The Love of a Lycan

"What are you doing?" Hope yawned when she found Raphael was standing alone in the empty corridor, staring at the door of one of the rooms.

"Huh?" Raphael was surprised, his expression was akin to someone who was caught red- handed while stealing something. "No. Nothing." He said absentmindedly. "Whose room is this?" Raphael asked.

Hope woke up because she felt thirsty and found Raphael staring at Lana's bedroom. "Lana's room, the werewolf girl who have been taking care of me," she said and yawned again. "She is a very nice girl and I miss her, but Serefina would often send her away to do something."

"You should go back to your room," Raphael smiled softly, though Hope's personality was a little bit different from Raine, they both do have something in common, that was; their eyes would sparkle whenever they talk about the person they liked.

"I will…" Hope yawned again and walked away. "Good night Raphael…"

"Good night Hope…" Raphael smiled softly, watching as the girl entered her room. "Lana…" He said her name softly.

He didn't know what brought him here, but the moment he came into this house, this faint scent had put him restless.

His beast had been clawing on the edge of his mind… Raphael knew, this could only mean one thing...

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"Where are you going?" Warlock grabbed Lilac's hand just in time when she was about to walk past him, but Tordoff held his hand and glared at the other general.

"Let her go," Tordoff said grimly. He didn't like it when someone touched her.

Warlock narrowed his eyes when he felt the hostility from Tordoff. "You don't have a say in this matter. She shouldn't step out from her room. That is a direct order from the King," he hissed viciously.

"But, I don't think he will be pleased to know that you are hurting his mate," the word 'mate' came out of Tordoff lips, sounded bitter.

"How am I hurting her? I said; she should stay inside her room." Warlock took a step forward, so both of the general could stand face to face with each other.

"Okay. Enough both of you!" Lilac snapped, she was annoyed with the two lycans. "You, let him go," she said to Tordoff. "And you, let go of my hand." She glared at Warlock.

However, no one listened to her order and they were still in that position for another few seconds prompting Lilac to shout much louder at them.

"Now!" She waved her free hand and branches from the nearby tree moved in her command, its rough bark wrapped around Tordoff and Warlock's hips. "Or, I will throw both of you out of my way!"

Seeing the branches that coiled around their waists, Tordoff and Warlock finally relented and loosened the grips of their respective hands.

"Tordoff, tell me where Jedrek and Maximus are now." Lilac looked at Tordoff.

"Luna, you can't go there. I have an order to make you stay inside the room, for the whole night." Warlock walked ahead and stood in front of Lilac to prevent her from walking any further. "The king will have my head if I don't follow his order."

Lilac looked at Warlock in annoyance. "If that's what you're worried about…" She moved her hand and the branches from the tree nearby hit Warlock unexpectedly and pressed him against the hard wall behind him. "Jedrek should know that sending one of his general will never be enough to stop me," Lilac said sternly.

On the other hand, Warlock groaned as he couldn't move a finger as the branches wrapped around his body and neck tightened, let alone to shift or talk, because every tiny movement that he made, caused the branches to press him even tighter.

Warlock could only follow Lilac's and Tordoff's movements with his eyes.

Whatever conspired between Jedrek and Maximus tonight, wouldn't have been good if the king asked all of them to stay away from the backyard.

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Tordoff was running beside Lilac when he suddenly stopped.

"Why?" Lilac looked around and found nothing, then she shifted back her attention to him. "What happened?"

"Are you really the king's mate?" Tordoff asked, his brows scrunched up and he stared deeply into Lilac's eyes.

On the other hand, Lilac didn't know why Tordoff was talking about this all of a sudden. This was not the right time, yet she answered him anyway. "Yes, I am his mate."

"But the Donovans were cursed to not have mates through out their entire existence. I don't get it." Tordoff frowned. That was what Tordoff believed. And, most of the people too, just like how they believed that the guardian angel was the weakest creature in the whole realm, which had no other use unless to sap their power to increase their strength.

Lilac shrugged her shoulders and patted his upper arm. "It is very simple; the moon goddess lifted the curse and gave them mates. You know about the prophecy, right?" she asked, yet Tordoff didn't answer her. "I know that you know about that. The resurrection of guardian angels was not only a sign about the upcoming war between the devils and the lycanthropes once again, but also was a token of gratitude for the Donovans for the first war that they had won."

"By giving guardian angels as their mates?" Tordoff couldn't hold back the derision in his tone. "You don't know the King," he said in low voice, but Lilac could hear him anyway.

"You don't know him either," Lilac responded. It was true that she still couldn't understand Jedrek completely, but she was sure, she knew about him more than Tordoff.

Todoff shook his head. "I am sorry, I don't mean to offend you." He wanted to say that he had seen what Jedrek had done, especially when it came to his affair. To put it simply, he was not a faithful man, but apparently this was a bad time to talk about all of that.

"No, it's all right…" Lilac sighed deeply and warmed up to him. ��Let's go, I need to find him."

Reluctantly, Tordoff led the way, but he took only two steps when Lilac stopped walking.

Her face scrunched up as she spoke softly. "They are fighting."