389: THE FLAMES THAT COVERED THEM

THE FLAMES THAT COVERED THEM

Raine couldn't comprehend that fact in her head as she immersed herself in the agony that she was feeling now, not even Aeon's voice could reach her.1

In his attempt to calm Raine, Aeon was braving the heat in the air around him. The shadow warrior extended his hand to her, but he couldn't even move an inch.

"Raine, stop it!" Aeon covered his face from the fire, he was badly injured, but he didn't care.

Meanwhile, inside the molten fire that engulfed her body, Raine suddenly felt a pair of arms around her waist, sending sparks through her whole body.

The familiar spark that she had been missing for days, the spark that only belonged to him.

Raine curled herself into his embrace when she heard Torak's voice in her head, talking to her, calling her name, asking her to stop.

[Torak…?]

[It's me… it's me, my love.]

The blaze flickered for a moment, before it all exploded at once in a puff of smoke.

Finally Raine opened her eyes. She had never looked so weak to the Alpha before this. Even when Torak found her for the first time, she didn't look like this.

Raine now, was looking at him with sadness and exhaustion. She said nothing as tear after tear continued streaming down her cheeks.

Torak's heart was aching, upon seeing his mate in this condition.

"I am sorry… I am so sorry. I have brought you into this mess…" Torak was holding his mate dearly, letting her body heat warm him.

"Torak…" Raine called out his name in agony, her voice was very hoarse and dry as though she would hurt her throat further if she talked more than this.

"Yes, my love… I am here." Torak ran his fingers through her black hair as Raine buried her face on his sturdy chest.

"I saw you… I saw you…" dead.

Raine couldn't bring herself to say the last word, as if it was a bad omen for the scene that she had seen before this to come true.

She didn't want to think that scene was real.

"You saved me. You saved me and now I am fine." Torak hugged Raine a little bit tighter now, feeling her small body shivering out of fear.

Even Torak could feel her fear from the bond that they shared.

Torak kissed her head and let her cry for as long as she needed and that was what Raine did before she sniffled and raised her head to see her mate's face.

"Don't leave me…" her voice was very pitiful and Torak's heart clenched upon noticing the pleading undertone to her shaking voice.

"I will not…" Torak shook his head and wiped away her tears. "I will not…"

And once again their bodies were engulfed in fire from the firebird that was flying atop of their heads. White light flooded their surroundings and the sounds of the crackle of flames came a few moments later.

The sensation of falling overwhelmed Raine as she shut her eyes and held onto Torak's body tightly.

"Torak!?"

"Alpha!"

"He returned!"

Noisy sounds buzzing near Raine's ears awoke her from a nightmare. She recognized those voices and her eyes shot open in alarm.

She was in her world again.

Raine watched as Calleb and Raphael approached them, also the five Alphas and their pack members. They were in their human form.

Why were they in their human form? What about the battle?

Raine skimmed her surroundings, but still didn't let Torak go from her firm hold, her arms were akin to octopus' appendages, latching onto Torak tightly.

The devil's legion, the group of men, who wore long black cloaks, stood in the distance, unable to cross the fire barrier that encircled the Lycanthropes.

Where was the fire coming from? Is it the fire that the bird had conjured or is it Serefina's creation to ward off their enemies?

Raine didn't have time to think about that when the fire, all of a sudden, extinguished and revealed the devil, cocking his head to the side with a grin as he halted his stride a few meters away from where the Lycanthropes stood.

"Wow! What a lovely reunion you got with your mate there? Are you touched?" Lucifer meant to sound strong and daunting, but his question came out as an angry snarl.

Raine felt all the color drain from her face.

Torak could feel Raine's distress and put his big palm on the back of her neck as he drew circles to soothe her tensed muscles.

"Stay with me my love," Torak whispered into her ears as he shifted into his massive beast, and making Raine sit on top of his body.

[Don't fall and keep your head low.] Torak mind- linked Raine.

Raine complied, she grabbed Torak's soft white fur and lowered her head, only then did she realize that Torak's beast this time was much bigger than the last time she saw him.

But then something more astonishing happened. All of a sudden, Torak's beast was covered with golden flames.

The first thing that Raine thought was, the beast was being attacked by the Devil or the witches and this fire would burn them.

Raine's heart skipped a beat as she waited for the fire to burn them, yet the flames didn't feel hot. They fluttered around her like innocent flickering lights.

[Don't worry. Just hold on to me tightly.] Once again, Torak mind- linked her. Apparently, Torak wasn't totally lost to his beast and was still able to communicate with Raine.

The beast felt his little mate nod her head and then began sprinting toward Lucifer. His powerful legs were moving so fast, leading his pack with Calleb and Raphael's beasts following closely behind.

A rush of adrenaline pulsated through Raine's entire body, the beast was moving with ease and fortunately Raine could find a comfortable position to anchor her body, so she wouldn't fall easily.

Raine's legs clamped both sides of the beast torso while she was hidden underneath the beast's flames.

The beast effortlessly maneuvered through the devil's minions as he bit or clawed them in the process and rapidly stormed toward Lucifer.

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