The Love of a Lycan

"Of course that is not the case my love…" Torak put his thumb under her chin to release her pale lips from her teeth, she would harm herself if she kept doing that. 

"Of course I want you… you are the only person that I want…" Torak pulled her closer and pushed her head softly toward his chest, caressing her trembling back. 

Inwardly he cursed Serefina to bring such pain on Raine by her words and made her misunderstood this situation, though he knew what that witch said was true.

Torak was aware that he couldn't procrastinate the explanation of this matter forever, moreover it was a good thing for having Serefina at this time to help Raine to find out about herself, it could help her to heal her spirit faster under the witch's surveillance, but her way to announce it didn't make things any better.

However, the problem was the location that Serefina suggested to bring Raine with. 

That wasn't his territory! In another simple word: DANGER.

Raine sobbed silently against Torak's chest, tainted his shirt with her tears. She really didn't want to go there. Anywhere would be better than there…

"Torak…" Raine lifted her head, her teary eyes were looking at her mate with hopelessness and that made his beast aggravated, both of them didn't like to see her tears. 

Clumsily Torak wiped away the tears that were tracing down on her cheeks, but they kept falling. "Yes my love…"

"Can I not go there?" Her lips were trembling when she was saying that. "Please… anywhere, but not there…" Another tear escaped her eyes, and fell on the back of Torak's hand.

Torak couldn't bear to see her pleading like that, especially for something that he couldn't grant, his throat suddenly dried as no word could be spoken. 

For a long time, Torak just held her until the rain outside the window ceased and the tears from her eyes stopped to fall.

"My love, there is something that I want to tell you… would you please hear me out first?" Torak caressed her back and held her tight, kept her warm in his arms. "After that, if you still don't want to go, I will not force you."

How could he bear to let her go to the place that she didn't want, not to mention the possible danger that lurked around. 

For now, he only wanted her to know her own situation, to make things easier for her to adapt. 

He could feel Raine nodded her head on his chest and sighed deeply before starting to speak. "My love, like you have already known there is another world beside your human world, also there is this thing that we call spirit."

Raine raised her head, her swollen eyes looked at Torak questioningly. 

"In my world, there are many supernatural creatures, charms and curses. You can always ward off charms and curses as long as you have a strong spirit." Torak stopped to let his word seep in. 

Raine blinked, fluttering her long wet lashes as her sobs had subsided. She gave Torak her full attention, without her knowing, the way she looked at him made Torak in daze, drowning himself into her charm. 

"In your case, your spirit is very weak to the point you could get very sick only by getting close to me for a long time. Living surrounded by supernatural creatures also doesn't help your case." Torak tried to explain it carefully, he didn't want Raine to feel like no one wanted her. She had felt that way for years.

Raine was tightening her clutch on Torak's shirt.

"You should know by now that I have many enemies. They will harm you the same way they try to harm me." Torak leaned over and kissed her cheek as he whispered to her ear. "And I can't let that happen, my love." There was a faint trace of fear in the way Torak said his last sentence. 

"You were sick because someone cursed you and your spirit couldn't take it." Torak didn't go down to the detail, but that also the right words to put her situation.

Raine snuggled to the crook of Torak's shoulder, seeking for comfort. "That was the reason why you will send me away?" As she whispered, Torak could feel the warm liquid wetted his neck.

"Don't say it in that way… I will never let you go if it's not for the sake of your safety…"

"Because of my weak spirit I can't be with you?"

"You will suffer if you stay with me and I can't bear to see you in pain…"

"Will Serefina help me?"

"Yes, she will."

It wasn't only a place, it was the place where her parents had been killed, the place where she had been living for three years in a mental institution and had lived as an orphan.

When she thought she was free from that place, it turned out she had to return in order to make things better.

How cruel that could be?

"I am afraid…" She said truthfully, even her voice was shaking. 

"Don't be… I will be by your side."

And then Raine started sobbing again, her raspy voice echoed in Torak's ears, reverberating to his being. 

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The day until Raine's departure was uneventful, Torak kept her accompany in every passing second. 

Along that time, Serefina didn't talk too much to Raine if it was not something necessary, actually she act that way since the first time they met.

She had gotten used to being ignored and had even experienced something worse, so it didn't really bother Raine.

However on the day of her departure, Torak couldn't accompany her to the airport because Serefina adamant to not let him.

She had a strong argumentation for that though. 

"You want to announce to the whole world that she is your mate!? That she is leaving your territory and will enter your enemy's land!? If so, I am afraid I must tell you the harsh possibility that she will be dead even before the plane lands!" Serefina berated Torak harshly.

Even Raphael and Calleb who were there at that time, were tempted to salute this witch for being able to stay intact after her disrespect act. If this someone else, they would be dead before they could catch the next breath.

But, Torak's mood only turned gloomy and said nothing. 

With Torak's identity in both worlds there would be uproar if Raine's identity was being revealed. 

Before, only a few humans saw her in person when Torak brought her to the meeting while the media didn't have any idea what she looked like.

Generally speaking Raine's identity was still a secret for the outside world until today.

This was an advantage for her, and Serefina was very adamant to keep it that way.

"I will come often…" Torak said before letting her out of the ward.

"Don't come often!" Serefina chided even before Torak finished his words.

"GET HER OUT!" Torak roared angrily, holding Raine's body against his to keep his mind sane from this irritating witch. 

This witch has been breathing on his skin since the moment she came!

"Let's wait outside…" Calleb tugged Serefina's right arm as he half dragged her out of the room. Raphael followed behind them.

Serefina was wearing a yellow jumper with blue jeans and golden black sling bag, she looked fresh and young, no one would have thought she has lived for centuries. 

Once Serefina left and it was only the two of them, Torak let out an irritated breath as he rested his forehead against Raine's shoulder.

"I will come to you." He said firmly. 

It wasn't a promise, it was a determination.

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Torak had made an arrangement for everything. He bought a house under Serefina's name, so it would be difficult for someone to draw a link back to him, arranged a new identity for Raine, thus no one knew she came from an orphanage and also didn't appear in the airport.

Raine was waiting for their plane with Serefina was sitting next to her, playing with her phone when suddenly she bristled. 

"Your mate is too much!!!" Serefina sat up straight and glared at her screen phone as if that gadget had wronged her greatly. "I can't stand this!" 

Serefina bolted up and walked further to calling someone that Raine assumed it would be Torak at the end of the line.

Curiously, Raine fished out her own phone and typed Torak's name.There were thousands of articles about him, but in the recent feed there was news about him that managed to be a trending topic in less than an hour.

It was about him who bought De Medicci corp.

De Medicci was a respected family, where the family's company specialized in the legal field, but it wasn't the shocking news.The thing that made all those businessmen shook their heads in puzzlement was because De Medicci corp. was rumored on the verge of bankruptcy.

If Torak insisted on buying it, he wouldn't see profit until one year ahead, which was what people said online. 

During that time, Torak needed to dig his hoard deeper to keep the company afloat.

But, those things weren't Torak's main focus, he was more than capable of providing ten more companies like that.

His real goal was to use De Medicci corp. as a reason for him to stay in the same country as Raine.

If Torak couldn't stay because his Alpha title would count him as a trespasser, then he would use business affairs as the reason for him to trespass.

"He is coming…" There was something warm spreading in Raine's heart as she read the article.

Meanwhile at the corner, Serefina's face had turned red as her eyes glared viciously at the innocent display board, she clearly bristled to her phone.