415: A WARNING

A WARNING

Serefina rolled her eyes upon hearing his statement. "I find that amusing." She answered off- handedly.  2

"You are trusting her blindly." Serefina said as she finished brewing two cups of coffee before giving one to Kace. 

"I am not." He took the cup and ran his fingers on the edge of it. "But, I know she didn't lie." When she talked about her past. He didn't voice out the last part.

Kace has his own way to know when people lied to his face. 

"When will you get over it? It had been centuries since the war." Serefina grumbled as she sat down on the couch beside him. "I don't understand you."

Kace let out a dark chuckle as he gave her a wink. "Don't worry, you are not the only one."

"I heard your voice last night." Serefina blew over her hot coffee slowly.

The statement sounded harmless, but it managed to make him drop his calm mask of usual easy- going demeanor. 

Only a handful of people knew about this thing and, unfortunately, Serefina was one of 'those people'.

Voice, wasn't a right word to describe what the witch heard last night. The wailing like sound that she heard was so loud, sharp and short, but it actually woke her up. 

Out of the three Donovans, the great war had taken a deadly toll on Kace. 

More or less, Serefina knew the real reason, but she needed to confirm it. Just to be one hundred percent sure of her theory. 

"You can't live in the future if the sins from the past keep weighing you down." The witch commented casually. 

Kace shut his mouth and didn't have anything to say for the next ten minutes which allowed the silence to prevail between them until the sound of light steps could be heard in the corridor. 

"Morning." Lana rubbed her sleepy eyes as her voice sounded like a grumble, as if the day had come early and upset her because she needed time to sleep more. 

Neither the Lycan nor the witch replied to her greeting, yet the little girl didn't mind it in the slightest as she started to make herself familiar with the kitchen and made breakfast for the three of them. 

In reality, there was nothing that she could find except a box of oatmeal that was enough for the three of them. 

A moment later, three bowls of oatmeal were served before their eyes. Lana took a seat in front of Kace on the bar stool kitchen and enjoyed her breakfast, not caring about the stares that she was receiving from the two people in front of her. 

"Well, I think you seem a little bit useful now." Serefina spooned the oatmeal and brought it to her lips before she smelled it lightly. 

"I told you that it would be your loss if you don't bring me with you." Serefina rolled her eyes dramatically upon hearing this statement. "You don't have anything in there, I think you should go and buy some ingredients." Lana spooned a mouthful of oatmeal before she continued to talk. "Or give me money and I will fill your fridge, then you don't have to worry about the meals."

"I think I should drop you at the nearby pack on my way." Kace murmured against his bowl.

Lana dropped her spoon and stared at Kace with wide eyes. "Why?!" Her question came out harsher than she intended it to be. "I have pledged my loyalty to you."

Kace waved his hand, dismissing that statement. "I didn't accept that. Don't you know how one's loyalty works? I am not an Alpha and I don't have a pack to run, neither did I intend to have one."

Lana scrunched her nose in disgust as she retorted. "You told me about it before and though I don't believe that one of the Donovans is in front of me right now, eating a bowl of oatmeal that I made, I still want to pledge my loyalty to you." She said with determination. 

This time it was Kace's turn to drop his spoon, the way Lana talked about him as if he was some kind of magnificent being that fell from his grace left him speechless. 

This girl sure had a sharp tongue like the witch. 

"You saved me. That was enough reason for me to follow you." Lana resumed eating her breakfast, leaving no room for argumentation. 

"Wow." Serefina widened her eyes, amused by the girl's attitude and the way she handled the conversation with Kace. "I think I like her a little now."

Serefina was always a fan of this kind of behavior; bold, fearless and resolute. Just like her. 

Kace groaned. "You like her just because she managed to upset me." 

"No, actually if she promises to take care of everything that I don't have time to handle, I will consider accepting her as my apprentice." Serefina shrugged her shoulders. "Especially, if I were to have breakfast every morning."

Lana glared at the witch, but it didn't cease the pompous smile from blossoming on her lips. 

"I don't follow your orders." Lana growled. 

"Such hot blood you have…" Serefina clicked her tongue, but there was not hostility in her tone. "I bet you will change that statement in the near future."

"I will not test that statement if I were you." Kace raised his bowl and finished the oatmeal in one go before he lifted his feet and strolled out of the kitchen. "I will check on Hope."

The baby was supposed to be awake by this hour.

Lana tilted her head and stared at the retreating back of the character in her fairytale. "Why is he so inclined toward the baby?"

This was something that Lana couldn't understand and with the young blood of a shifter, her curiosity got the best of her before the warning from Serefina came.

"Don't try to find out about it if he doesn't explain anything to you." Serefina also finished her meal and stood up. "He has a bipolar personality, but I will assure you that he will kill you without so much of hesitation the moment he sees you as a threat for the baby."

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