The Love of a Lycan

Raine's mind was as wobble as her legs, she could literally feel her hands shaking uncontrollably while her heart wouldn't stop drumming against her chest.

She clutched the front of her shirt to stop the rapid beating, afraid her heart couldn't take it and explode in the next second.

"What… is it?" Raine stammered, asking between her ragged breathes. "Did I do it…?"

"Of course not." Serefina said harshly. "I saved you." She plopped her body down on the bench, looking at Raine, who was currently having a mental breakdown. "I told you, right? I will not let you die."

That's not the point! She didn't die, but that didn't mean she felt good either.

Raine wanted to retort her statement, but then she realized she didn't have energy to do that, not when Serefina was stubbornly rubbing her own opinion on herself.

All of her argumentation and reasoning would be useless, so Raine remained still in her spot, without saying anything until she could calm herself and slowly stood up.

Raine sat down next to Serefina. Closing her eyes, she leaned back against the wooden bench.

"That test is so useless…" Raine muttered. "My ability doesn't awaken even when I am in a dangerous situation." She added, inhaling- exhaling slowly, calming her nerves.

"Well, at least we know that your theory is wrong." Serefina shrugged nonchalantly, not even offering a few comforting words for the trembling girl beside her.

"I didn't say that so you could throw me from the top of a building." Raine criticized, her eyes were still closed.

"I didn't throw you from a building. I intended to do so, but I couldn't because of that d*mn horn of unicorn that I gave you." Serefina said righteously. "You jumped down on your own."

Raine really wanted to glare at the witch, unfortunately she didn't have any strength left in her body, thus she could only sigh. No matter what she said, she wouldn't be able to outspoke the witch. She lived longer than her.

"Great, now you know a dangerous situation wouldn't be able to awaken it, so what is your plan then?" Raine opened her eyes. She was also eager to know what she could do with this new strength of her. What was the use of it if she couldn't even control it, right?

She, also, wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with Torak and let the pack saw her as their Luna and not just as the Alpha's mate.

Calleb answer at that time still bothered her, the way they saw herself as Torak's mate, somehow irritated her.

Maybe, months ago she wouldn't even care about these kind of things, but not now…

Raine wanted to be someone that could make Torak proud of her, someone she could be proud of herself too.

"Let's figure that out later." Serefina then stood up and trudged toward the exit door.

"Serefina." Raine called her after seeing the way she started walking away.

"Hm?" Serefina hummed, she didn't turn her body as she kept walking toward the door.

"Are you okay?" Raine asked, concern laced in her voice.

"I am not dead yet." She replied cynically.

Raine couldn't help, but sigh. Is it necessary for her to make other people angry all the time? Couldn't she just take other people concern well and answer less hostile?

Serefina was very talented in making people upset.

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"What happened to her Torak?" Raine asked while putting her clothes inside a suitcase, which looked bigger than Torak's.

Meanwhile, Torak was sitting on the bed, looking at Raine with amusement in his eyes. He had offered to help her, but apparently his mate liked to do these sort of things herself.

"Why?" Torak asked back.

"Serefina, why does she look so sluggish lately?" Raine took three sets of pajamas and tried to choose among the three, but in the end she just put all the three pairs into her suitcase, not even bothering to choose among them again.

"I think she had mentioned it to you, there is one night in every month that she didn't want to be bothered." Torak walked over to Raine and squatted down in front of her. "I don't know when it started, but she has been like that even while she was still with my brother."

"And on the next day, she will look so haggard?" Raine put another sweater inside her suitcase.

"Yes." Torak nodded.

Tomorrow Raine would go with Torak to 'meet' the other Alphas and yesterday Serefina was supposed to meet her in the greenhouse again, but she didn't come, Raine had waited for the witch for almost three hours, yet she didn't show up.

Even when Raine had asked the guards to inform her if Serefina came, until late of night, there was still no news from the witch.

Torak had asked his people to look for Serefina, but no one could find her around the house. It only meant one thing; she had disappeared again like usual.

"My love, why do you need to bring three sets of pajamas with you when you often use my shirt to sleep?" Torak eyed his shirt on Raine.

Sometimes, he couldn't understand the use of her pajamas, it was so rare for her to use her own pajamas, so why bother to bring more than necessary?

Raine stared at Torak in embarrassment as a tinge of red crept on to her cheeks, that made Torak want to lean over and kiss her.

"I will wear my own pajamas." Raine said as she stuffed all the clothes that she needed for their journey, trying to zip up the overloaded suitcase. "What was that kiss for?"

"Because I wanted to kiss you, because you are so adorable and because you are my mate." Torak replied lightly as he took over the suitcase from his mate and zipped it up easily.

"Thank you." Raine leaned over and kissed Torak's cheek.

"And what was that kiss for?" Torak asked in amusement.

"For zipping up my suitcase." Raine replied cheekily as she threw her arms around his neck and nuzzled her head in the crook of his neck. "Sleepy." She mumbled, suddenly acting spoiled.

"Alright, let's sleep." Torak scooped up her body as he breathed in her scent. Her body was so soft and felt so right in his arms.