The Love of a Lycan

At first, Raine couldn't comprehend Serefina words clearly, so she asked for a repetition. "Pardon me, what did you say?" She leaned over, afraid that she would mishear her words again.

"We starve him." Serefina looked at Raine in the eyes as she repeated what she said before.

Seeing the understanding and anger slowly creeping into Raine's eyes, Raphael hastily explained it for her. "Raine, we have to do that in order to keep the beast under control."

It was not only Raine who was shocked by that revelation, but Calleb also had no any prior idea about this, he had been assigned to keep his eyes on Raine, so aside from what Raphael usually let him know, he practically knew nothing about anything else.

Hence, the only thing that he could do was shaking his head in disbelief as he stared at Raphael and Serefina incredulously.

"THAT IS THE REASONFOR YOU TO STARVE HIM!?" Raine stood up from her seat and stared daggers at Raphael.

Serefina's expression wasn't as calm as before and was full of anticipation now, while Belinda shrunk into her seat.

On the other hand, Calleb wanted to calm her down, but was left feeling unsure about what he had to do.

While Raphael stood from his seat, with complicated emotions dancing on his face.

"Raine, he is the Alpha and he is in his beast form. If he is any stronger than this, we will not be able to restrain him." Raphael tried to make his points crossed. "He will not die even if he doesn't eat anything for weeks. We just need to weaken him…"

Raine was utterly speechless and muddleheaded at the moment. Everything seemed to be jumbled up in her mind.

She closed her eyes to compose herself as she gripped the edges of the table with both hands to support her as waves of exhaustion hit her hard.

"Raine, Torak knew this is going to happen to him. That is the reason he was so adamant about letting you see him in this condition." Raphael glanced at Serefina when he said this, blaming her for bringing Raine here.

But according to Raine, she didn't regret her decision to come and witness with her own eyes what Torak was going through now.

But despite her heart ache for him and her knowledge that she could do nothing for Torak, at least she was no longer in the dark and knew the truth behind his disappearance.

Raine lowered her head as she hugged herself. "I… will eat later… may I know where is my room?"

"Raine, you have to eat something…" Belinda wanted to persuade her to eat, but Raphael shook his head, thus she stood up and walked over to Raine. "I will take you to your room."

Belinda wrapped her arm around Raine's shoulders and guided her out of the dining room.

Knowing how stubborn Raine was behaving nowadays, she wouldn't eat anything no matter how hard Belinda tried to pursue her, thus it was a better choice to let her take some rest, she needed it after all.

After Belinda and Raine left, Calleb stared at Raphael in front of him. "Why didn't you tell me about all of this?" He demanded an explanation.

Even though Raphael's rank was above him, still Calleb was their Alpha's third in command, so why was he being left out?

"Don't start it Call," Raphael groaned as he closed his eyes, he had enough argumentation with Serefina and Raine, he didn't need the Gamma to add to his headache. "You know this is the Alpha's order."

"So, why do you think the Alpha didn't want me to know about his real condition?" Calleb raised his eyebrows, he crossed his arms in front of his chest in displease.

"Because most of the time you would be with Raine and he was just being cautious that you would slip your tongue." Raphael tried to give him a reason.

With this, Calleb could only take a deep breath.

While Calleb and Raphael argued with each other, Serefina continued to eat her beef, but her eyes were focused on the scenery out of the window, as if she was contemplating something.

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"Raine, do you need something?" Belinda asked Raine carefully when they arrived at an empty bedroom that was dominated with the color of white.

Raine rested her head on the soft pillow while Belinda tucked her inside the blanket to keep her warm.

"I don't need anything." Raine replied softly. She needed Torak now, but it wasn't an option.

"Alright." Belinda nodded in understanding. "I will save some beef for you, just call me if you want to eat, I will warm it up for you, dear."

"Okay." Raine replied curtly as she closed her eyes, yet before she heard the door being closed fully, she opened her eyes and called her name. "Belinda."

"Yes?" Belinda turned around to find the pain in those beautiful eyes of her Luna. "Do you need something?"

"Thank you so much." Raine whispered, but Belinda could hear it clearly.

"You are most welcome, Raine." She replied with a tender smile that curled on her lips.

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When the night came and all the lamps inside the house were turned on and the dinner had been prepared by Belinda, Raine was still inside her room.

"Should I ask her to come down?" Belinda asked Raphael in a worried tone. "She had skipped her lunch, it will not be good for her if she skipped her dinner as well."

Raphael didn't answer Belinda immediately, he contemplated for a while.

"Just bring this meal to her room later, if she still did not come down after we finished our dinner." Raphael gave the easiest solution.

Belinda nodded, but still felt a little uneasy.

After the four of them finished their dinner with no one in the mood to start a conversation, Raine still didn't come down, thus Belinda had to bring her dinner to her room.

After she prepared all the food on the tray, she walked straight to her bedroom, and knocked a few times, but no one answered.

Therefore, she pushed open the door and proceeded to go inside when she realized Raine wasn't in the room.