The Love of a Lycan

Raine bit her lip as her heart was thumping wildly against her chest, she felt her mouth going dry because of it and suddenly, she didn't know what to say.

She just needed to ask permission from Torak whether she was allowed to go to the mall with Kai and Sunny or not, but why was this so difficult?

Maybe because of the reason behind it, why she agreed to Kai's wild idea. Even now, Raine thought it was so stupid of her to actually agree to his idea, but somewhere, in her heart, she couldn't deny that she was waiting for this moment too.

It was a complicated feeling and she felt nervous just from thinking about it.

"So, what is it?" Torak asked softly, after Calleb scurried away from the room.

"I…" Raine bit her lip, glancing at Torak from now and then, but Torak was very patient in waiting for Raine to finish her words. "I want to go to the mall with Kai and Sunny, can I?" In the end, Raine said it in one go.

"You want to go to the mall?" Torak raised his eyebrows.

Raine nodded. "You know… I don't have friends before… so…"

"You don't need to explain it." Torak kissed her forehead. "Why are you so nervous when this was only a trivial matter, hm?"

"I am not…" Raine buried her head in the crook of Torak's neck.

"You thought I will not allow you to go with your friends?" Torak guessed.

"Partly." Raine responded.

Torak chuckled upon hearing her answer. "Of course you can go, but not alone."

Raine lifted her head. "With those guards?" Raine asked, slightly feeling uncomfortable. "But, it will be awkward if I walked with them…"

"I am sorry, my love," Torak caressed her cheek gently with his thumb. "I can't risk your safety, but at the same time I don't want to take away this experience from you either."

Raine sighed, she wanted to refuse, but she was also aware of the possible dangers around her and she didn't want to be kidnapped again.

Neither did she want to see Aeon… Torak didn't like him and Raine didn't want to antagonize the Alpha. She had experienced enough heartache when she had to be separated from Torak.

"Alright…" Raine pouted, but she nodded regardless. "Hmm, Torak… how about Mark's condition? Is he alright now?"

Raine still had not yet said thanks to him for saving her life.

"He was just discharged from hospital three days ago, but not yet assigned for another duty as he is still recovering." Torak explained it to her.

"Can I go and see him?" Raine asked. "He had saved my life and at the very least I have to say thank you to him."

"Of course. Let's go there when you returned, how about that?" He suggested.

"Okay." Raine smiled brightly until her eyes turned crescents.

Torak kissed her cheek and then took something from the drawer near him. "Take this with you." Torak placed a black card on her hand.

Raine thought it was just another bank card like the one that Torak had given to her earlier. "But, I still have that card from before…"

"Just use this one." Torak didn't elaborate further as he helped Raine to stand.

Raine shrugged her shoulders and tiptoed to kiss his lips. "Okay." She said.

With that black card in her hand, Raine walked out of Torak's study room.

Once it was only Torak in the room, he mind- linked Jack, his hunter to come inside the office.

It didn't take long before a knocking sound echoed inside the room. After Torak allowed him to enter, the hunter nodded slightly at Torak. "Alpha." He greeted him.

"What about the background check that I asked you?" Torak leaned forward as he glanced at Jack intently.

"Here, Alpha." Jack opened his tablet and showed his findings to Torak.

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Raine was wearing her favorite pair of jeans and white shoes as she chose to wear a black sweater on top of her shirt because she felt slightly cold.

After she was done, she tied her hair into a bun.

Every time Raine went out with Torak, she almost never tied her hair since he would always pull it open and play with her hair instead.

Raine didn't mind, actually she liked it, but now she was going out with her friends, so it would look quite messy if she didn't tie her hair.

Before Raine left, she wanted to meet Torak for once, but found out that he was in the middle of a serious conversation with Calleb and Raphael.

Raine was slightly hesitant to approach them because she could clearly see their knitted brows, seemingly out of stress as the atmosphere was slightly depressing.

However, when Raine decided to just walk away and not disturb them, Torak called her back.

"Do you need something my love?" The layers of ice in Torak's earlier expression, seemingly had melted at the sight of his mate.

"No, I just want to say that I will go now, but you are in the middle of a discussion, so I don't want to disturb you. I will take my leave now." Raine was about to close the door when Torak spoke.

"Don't you want to give me a kiss before you go?" Torak asked her lightly, but mirth was apparent in his eyes when he teased his mate.

Raine blushed and looked at Calleb and Raphael awkwardly.

While Raphael seemed to be nonchalant as if he didn't hear anything, Calleb was rolling his eyes desperately as if saying; spare my life please.

"There is no kiss?" Torak asked shamelessly.

Timidly, Raine strode over to him and leaned over to kiss his cheek. "I will go now." She said.

"Don't walk alone and don't go out of the guards' sight, alright?" Torak reminded her again. "I don't want anything happen to you."

"I got it." Raine said and walked out of the study room hastily.

When Raine had closed the door and the sound of her steps couldn't be heard anymore, Raphael tilted his head and looked at Torak curiously. "You actually let her go like that?"

"What do you mean by that?" Torak frowned. "She is well protected."