399: A ROGUE

A ROGUE

The white beast barged into the house, looking for the source of the sound. Someone was crying which was followed by rumbling and mumbling sounds that echoed throughout the entire house.0

Seems like something bad had happened and they were mourning now, mourning over something or someone who was dead.

Kace couldn't feel it. The mate bond. His beast couldn't feel anything either.

Once the white beast arrived in front of a beautifully carved door, there were around ten people, sobbing, crying and comforting each other.

The muscles in the white Lycan's legs tensed up as his mood turned grim. Something bad had happened there.

The white Lycan took his time to look at the four women, who were standing just outside the door, crying on each other shoulders.

However, none of them were his mate.

Whether it was a blessing or another curse, because whatever was behind that door, seemed much more worse than the crying women out there.

Kace's beast slipped his large body into the room and his dark eyes turned murky when he saw a woman crying beside a white baby crib, with a man holding her shoulders while whispering something in to her ears in order to calm her down.

Meanwhile, three other men, who appeared to be doctors, said their condolences and stood aside with grieving expressions etched on their faces.

The white beast walked closer toward the baby crib and looked down, only to find a small creature, as beautiful and pure as the morning dew.

The white beast was very tall, thus its head could see over the crib without much difficulty.

The beautiful baby had her pink lips puckered and her small fingers were curled. She was so beautiful with black hair and soft skin.

But, the baby was not breathing.

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The howling of the rustling winds were the only sounds that accompanied Serefina while she stood waiting for Kace to return from inside the house.

The witch had taken care of Maximus and his people, but they should leave from there immediately before the annoying Lycans came back with more people, or worse, Jedrek.

Things would turn out very bad if that happened.

Not long after, Serefina saw Kace's figure walking out of the house, but he was alone. Why is he not coming with his mate?

His expression couldn't be read, thus Serefina didn't know what had happened.

"What is it?" The impatient Serefina approached Kace and asked him hastily. "Where is your mate? Something happened there?"

However, instead of answering Serefina's question, Kace didn't stop to talk to her and kept walking as he posted one of his own. "Where are those Lycans?"

"I took care of them, of course." Serefina walked next to him as she replied smugly. "Now, answer my question, where is your mate?"

Kace glanced at the witch next to him and growled irritably. "Mate my **s."

A hard slap fell on Kace's back, but the Lycan didn't even flinch. "Watch your words pup!"

Kace rolled his eyes at the way Serefina addressed him. Even though he thought of Serefina as his older sister, but the witch seemed to be too engrossed with the idea and bullied him every time she could.

Well, like a sister would…

"So, what happened?" Serefina tried to catch up with Kace's large steps as they walked away from there, leaving the house, where the witch told him that his mate could be found.

"You are wrong." Kace glared at Serefina. "My mate is not there."

"Really?" Serefina frowned. She felt it. A weird energy from inside the house. She had been looking for that weird feeling since decades ago, thus the moment she felt something, she thought she had found one of the guardian angels.

But… has she been mistaken? Serefina was so confused.

"Impossible… I am sure of it." Serefina mumbled.

"Like a hundred percent sure?" Kace squinted his eyes at her. Ready to doubt his own judgment if Serefina said she was certain of it. Maybe, Kace should go back and check it for a second time together with her.

"Hmm… like a sixty percent." Serefina rubbed her chin, a complicated feeling flashed in her eyes.

"D*mn you." Kace cursed. "You called me here for a stupid sixty percent?" He couldn't believe that. Serefina had never acted so reckless when she was unsure of something.

Maybe, time had finally changed her?

"Shut up. I am so confused now. But, still sixty percent is a high chance." Serefina retorted. She didn't want to be blamed. "How do you know she is not your mate? Did you touch her?"

"I couldn't sense the presence of my mate even when I was so close to the house, the only thing that pulled me closer was the crying sound, which I chose to follow." Kace recalled what happened inside the house. "There were a lot of women inside the house."

"And then?" Serefina probed. "None of them were your mate?"

"No one from them, but there was a baby inside the room, apparently they were crying over the baby because she was dead." Kace frowned, he remembered that the baby was very beautiful with a flowery scent.

"Dead?" Serefina repeated.

As for now, they had already walked very far from the house and turned toward a crowded place where cars and motorcycles were speeding on the road with bright stores to their left.

"Yes, I think Maximus's people managed to kill the poor baby." Kace concluded. "But, the baby was not my mate." And he was grateful for that.

Kace couldn't imagine, how he would react if he saw his mate lying dead. He didn't want to confront his brother, but if it was because of his order that he would lose his mate, then he would never forgive Jedrek for that.

"Are you sure? I am glad if she was not yours, but how could I make a mistake?" Serefina denied her mistake arrogantly.

"Everybody makes a mistake or two." Kace quoted.

"So, what will you do now? You can't go back to the castle." Serefina ignored his words. "But if you stay here you will become…"

"…A rogue." Kace finished her conclusion.

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