402: A NAME FOR HER

A NAME FOR HER

"Don't curse. The baby will hear you." Arian glared at Kace. It wasn't only this small baby, but there was also her daughter inside the room. This bad Lycan would be a bad influence!1

"I don't know how to hold her!" Kace hissed, panic was apparent on his expression. His muscles tensed which worsened the situation even more for him.

"Just support her neck and put your other arm along her body." Ariana tried to find the most comfortable spot to place the baby in the big man's arms, but he was too stiff.

"Relax." Ariana said that word for a couple of times, yet Kace didn't listen, though he mumbled something like; 'okay' or 'I am relaxed.' However, he was clearly anything but relaxed.

"Hold her like that." Arian slowly removed her arms from under the blanket that was wrapped around the baby.

"No. no. Ariana… I don't think I am ready for this." Kace shook his head vigorously, but kept his arms steady. "No. Don't! I will hurt her!"

"You will not hurt her, you stupid Lycan!" Alec chimed in grumpily, annoyed by how Kace was overreacting. "You have been holding Arabella all this time, remember!?"

"It's not the same! Arabella was able to run when I carried her for the first time!" Kace retorted and the way the baby felt so light and soft in his embrace didn't help at all, as if he would snap her if he held her tighter than this.

This situation was simply too stressful.

"If you keep holding her like that, you will break her soft neck." Serefina's reckless comment caused her to receive not only Kace, but also Ariana and Alec's glares.

Kace's nervousness was already irksome to see, no need to add to it.

But, the witch only shrugged her shoulders as she picked a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. "I just warned him, so he knows that he could break the baby neck if he didn't relax." But, they still didn't avert their gazes from her. "I just want to help." Yet, it didn't sound convincing.

"You are not helping him Serefina." Ariana chided her.

"OH! OH! The baby is awake!" Kace's panicky voice rang through the living room, his muscles were no more tensed, but they had turned into solid stone as if the Lycan had morphed into a statue. "What should I do? What should I do!?"

"Relax!" Ariana growled in frustration as Arabella giggled behind her, shouting the same word toward Kace.

But, Kace was overwhelmed when the baby's black eyes stared at him curiously, cooing as her pink lips puckered cutely.

In the next second, Kace found himself smiling at the precious little life in his arms. "Hello little one…" he greeted her and the baby gave him a toothless smile.

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"How did you find her?" Kace had put the baby on the center of the bed and builta mini safety wall with several pillows around her.

He was like an overly worried father, who was afraid that his two months old baby would roll around in her sleep and fall from the bed, though Ariana had told him that wouldn't happen.

But, of course, Kace wouldn't listen to her and no one would be stupid enough to try and persuade him to do otherwise.

However, miraculously, the moment the baby opened her eyes and looked comfortable in his arms, Kace became relaxed and immersed himself in the sounds of the baby cooing at his attempts to make her laugh.

Afterward, Kace handled the baby like an expert until she fell asleep again in his arms after drinking a bottle of warm milk.

"With a little bit this and that, information, magic, connections and my cleverness." Serefina said offhandedly and then she added. "And the moon goddess's blessings."

She actually didn't give him a definite answer. It was expected, though. Kace just wanted to voice out his confusion about how the witch actually managed to find his mate, especially when she was only born two months ago.

Kace gave her a disdained look. "How about her parents? Did you just kidnap her from her family?"

"Nah, I am not into criminal acts. She is an orphan." Serefina replied lazily as she sat down on the edge of the bed.

"So, what will we do now?" Kace shifted his attention from his lovely mate to the annoying witch. "Are we going to raise her?"

"We?" Serefina's eyebrows shot up questioningly. "What do you mean by 'we'? You will not be involved in this. I brought her here to let you know that I have found your mate."

Kace frowned. "What do you mean? I thought I will raise her."

"And risk her life because of your dear brother wants her head so bad?" Serefina said mockingly.

"Well, my brother is your lover." Kace bit back.

Serefina brushed off his words. "Your mate, you and I, in one place. Imagine how that Lycan will get a bounty." She was referring to Maximus, who was still out there, sniffing the traces of Kace and her.

"She is just a baby…" Kace frowned. Would they kill her?

"I think you forgot that it was also a baby that they had killed that night." Serefina reminded him about the night when Kace decided to be a rogue because he couldn't go back to the castle anymore as Jedrek would punish him severely, especially when he was seen with Serefina.

The rumors about them being lovers would be confirmed.

Kace traced his finger on the baby chubby cheeks. Serefina was right. "What is your plan?"

"She will live with me." Serefina said in a matter of fact tone.

"What?" Kace snapped his head toward her. "Why does she have to live with you?" He didn't understand the logic in it. "You said it before that her life is in danger if she lives with either of us, but why do you say that you want her to live with you?"

"Because I am good at hiding while you are not." Serefina stated the fact. "But, first of all. You have to give her a name."

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