The Love of a Lycan

[Calleb! Come over here with Belinda and Sapphire!] Torak roared through the mind link as he tried to hold Raine's body under the water without hurting her.

"No…" Raine whimpered as her hand reached out to Torak, trying to touch him. "I want to touch you…" She was crying now. Feeling desperate, as Torak didn't allow her touch him.

Raine wanted to tell Torak that the spark from their skin to skin contact made her feel better, but her mind felt like it was being fried, making her lost for words, and she didn't even know where she should start explaining it to him.

"No, my love." Torak said, yet the pain in his voice was so apparent.

He knew that the spark between them could slightly elevate the pain that she was suffering now, but it would lead to something else and Torak didn't want to do it when Raine was in this state.

"What happened?!" The door slammed open and Calleb rushed inside the bathroom with Belinda and Sapphire in tow.

The scene before the Gamma's eyes was somewhat puzzling to him. He saw Raine writhing in pain as Torak held her body down, under the water, but kept her head afloat.

"She is… she is in heat, isnt she? Right?" Belinda stumbled with her words.

"DO SOMETHING!" Torak roared as he glared at Belinda and Sapphire. His beast was, once again, threatening to come out.

"Alpha… this is the heat… you have to…" Sapphire stuttered.

"NO!" Torak rejected Sapphire's idea even before it left her lips. "I will not call you all if I have to resolve this in that manner!"

"Torak… what is this?" Raine's whimpers were ringing in Torak's ears as he watched his mate being torn apart by the heat. "It hurts… it hurts so much…"

Raine had never felt so helpless. She felt like her insides were being crushed. The heat that gnawed at her skin was akin to thousand bugs biting her. It was pure agony.

The only thing that made her feel better was the touch of her mate, but Torak didn't want to hold her, he kept pushing her body under the cold water, making sure her head stayed afloat on the surface.

Raine pleaded with her eyes, as she couldn't utter a word to him, yet Torak didn't understand. No. he did understand, but he refused to do so.

But, why?!

Raine was tormented by a thing that she couldn't see. A thing that she didn't even know what it was, or how long it would last.

Now, there were three people inside the bathroom except from Torak and herself. All of them were talking to each other.

But, because of the ringing sound in Raine's ears she couldn't hear what exactly they were talking about.

The only thing that Raine was certain; Torak was so angry at whatever Sapphire said. He kept shouting at the healer in rage.

Why would he be angry at the healer when all he had to do now was to simply hold her?

Raine didn't understand this situation and as she closed her eyes, her body was engulfed by the darkness, longer than she intended.

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When the sun started to rise in the horizon, Raine found herself lying on the bed with a blanket covering her body.

It was the spark that Raine felt from the finger that traced a circle on her left cheek that told her Torak was right beside her.

When Raine woke up fully, her entire body was numb from the painful feelings that she had endured.

"My love… are you awake?" It was Torak's voice that forced Raine to open her eyes. "How are you feeling?"

The first thing that she saw the moment she opened her eyes was the blue eyes that filled with concern and worry.

Her throat was so dry and hurt, which she assumed because of all the screaming last night.

"Do you feel better now?" Torak asked her again, this time Raine nodded weakly. "Do you want to drink some water?"

And once again Raine nodded.

Torak was quick to reach for a glass of water near the bed that he had prepared and helped Raine to drink it while he cradled her head so she wouldn't choke.

When the liquid moistened her dry throat, Raine felt better and got a little bit energy to talk to Torak. "What was … that?" Her voice sounded raspy like her words just came out of a grater.

Torak carefully pulled her into his arms as he kissed her forehead. "You were in heat last night." He explained curtly.

Raine wanted to ask Torak to elaborate what was 'heat', but the ache in her head started drumming against her skull painfully.

She didn't know if she could take information about this 'heat' thing even though Torak explained it to her right now.

Thus, Raine chose to savor this moment instead, snuggling closer to her mate as she placed her head in the crook on his neck and inhaled his tantalizing scent while snaking her arms around his waist so she could snuggle even closer to him.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door, though Torak didn't say anything the other person opened the door and walked inside.

"How are you feeling Raine?" Raine didn't need to turn her body to look who was the person that came into their bedroom.

It was Calleb and from the smell that came with him, Raine assumed he brought something with him.

Probably Torak mind linked the Gamma to bring something for Raine to eat after he realized that she was awake.

"Fine." Raine answered with her eyes still closed.

"You can go." Torak said, shutting the Gamma's next line of questions. He knew Calleb was worried about Raine's condition, but it wasn't the right time for him to ask her more than this.

With a knowing look, Calleb nodded and said. "Be careful, the porridge is still hot." Before he walked out of the room.

"You have to eat now, okay?" Torak caressed Raine's back before he got a nod from her.

Though the hard part had passed, Raine still felt very awful, she didn't want to go through that kind of pain again.