412: THEY ARE DEAD

THEY ARE DEAD

Still bleeding, Kace shifted back into his human form as he walked past the dead body of the snake shifter that humans couldn't see.  0

"I told you to kill him." Serefina repeated her words for the third time, but this time her voice didn't echo in his head and Kace appreciated that. 

"I will not kill him if you want me to spell it for you." Kace took off his shirt and wiped off the blood from his injured shoulder before he changed into a new one that he took from inside the bag from the car.

The moment he was shirtless, one could see the big opened wound had now started to cave in as his skin slowly closed. 

The healing ability of Lycans was always remarkable.

"So, you will let him bite your hand off?" Serefina didn't appreciate Kace's decision, though she had figured out why he didn't want to kill the creature. The witch thought his reason was very ridiculous. 

"I can chase him away without killing him." Kace put on a black shirt the moment his wound stop bleeding. 

"Yeah, I can see how he would have allowed that before you could do anything about the situation." Serefina spoke sarcastically. "You are getting slow."

"I didn't have anything to do in the recent yet long decades of my life. Maybe, I have to go under some training again." Kace made sure he was clean before he extended his arms to take Hope from Serefina. "My senses seem kind of dull."

"That's because you always avoid conflict." Serefina gave the baby to Kace as Hope squalled happily at the sight of him. 

"Why should I bother myself to face any trouble?" Kace frowned, but it didn't last for long. Because, as soon as Hope's lovely face entered his line of sight, a broad smile tugged on his lips. 

"That's why, you can't be an Alpha." Serefina snorted. "You are too soft and ignorant." 

Actually, Kace wasn't like this before, not at least before the great war occurred. But, he started acting strange after it ended. Probably, the sickly scene of the bloody war had something to do with his change in behavior. 

"Did I ever wish to be one?" Kace gave the witch a disapproving look as he tossed the car keys to Serefina. "You drive, I am hurt." 

Since both of his brothers leading their own packs in different realms, he didn't find the desire in him to lead something or take huge responsibility over many lives. 

It was too troublesome and to be an Alpha was always out of choice for him.

Serefina groaned and opened the car door as she sat behind the steering wheel agitatedly. 

However, after strapping Hope back onto her safety seat, Kace didn't immediately climb into the car as he looked at the girl impassively.

The poor little girl was just standing a few meters away from them, staring at the dead body of the snake shifter with her unwavering eyes. 

"You! Get on the car!" Kace snarled at the girl as he held the door next to Serefina open. 

Both Serefina and the girl looked at Kace with wide eyes, disbelief evident in those eyes, yet with different intentions.

"It is enough for you to help her! Don't tell me that you actually want to let her come with us!?" Serefina didn't even bother if her voice reached the girl's ears as she approached them.

"I am bringing her with us." Kace gave her an affirmative answer as he kept holding the car door open.

Regardless, whether the girl heard their disagreement or not, she didn't show it on her face as she inched closer toward Kace. 

"Get in the car!" Kace snarled at her once again as a deep frown appeared on his forehead. 

Once the girl was inside the car, she hastily buckled herself, afraid that Kace would change his mind and leave her alone to fend for herself. 

She didn't want to encounter any more creatures like that again. She didn't think that she would be able to escape something like that again next time or was lucky enough to have someone help her just in time. 

"I don't like you joining this car." Serefina said distastefully, because she couldn't say anything to make Kace change his mind. Well, she knew him too well to know that little fact. 

"Don't mind me." The girl replied to Serefina briefly. She didn't even look the witch in her eyes as she continued, "That big guy was the one who asked me to join, if you have any complaints, you can confide in him."

Both Serefina and Kace raised their eyebrows at her snarky comments as all words failed them. 

The girl didn't think that anything was wrong with the way she talked. All this while, she had been defending herself and started to get used to talk whatever passed her mind without thinking about it twice.

"You have such a gall, girl." Kace stated.

Actually, he didn't really care about the girl's behavior, because her antics reminded him of Serefina. However, the witch wouldn't take that lightly.

"Talk to me like that again and I will throw you out of this car." Serefina growled menacingly. 

The girl stared at Serefina, but before she could say anything, the witch had flicked her fingers as blue fire appeared on the tip of her forefinger.

"Stop agitating her. There is a baby inside and she needs to sleep." Kace groaned as he tried his best to make the witch stop her actions to burn down the girl.

After all, Kace was injured because of her and if Serefina decided to demolish her, all of his efforts would be poured down the drain. 

Serefina took the girl silence as the sign that she understood her position and started the engine. 

The car growled to life and they went toward their destination. Apparently, they would find themselves behind the schedule. 

"What's your name?" Kace asked after twenty minutes of silence. 

"Lana." The girl said almost immediately.

"Why are you out there alone?" Kace checked on Hope before re- adjusting her blanket.

"Because my whole family is dead."

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