The Love of a Lycan

Today was Sunday, so Raine didn't need to go to school. Instead, she spent her entire morning bothering Calleb about Torak's whereabouts.

Raine had tried dozens of times to call Torak or Raphael but both of them couldn't be reached. They turned off their phone and this only made Raine become more suspicious.

She had not yet had a chance to talk properly to Torak and tell him how regretful she was when she said the words that hurt his feelings.

But now Torak was nowhere to be found and she didn't feel any better compared to the moment Torak was ignoring her.

When the time hit 2 p.m., Serefina came to the main house and found Raine staring blankly at the television, not even knowing what she was watching as the screen just kept showing many commercial programs.

Serefina sat down next to her, her perfect body lay slumped on the sofa. She showed off her slender legs by crossing them in an elegant manner. Obviously she wanted to get Raine's attention without even saying 'hi' to her or asking her about her feelings, seeing that she looked so gloomy at the moment.

"We will go back to retrieve the grimoire once I gained enough strength to travel back." Serefina informed Raine even as she was not asked about it.

"Hm." Raine hummed in response absentmindedly. 

Serefina glanced at Raine one more time when she realized her lack of interest at the topic. 

"And Raine." Serefina called her name to get her attention. "It will be better if you stay away from the shadow warrior, whatever his name is."

A fleeting emotion crossed Raine's eyes when she heard Serefina's advice. This wasn't the first time she heard about this kind of suggestion.

Deep down in her heart, Raine wanted to say that she didn't invite Aeon to meet her. Why did they keep implying that she wanted to be close to the shadow warrior?

Regardless, Raine only nodded and mumbled. "I know."

"Good if you know." Since Serefina felt there was nothing she wanted to say to Raine anymore, she stood up and was about to leave her alone with her gloominess when Raine opened her mouth to ask, "Where is Torak?" Raine had been bothering Calleb since this morning, but the Gamma buried his nose in piles of documents and shooed her away.

Surprisingly, after yesterday's chaos, Torak didn't issue an order to ground Raine and let her explore the house. She was even allowed to go outside, but of course, with tight security.

It was obvious that Raine would not take that option as she didn't want to parade around the city and attract hate comments even more.

Actually, without Raine knowing it, Serefina had put a strong spell on her to keep her away from unwanted creatures and dark magic spells. That was why she was too exhausted to travel back to the past, not to mention that she had used tremendous amount of power when she came to rescue Raine yesterday, at a time when she had just started to feel better.

"Why do you ask me? Do you think Torak will tell me where he will go?" Serefina answered Raine with cynical questions.

Raine sighed deeply.

Obviously, Serefina was absolutely the last person who would know about Torak's whereabouts.

"Is he still angry with me? Did I make very big mistakes again?" Raine muttered to herself.

Serefina halted her steps when she heard Raine's voice and what she said. For some reason, Raine's insecurities and her self-deprecation irritated her.

The witch had had enough of Raine's whining.

"Are you really going to sit there and whine the whole time and do nothing, hoping someone will give you the answer that you want?!" Serefina's loud voice startled Raine. She whipped her head and looked at the angry witch.

Raine didn't know what she had said wrong but apparently her mumbling words were heard by Serefina and this agitated the witch.

"I thought you have learned your lesson, but I guessed you are only improving with your words but not your perseverance!" Once again Serefina chastised her about her attitude. "If you really want to find him, do something about it! Don't just sit there mindlessly watching nonsense programs on television!"

Though Serefina meant well, but the way she reacted to Raine's current condition was a bit excessive, as if her deep memories which she didn't want to remember were being plucked out from her head and she was forced to remember it.

"If you want something, go and get it! Not everyone has the same luck as you!"

Raine was flustered at Serefina's last words. She didn't understand what kind of 'luck' Serefina was talking about.

"You are lucky enough to be a Luna, the Alpha's mate, but do something to prove that you deserve the title!" Serefina glared at Raine. "Remember this, you can get the title because you are Torak's mate, but respect is something that no one could give you, not even Torak. It is something that you should earn by yourself!"

At Serefina's loud voice, Calleb came out from Torak's study room carrying a few documents in his hands. A panicked expression was on his face. He had heard some sort of commotion and thought there was an attack.

"What happened …" Calleb had not yet finished his question when he heard Serefina's loud and stern voice again.

"Do you think they will respect someone who's sitting gloomily just because the Alpha was throwing an attitude? Torak's decision will not always be right, but here you are! Instead of straightening out the problem, you succumbed to self-deprecation!"

Serefina took two steps closer towards Raine as she glared down at Raine who was gritting her teeth upon hearing the witch's harsh words.

"Be a woman who will not let anyone look down upon her! And keep that attitude because you will need it when the real problem would arise." Serefina looked at Raine with indescribable gaze. "Do you know how I had survived death? Because I strove for something dear to me."