379: RAINE'S DECLARATION

RAINE'S DECLARATION

This sudden interruption made all the heads whip toward the source of the voice and it was Raine who recognized him first.2

"Aeon." Raine looked at the shadow warrior with a complicated expression. "What are you doing here?"

It was understandable that Raine was alerted by his appearance. The last time she encountered him, was when the devil deceived them and drew her blood which then caused all these calamities.

Raine didn't want that to repeat again, yet she wouldn't let those Lycans hurt the shadow warrior either.

"Stop!" Raine ordered sternly to those Lycans who were on their edge upon seeing Aeon.

"He is a shadow warrior!" The older Alpha recognized Aeon right away. "His kind was supposed to be dead a long time ago."

Of course, because it was the Lycanthropes who had slaughtered them mercilessly when they took away the guardian angels from them. Raine had experienced that nightmare first hand to know it very well.

"Kill him." one of the Alphas ordered his Gamma and a few members of his pack to attack Aeon, on the other hand, several tendrils of shadow emerged from beneath Aeon to protect him.

Raine was slightly irritated with the scene that was unfolding before her eyes. "I said STOP!"

This fight would bring them nowhere if they insisted on continuing like this, and Raine didn't have time for such mess.

"Luna, he is up to no good!" One of the Alphas protested. "We must to kill him right away, he must be hereon the devil's orders."

Raine just gained their trust and yet she had to argue with her pack members already. "No. I want to hear why he is here from his own mouth."

Aeon wouldn't take such a huge risk to appear in front of the Lycanthropes if he didn't have something very important to tell Raine.

Or, this could be another scheme…

"I said STOP Aeon!" Raine raised her voice when she saw Aeon still left his shadow tendrils uncontrolled. If a fight broke out now, Aeon would be dead for sure as he was alone against hundreds of Lycan.

Not to mention the witch beside her, who always itched to use some destructive spells on the shadow warrior.

Serefina was still very irritated because of their last encounter. Well, Raine could say the same thing too.

Because of Aeon, Torak got injured and he suffered in his beast form for quite a long time before Raine came.

Raine wanted to step forward, but Calleb reached out and grabbed her wrist as he shook his head. She just gained the other Lycans' trust and respect, if Raine were to step between the shadow warriors and the Alphas now, it wouldn't look good on her.

Raine understood his concerns.

She stayed back and from her standing, she asked Aeon. "What do you mean you can?"

"I can bring all of you to the place where they took Torak." Aeon said solemnly as he pulled back his shadow tendrils because Raine didn't like it.

Aeon had tricked her once. Even though it was unintentional, but who could say that this time he wasn't under the influence of the devil too?

"How can I trust you?" Raine asked after a few moments of silence.

This question raised protests from the Alphas. With that being asked, it meant Raine wanted to take the shadow warrior with them and join them.

Raine was aware of their objections, yet just like what she believed, they didn't have much time but were in need of every possible help.

Yet, Raine didn't want to act recklessly and put all of them in danger, thus she had to make sure of this.

"You know that I will never try to hurt you." Aeon looked at Raine straight in the eyes, there was sincerity in the way he looked at her. Something that was hard to be ignored. "The last time was a mistake. I didn't mean it, neither did I want to put you in such a situation."

"Luna, we can't take him in." Alpha Chris raised an objection which was supported by the other five Alphas.

"He is dangerous. He holds a grudge against us!" Alpha Romulus snarled at Aeon. "He is up to no good."

"Holding a grudge?" Aeon remarked at the statement of Alpha Romulus. "You had slaughtered my kind mercilessly. What do you think I should hold against you, gratitude?"

Aeon's reply didn't help at all.

The atmosphere became very tense and all of the people there turned alert because of his response, yet before anyone could interrupt him, Aeon continued to talk.

"I hold a grudge toward all the Lycanthropes here." His eyes skimmed the room briefly. "But, I came here to help her, I have nothing to do with the rest of you."

Aeon simply wanted to help Raine.

Because of the last time, he always thought that he owed her. Regardless of Raine's mis- judgement on heeding to his recent warning about not coming back to fulbright city, he still didn't want anything bad happen to her.

"Why should I trust you?" Raine shook Calleb's hand off hers as she stepped forward, "You dislike Torak." She stated in a matter of fact tone.

"I hate him," Aeon stared at Raine tenderly. "Not you."

Aeon wanted to say that he loved her, but in this situation, if he were to say such words, Raine's credibility would be questioned by the rest of the pack members under her.

He didn't want that to happen to her.

Aeon had painstakingly escaped from Lucifer as he failed to warn Raine last time, thus he would do everything to help her this time.

"What a great deal…" One of the Alphas sneered. "One is a guardian angel and one is the shadow warrior, don't you think this is a familiar scene?"

It was Alpha Rodrigo, his words hinted at the fact that guardian angel and the shadow warrior was a pair when they lived together a long time ago.

Raine glared at Alpha Rodrigo. "Are you trying to say that I am on his side?!"

"I will not dare, Luna." Alpha Rodrigo bowed his head slightly.

"If he makes even a single move that threaten any one of our lives, you can kill him right away," Raine declared.

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