The Love Of An Alpha Lycan

Chapter 7

Torak was listening to Alpha Xavier submit his report when he caught an antsy message through the link. He was supposed to block all the communication during this meeting, but he didn't do it due to his uneasiness for leaving Raine alone in one of the hotel rooms, one floor below where he was.

Raine wasn't really alone because he had ordered James, one of his best warriors, to stand on guard out of her room while other Lycanthropes were blending with other human beings, scattered all over the hotel building.

Raine would be safe for three hours without his presence, but he couldn't help the gravity of the mate bond that had taken its toll on him.

Torak didn't expect this either when he caught the mind link that was sent by James.

[Luna is gone!] Was all he needed to storm out of the meeting room, disregarding other Alphas' presence there.

A deep growl pierced his throat when he yanked open the door from its hinge. But, he didn't care about that. He wanted to tear apart that stupid warrior for actually losing his Luna.

Raphael followed him while Calleb a second late due to the sudden pain that washed over him as a consequence of Torak's rage. He stumbled to the door to catch up with them, but Raphael was out of sight as well as his furious Alpha.

Calleb grumbled and sniffed the air, but it didn't help much as the hallway was filled with hundreds of scents from all the human and supernatural creatures mixed in the air.

Torak ran straight to the floor below, as her faint scent guided him to the elevator and five floors down to the lobby. But, Raine wasn't alone because he could trace there were two more people with her. It was James and... Jenedieth.

His pulse quickened. He went to the lobby and saw nothing.

Torak stopped running and forced through other lycans' minds who were looking for his mate as a random snippet flew his eyes and their fear for his ferocity were streaming down their blood, he saw her. One of his warriors found her.

In a matter of seconds Torak arrived at the parking lot in the basement, where he saw five of his warriors in their wolf form made a circle move beside a red car while three of them in their human form were trying to talk to Raine.

There, Torak saw his fragile mate pressed her back into the car, trying to avoid all the lycans that were surrounding her.

She was trembling with eyes shut close and her palm covered her ears.

The three lycans in their human form kept singing their reassurance. "Please, we will not hurt you..." One of them tried to move closer to her, but then a low growl that seemed to shake and rattle their bone echoed throughout the basement.

All of them moved back on sync, the five wolves had their tail between their hind legs.

The furious Torak marched toward Raine, he was so angry because she looked terrified, that was a sight that broke his heart.

Feeling someone reached out to her and pulled her closer to his embrace, Raine tried to push him back, struggling to get off of him, but Torak simply pressed her head onto his chest.

The tingling sensation from their proximity made Raine realize Torak's presence and his gentle voice traveled to her ears.

"It's me..." Torak said, caressing her hair lovingly.

"Don't be afraid my love..."

The safety feeling that his caress offered made Raine stopped struggling, moreover it wouldn't be possible for her to push him away as well anyway. Not this time, when Torak determined to bury her in his arms.

When Calleb and Raphael caught up with him, Torak had been standing like that, trying every way possible to calm his mate.

Only after a few minutes passed and Raine had calmed down, Torak let her off, resting his arm on her waist to keep her close.

"What happened!?" He snarled and Raine startled.

Frustrated, Torak closed his eyes to calm himself and decided that lashing out in front of Raine wouldn't be a good idea, so he mind linked Raphael to question James about what had happened.

"Let's go back." He said as gently as he could while underneath the raging flames inside him.

That's when he saw Raine barefoot. Without considering his surroundings, he lifted her in his arms and marched back towards their room.

"Alpha—"Raphael crossed his path, before Torak could enter the hotel entrance hall. "Someone could create news about this."

What he meant, Torak by any meaning was the famous CEO in the human world. Those people wouldn't understand about this and would make trouble by throwing false rumors around.

"Then, that would be the last news they made." He said in a deep voice while his eyes turned black.

He could be careless with other people's desire to create any rumors they wanted. All he cared now was his mate in his arms shaking with fear and he didn't know what triggered her.

Raine was fine when he left her. She was sleeping in serene, oblivious to her surroundings made him so reluctant to leave her alone. She could sleep all day and Torak wouldn't get bored only by looking at her.

However, it wasn't the situation that he imagined when he found her.

Raphael followed behind his Alpha who didn't care with many eyes from the people around that were blinking rapidly and jaw dropping in disbelief.

Some of them recognized Torak as the famous cold blood CEO, but now he was carrying a girl in his arms protectively. Who is the lucky girl?

They couldn't see Raine because her face was hidden in the curve of Torak's shoulder. But, her choice of clothes didn't suit the CEO's reputation completely. It's almost like Torak just picked her up from some slum neighborhood.

Many of them secretly snapped a picture of that inconceivable moment with their phone, made evidence if what they were watching now wasn't just an illusion.

Raphael had anticipated this before and had made a perimeter for their Supreme Alpha's privacy, but he couldn't handle those people's curiosity or ordered them to close their eyes, so they wouldn't see this showed-off affection.

Finally, Torak reached his room, leaving dozens of people who were still gawking in awe behind him. He kicked the door closed and made his way straight to the bathroom. Raine still refused to raise her face from his neck, actually her gesture pleased him. This way, he knew at least his mate wasn't too afraid and he could provide comfort for her.

Torak gently placed Raine on the edge of the Jacuzzi, he was about to stand, but her grip on his neck tightened, preventing him from moving away.

"We need to clean your feet, my love..." He whispered to her ear and waited for Raine to loosen her grip.

When it didn't happen, Torak gave her a reassuring hug. "I will be here..."

A tear streaming down her rosy cheek when she heard Torak talked to her so tenderly. It had been a long time since someone talked to her nicely and treasured her like that, not as a delusive madwoman who talked nonsense about illusory creatures.

Slowly she released Torak's neck, kept her head down while staring at her toes.

Subtly, she could feel his movement around her and as he came back in her sight, he was kneeling down in front of her, folding his sleeve and gently washing the dirt from her feet with a bidet shower.

Raine moved away and pulled back her feet from Torak's grasp. She felt uncomfortable looking at him washing her feet.

He didn't need to do that.

But, Torak wanted to indulge his precious mate in the best way possible. He grabbed her ankle to stop her from moving her feet and solemnly washed them.

Raine felt the sting of pain when the water cascading her feet, apparently she hurt herself when she ran away barefoot.

After he had washed clean her feet, Torak took a cream and applied it on them. "Don't move, wait here for awhile." He said as he went to the vanity and washed his hand before he returned to where his mate was waiting.

"Look at me." He said, kneeling before her.

Patiently he waited until Raine raised her head and sheepishly looked at him, not in the eyes, seemingly she looked at Torak's ears instead.

Absentmindedly, Torak tucked her hair behind her ears, traced his fingers along her jawline and her rosy cheek.

"You are so beautiful my love..."

And Torak meant what he just said. Her milky skin contrasted her dark hair like the night sky as though it complimented her obsidian black eyes, despite they were sparkling with fear, it didn't diminish her beauty.

There was a strange pull that made Torak couldn't withdraw his eyes off of her.

It would never be enough for him to see the angel before his eyes. Yes, she was the guardian angel who was betrothed to him by the moon goddess.

In his eyes, she was so perfect. He would insatiably ask for more of this perfection.

He kissed her knuckled lovingly, "Can I hear your voice, my love?"

Torak's question made Raine bite her lips, she dropped her eyes back to her lap where Torak was holding her hands.

The spark was there, the warm tingling feeling that made her feel safe. It had been a long time since the last time she talked. It was like all the words had left her throat, leaving her in silence.

"Maybe not today." Torak said after Raine still refused to talk.

He reached out his hand to the back of her neck, pulled her closer, wanted to kiss her alluring lips, however Raine shut her eyes tightly and covered. A mischievous smile appeared on his lips as he kissed her forehead instead. This mate-bond ridiculously possessed him, he wanted more, he wanted all of her.

But, not in her state now, when every time he touched her she would shiver involuntarily.

"Come, you need to eat." Torak put his hand on her back and under her thigh carefully as he carried her out of the bathroom and put her on the bed while he ordered something for her to eat.

After Torak made sure Raine had eaten and slept well, he left her with his Beta, Calleb. He asked Raphael to bring James and Jen to the room next door, he didn't want to leave Raine alone, but he couldn't possibly show her his dangerous side.

He could feel his beast scratched the edge of his mind, inflammable because they had scared his mate.

Through the mind link, Torak had heard the reason why Raine ran away from her room and all of this because of Jen...

He clenched his jaw when he entered the bedroom next door and there he found James and Jen were kneeling on the floor. James looked terrified, he dropped his head so low with his broad shoulder slumped down.

Meanwhile, even though Jen was kneeling, her eyes showed a defiant glint that made Torak want to snap her head. It was a form of challenge and an Alpha didn't react well to challenge.

Aside from Torak, Raphael and the two kneeling people, there were three warriors surrounding them.

"Alpha Torak you can't treat me like this!" Jen shook her head as her blonde hair swayed around her face.

"It should be me, the one worthy to be the Luna, if only she isn't here! Also, you promised my father!"

She shouted.

In a matter of seconds Torak held Jen's neck in his hand, raised her a few centimeters from the floor, so her foot hung, and lost their footing. He was livid and his wolf was surfacing, and kept pushing him to take control.

"I never promised anything to your father!" Torak growled dangerously low. "He will never get the land or the title of Luna for his useless daughter. Don't ever dream about that."

How dare Alpha Xavier shamelessly shoved his daughter and claimed her to be his Luna. He had gone too far to obtain land from him.

"Alpha, you will kill her." Raphael warned while trying to hold him back.

Blood has drawn from Jen's face and she almost fainted.

"Supreme Alpha!" Raphael called out for him.

Only then, Torak released her. Tumbling on the floor, Jen was gasping uncontrollably for air.

"Lock her up and let Xavier talk to me if he wants his daughter back." He snapped coldly. "Looks like he needs me to clear his mind."

"No!" Jen howled with terrified expression. "You can't do this to me just because you are the Supreme Alpha!"

"Yes, I am the Supreme Alpha and Xavier needs to keep that in mind!" Torak snarled at her disrespectful action. "Demoted him." He nodded to James' direction.

"Alpha..." James couldn't finish his word when the other warriors who were standing on guard dragged him and Jen out of the room.

After they left with sobbing and shouting from Jen, it was only Torak and Raphael.

"Alpha, the picture of you and Luna has been on the top search on line an hour ago." Raphael informed him. "What's your next command?"

Raphael wasn't sure if Torak wanted to go public with Raine, but since many people had known about her it was impossible to hide it. However, looking at their Luna's current condition, an exposure to her figure wasn't a good idea either.

"Some people have started to find out Luna's background." Raphael added.

Torak's existence was very mysterious away from the public, so a little bit of news about him would be a hype, either it was about his business empire or his itinerary schedule. Let alone news about him with a woman, the media online was so frenzied about this right now.

"Talk to Jared. If he refuses to take down the article I will shut his company down!"