer's voice sounded.