The Love of a Lycan

"Forty two?" Raine raised her eyebrows in disbelief, she turned her head to look at Torak, who was playing with her hair, not even caring about Adair crying scene earlier.

His mate's hair was much more interesting than some random woman crying over something that he didn't understand.

"I took care of her before I became the Gamma of the pack." Calleb explained. "She was just a little girl back then and I had so much spare time on my hands, so I befriended her." He shrugged while looking at the dishes on the table, eager to eat, but he couldn't do that as Torak had not commenced the dinner yet.

It would be rude of Calleb to eat now, but he was hungry...

"So, why would everyone in this pack say Torak doted on her." Actually, those weren't the exact words from Adair to Raine.

"Well, she was a little girl back then and didn't have anyone, so I don't think even though she offended the Alpha, Torak would be so petty to make a fuss over a child." Belinda chimed in. "I remembered Adair was always following Torak everywhere, at that time, her actions were so cute."

Raine pouted when she imagined a little Adair running around Torak with her sweet smile.

"Shall we eat?" Torak smoothened the crease between Raine's eyebrows with his thumb.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Calleb nodded his head vigorously, the voices in his stomach had been shouting non-stop since he caught a whiff of the delicious food in front of him.

"Oh, you are so helpless!" Belinda slapped Calleb on the back of his head when he acted like a hungry child.

"Why did you slap me? Why do both Raphael and you love to bully me?" He whined as he rubbed his head.

"Don't be silly. If that caress could hurt you, what is the use of your muscles?" Belinda retorted at Calleb's exaggerated reaction.

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After dinner, Raine didn't see Adair anymore, but it didn't mean she was looking for her. Of course not. Why would she?

Raine snuggled into Torak's arms after she changed her clothes and wore her yellow pajamas.

As usual, she wrapped her arms around Torak body as she rested her head on his chest. She placed his hand over her head asking him to stroke her hair silently. It was becoming a habit to her.

Torak gladly complied as he hummed when his palm touched her silky soft hair.

"Are you still mad at me?" He asked softly.

Raine didn't answer.

"You are…" Torak smiled indulgently at her.

"I am not." Raine finally said as she raised her head. "Torak… what if…" She was hesitant to finish her words.

"What if…?" Torak prodded, staring deep into her eyes.

"What if you didn't find me? Will you take her as your mate…?" Raine asked carefully, afraid that this question would offend Torak in some way.

"Who is this 'her', you are talking about?" There was no change in Torak's expression, his face still looked serene as he played with Raine's hair, which now sprawled on his chest.

"Do you have far too many candidates lined up?" Raine frowned which earned a chuckle from her mate. "How many women did you consider?"

"I don't know, never really thought about that." Torak still answered Raine calmly, seemingly not even bothered about that topic.

"But, you did had someone in your mind, right?" Raine narrowed her eyes at Torak, scrutinizing him.

"Jenedieth… ouch! Why did you bite me?" Torak was surprised because the moment Jenedieth's name left his lips, Raine already bit his neck, it was painful enough to make Torak pinch her waist to remind her.

"See?! You were in a relationship with that Jenedieth!" Raine lashed out as she spared Torak's neck.

"Are you jealous?" For some reason, seeing Raine in a bad mood because of this matter, made Torak very happy. "You are jealous, right?" He nudged her cheeks.

"I am not!" Raine was adamant, yet her expression was telling Torak otherwise.

But, of course Torak didn't believe it as he kept laughing at Raine's sullen expression. Her lips pouted to the max as her brows furrowed unsightly.

"I am not! I am not! I am not!" Raine tried to bite Torak again, but the latter dodged her this time as he held her face with his both hands in place while laughing.

"Why do you have to bite me?" Torak asked in amusement.

"Of course because you had bitten me, it is only right if I bite you too!" Raine was struggling to make Torak let go of her face.

However, he was way too strong, while his grip didn't hurt Raine, it absolutely annoyed her.

"Let me go! I will bite you, so you will have my mark too!" Raine yelled furiously, yet the Alpha only laughed at his little mate's fuming expression.

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Raine didn't know how it happened, but she was was awakened from her slumber when the room started to feel so hot.

At first she thought it was because of the thick blanket and Torak's body was too hot, and maybe the temperature inside the room had increased.

But, even after Raine kicked the blanket away, she didn't find any relief. Within a short time, she felt like her entire body was trapped in a fire.

When the heat started to become suffocating, Raine screamed and began to thrash around, trying to release herself from the blanket that tangled around her legs.

"Raine!" Torak's voice was so stern and laced with distress when he called out her name.

Torak quickly picked his mate up and placed her on his lap as he ripped the blanket from her legs. Yet, Raine still thrashed in his firm grip.

Raine felt awful. Her ears were ringing painfully as she started to sob because of the unbearable feeling.

Raine couldn't point out what she actually felt right now, every emotion seemed to be running rampant inside her body.

And when Torak carried her into the bathroom hurriedly, the sparks danced across her skin from the skin to skin contact and this made Raine feel slightly better.

Raine clung onto Torak as it felt so good to touch him.

But, Torak decided to throw Raine into the bathtub as he had to run the water from the faucet. Losing the spark between them made Raine whimper miserably.

"No… no…" She wanted to touch him desperately.