The Love of a Lycan

"She lied." Raine frowned while looking at Clarice, who was staring back at her with a surprised face.

"What do you mean Luna?" Clarice's voice was shaking when she asked Raine while stepping back gingerly.

"You know where he is." Raine stated. She knew it for sure. Her voice was so determined as if she had a piece of evidence to support her accusation.

Torak reacted fast as he hid Raine behind his back and growled. "Hold her." He said grimly.

Without waiting for another second, once again Clarice was being separated from her son and was pressed down to the ground.

"I don't know! I don't know!" Clarice shook her head vehemently, the tears that had dried on her face started to stream down from her eyes once again. "Let me go! Let me go!" She tried to free herself, but to no avail.

"How dare you to lie to your Alpha!" The Lycan who held her down to the ground roared. There was a loud sound of broken bones from the pressure as Clarice choked on her sobs.

"No. Stop!" Raine stepped forward out of instinct, exposing herself from behind Torak's back. "No, don't hurt her!"

Raine didn't even realize what she did and when she was finally aware of what she had done, all eyes of the Lycanthropes near her were looking at her in complete disagreement.

This act was unacceptable, as a Luna, Raine was expected to act wisely and for them, 'wise' in their case was not to show her personal emotions, especially in front of their enemies.

As everything had already turned out like this, Raine just chose to continue. She turned around to look at Torak whose face was still devoid of any emotions.

"Torak, please. Let me talk to her." Raine touched Torak's hand, with pleading eyes she looked at the Alpha. "Let me talk to her for a while then I will let you know why I said she lied."

Torak pulled Raine closer by her waist and kept her close while nodding at the Lycan who was pinning Clarice to the ground, seconds away from killing the she- wolf.

Torak's intention was clear. Raine could ask Clarice, but she was not allowed to step closer to her. Torak didn't want to gamble with his mate's safety.

"Why did you lie?" Raine asked when Clarice had been released from the Lycan's grip.

Yet, Clarice didn't cherish the chance and kept shaking her head, still harboring the thought that she could keep her act until the end, despite she didn't know why Raine would say something like that all of a sudden.

"I am not lying…" Clarice looked so pitiful, playing victim in front of Raine with her big teary eyes, trying to gain the Luna's sympathy.

"Tell me the truth and I will help you." Raine tried to save her from Torak's wrath also, but Clarice didn't know any better, as she kept denying. "I swear!"

Raine looked at Clarice in disappointment and then shifted her gaze at Torak. "I will show you."

After saying that, Raine took Torak's hand and walked back toward the pack house followed by the rest of the Lycanthropes, who were wondering, what their Luna would show to them.

Behind Torak and Raine, Clarice's eyes flickered in panic as she was being dragged back in to the pack house again.

Even Torak couldn't tell what Raine was going to do, but knowing that her ability was getting stronger, he believed that his mate would do the right thing, thus he let Raine lead the way for them.

It was a rare occasion to see Raine taking the initiative on her own accord. Thus, Torak was eager to see what she would do.

Raine held Torak's hand while walking inside the pack house and walked past the living room, where they gathered earlier.

But, then she headed to the second floor, but before she started climbing the stairs, she turned around to look at one of the nearby Lycans. "Bring the child." She said curtly.

The Lycan didn't immediately do what his Luna told him, instead he looked at his Alpha, waiting for his approval.

Of course this kind of act was within Raine's expectation. They didn't take her word seriously and without Torak's permission she was nothing but a title without true power.

"Your Luna's words are my words!" Torak growled in dissatisfaction as his people questioned his mate's order. They had to start learning to look Raine as their Luna.

"Yes Alpha, Luna." The Lycan lowered his head as he went to get the child.

Raine smiled faintly at Torak and squeezed his hand lightly to show her gratitude, in exchange, Torak kissed her cheek and spoke softly. "Let's go."

Raine nodded and continued to go to the second floor.

There were many rooms in the second floor and as if Raine had lived there for years, she walked straight to one particular room in determination and tried to open it, but it was locked.

Torak pulled Raine back and with one hard pound he tore the door opened from its hinges.

Raine looked at that with eyes widened in disbelief. Just how strong Torak was? But then she realized that Torak wasn't even a human in the first place.

Torak threw the broken door away and grabbed Raine's hand, guiding her inside carefully, while reminding her about the shattered wood pieces on the floor, just in case she stepped on it and the sharp pieces might pierce through her shoes.

This room was a bedroom with a simple decoration and beautiful chandelier. Aside from a king sized bed at the left side, there was only a small table beside the bed.

"Lift that bed." Raine pointed to the bed in front of her. It indeed looked heavy, but she was sure with the Lycan's inhumanly strength they could lift it without breaking a sweat. "And bring Jade here."

Raine ordered them swiftly, and because what Torak had said before, they didn't dare to delay their Luna's order again.

One Lycan stepped inside the room and another two entered holding Jade and Clarice with them, Calleb followed as well.

"There is something under the bed." Raine answered Torak's unspoken question, apparently she became more astute at reading her mate.