The Love of a Lycan

Because last night Raine couldn't fall asleep all night long, and only when the first ray of the sun kissed the horizon could she finally close her eyes, she was awake very late.

It was 9.57 a.m. when she was fully awake and the place beside her had emptied for a long time as the coldness from the bed sipped her palm.

Rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes, Raine got off from the bed and walked towards the window. 

Torak would always leave the curtain closed if she was still sleeping, in that way she could sleep longer, it was so thoughtful of him to actually do that, but she felt she was becoming lazy with the way Torak spoiled her.

Raine pulled open the curtain, as soon as she did that, the warmth from the sun bathed her, greeting her with new hope to start her day onward. Her bright smile could compete with the radiant of the sun out there. 

If only Torak were there, he would agree with no doubt.

With light steps, Raine ran to the bathroom to freshen up herself, she wanted to talk about something with Torak.

After Raine took a quick bath, she strolled towards the walk-in closet and chose Torak's blue minty t- shirt, she liked the smell of him that exuded from the shirt, jeans and an azure parka jacket. Overall she was a girl in blue. 

Raine looked at herself in a vanity mirror, the bruises and scars that she had before started to fade away, thanks to the ointment that Doctor Parker gave her when Torak brought her to run a major checkup.

But, she still couldn't get out of the room and met other people with short sleeves, except for Torak, of course. He had seen more of her skin than she wanted to show him when they were checking her up, because the bad big Alpha insisted to stay.

Raine blushed with that thought and with the thought about the kiss that they shared last night, turned her face crimson. 

She looked to the vanity mirror while checking herself and tying up her hair into a messy bun atop of her head. She observed the girl in the mirror with slightly dazed eyes.

It was hard for her to believe that the girl, who was smiling faintly back at her, was the girl who couldn't even bring herself to raise her head, and who could only manage to glue her eyes to her toes weeks ago. 

But now, she looked healthier, happier and more alive than before, than ever. 

Raine wished to thank Torak with her own voice, he would be surprised! But, even when she tried to open her mouth and pushed the air past her throat, there was no sound that could be heard from her mouth.

She tried again one more time, but still nothing. 

Slightly dejected, Raine stood up and trotted out of the walk-in closet, wearing her blue parka jacket, she proceeded to find Torak. 

The first place she went was his study room, but when she opened the door, Torak was not there. Apparently, he was in his office and it was on a different floor on that mansion. 

Raine never went to his office, but Torak had always told her about all the places that he would possibly be going in the mansion. And one of them was his office, which was the one on the third floor of the mansion. 

Raine was sure if she was going there, she could find him. But, the problem there was, if she could go there alone? Was she brave enough to roam around about the place that she wasn't familiar with? 

Patting her cheeks and taking a deep breath, Raine stilled her heart. She had promised to herself that she wouldn't cower away again. 

'Everything will be alright.' While chanting those words, Raine pushed open the door that led her to the stairs. She preferred to not enter an elevator as she has a mild claustrophobia.

Before, Torak was always with her to comfort her whenever she needed to use an elevator, but now when she was all alone, she didn't want to be in a narrow place, because places like that would make her uncomfortable with the feeling of being in confined spaces.

The floors of this house were divided according to their rank.

The eighth floor was dedicated for Beta and his family while the seventh floor for Gamma and his family and since Raphael and Calleb hadn't found their mates, the two floors below were empty, so, practically there were no one. 

The seventh floor was occupied with the elders. While the doctors, which they called the Healer—Belinda told Raine when they were planting flowers in the meadow, were living on the sixth floor.

The fifth and fourth floors were for the warriors. 

Raine managed to go down until the fourth floor without attracting much attention, in the early afternoon, most of the people were outside to do their own job, and hence not many people were aware of her existence, especially when her scent mixed with Torak's.

Two or three people threw her a questioning look, but when they smelled their Alpha's scent on her, they didn't want to find any trouble and just smiled at her.

It was only one more floor, then she could meet with Torak. 

However, before she could go down the stairs, someone wrapped their icy fingers around her wrist and pulled her back harshly.

Raine didn't have time to process what was happening when her back slammed at the wall. 

"Human…" A guttural growled sounding from above her head as a hot breath and foul scent assaulted Raine's nose.

A man with a huge body was pinning her against the wall. He was as tall as Torak, but his big figure wasn't built with muscle, instead he was having fats in the wrong places all over his body. 

His fingers that clutched her right wrist felt like sausages and this gave Raine a feeling of queasiness, her stomach was churning uncomfortable. 

She didn't like his touch! 

Except for Torak, she didn't like someone else touching her!