The Love of a Lycan

Aeon writhed in excruciating pain on the floor, his throat contorted and he could not breathe. The pain was surreal. He had never experienced this kind of pain before.

And when the pain subsided as if it had never happened, he was left extremely worn out. Only the blinking of his eyes indicated he was still alive.

"Do you really think that you can destroy me?" Lucifer sneered. He stretched out his hand towards a knife on the table. The knife floated in the air. "Haven't you ever heard of an advice about not making a deal with the devil?"

Lucifer glanced at Aeon. The devilish smile that curled on his lips didn't dissipate. If anything, his golden eyes shone brightly at the sight of Aeon's condition.

"No? You had never heard about that?" Lucifer mocked him. "Well, now you know…" He shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

Aeon felt so exhausted that he could not even say a single word to curse the devil.

This happened because of the deal that he had made with Lucifer centuries ago.

Actually, on the night of the attack in the village of the angel, he died. However, the devil revived him again not long after that.

In exchange, his soul was used as a bargain for his life up until now. Of course, Lucifer had malicious intentions when he brought the shadow warrior back from the arms of death.

Aeon did not ask for this, but he could not kill himself as well when he knew about the prophecy that a guardian angel would be resurrected.

He had done many dirty things and had completed inhuman errands for the devil while waiting for her.

Aeon had been waiting for Raine for centuries, trying his best to keep her safe once he found her.

However, just like what the devil said, he should not have believed the promise coming from the mouth of a hellish creature like him.

"Rather than trying to destroy me, you should thank me for giving you a chance to meet the girl that you admired." Lucifer raised his eyebrows as he walked out of the room. "Don't forget. The air you breathe and the beating heart in your chest right now are gifts from me."

After the devil said his warning, Lucifer disappeared into thin air.

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Raine woke up, feeling cold because of the empty bed.

With eyes still closed, she stretched out her hand trying to find Torak beside her, yet the spot next to her was so cold.

Torak was no longer beside her.

With a frown, Raine opened her eyes to confirm it and saw no one there. She rubbed her eyes sleepily as she looked for her phone to find out what time it was now.

8.30 a.m.

Torak was probably inside the bathroom and taking a bath, she thought. Yet when Raine tried to listen for the sound of running water from the bathroom, she could hear nothing. It was too quiet.

"Torak?" Raine called out for him as she stood up abruptly, scanning her surroundings. There was no sign of Torak in the room.

"Torak?" Raine got off of her bed, heading towards the bathroom. She entered but saw that he was not there.

Thus, she grabbed a jacket from the armrest of a chair and went downstairs.

The first person that she met was Joseph. He was a human guard that Torak had hired.

Joseph had just closed Torak's study room door when Raine greeted him. "Good morning Joseph." Raine startled him, yet before he could greet her back, she asked him, "Is Torak inside?"

"No, Miss. I came in because there is document that Mr. Lockwood told me to put inside." He said. "I have not seen Mr. Donovan since this morning." Joseph informed Raine. He was scheduled for morning shift, but he had not yet seen Torak, neither did he receive news that Torak went out of the mansion.

"No?" Raine glanced at the closed door and, to make sure that he was not inside, she walked past Joseph, ignoring his answer that Torak wasn't there.

With a soft click sound, the door opened and Raine walked in yet the room was empty. Nobody was there, just like Joseph had told her.

"Did Torak go out for work?" Raine asked Joseph who was still standing there.

"No, I don't think so… because I didn't receive any news regarding Mr. Donovan leaving the mansion." As a professional guard, Joseph needed to know every detail that was happening inside the house. He would be briefed shortly about what had happened from the earlier shift.

Yet no one mentioned that Torak had left the mansion, so the possibility was that Mr. Donovan was still inside the house.

Raine frowned. If Torak really wanted to leave the house, human guards wouldn't know about it. Raine remembered Torak's red eyes. If he left in his beast form, then Raine should ask the Lycans about it.

"What are you doing standing there, frowning in the morning?" Calleb's voice greeted her as he dismissed the guard.

"Where is Torak?" Raine approached Calleb in hasty steps. "Where is he?"

Raine could see Calleb slightly narrowing his eyes as he answered her calmly. "The Alpha had something to do and went out with Raphael early this morning."

"With Raphael again?" Raine folded her arms. "Why does he always go with Raphael?" She did not even try to conceal the unhappiness in her voice.

"Because Raphael is his Beta." Calleb answered her carelessly.

"Where did they go?" Raine asked through gritted teeth. She was upset now.

"Stop asking and frowning in the morning. You will spoil your entire day if you keep doing this. Let's have breakfast first." Calleb put his hands on Raine's shoulders as he pushed her to the dining room.

"Where did they go? When will they return?" Raine kept asking but Calleb only talked about food.

Before, no matter where Torak was going, he would tell her.

Somehow, Raine felt something was wrong…