431: EIGHT YEARS OLD (2)

EIGHT YEARS OLD (2)

Immediately, three nurses came toward Kace and asked what they could do to help him, even asking if he was hurt somewhere.0

Lana shook the remaining snow on her body and scoffed loudly, not even bothering to hide the disgust on her face, when she heard them. From the look in their eyes, she understood what had actually drawn them toward Kace. 

Good looks were really an asset…

Lana then helped Kace to unwrap Hope from behind his back while the other people were still watching them. They gasped loudly when they saw a little girl emerge from behind him, wearing thick jacket and blanket. 

Immediately, one of the nurses brought a stretcher with her and let Kace put Hope on it, at this time, the little girl clutched onto him tightly. 

She didn't want to be far from him. 

"Kace…" She whined unconsciously, her brows furrowed as her eyes remained closed shut. Her expression showed the amount of pain she was enduring now.

This sight made the beast in him whimper. 

"I am here baby. I am here…" Kace put her down, but Hope grabbed his sleeves and curled her body while hugging his hands.

Together with the three nurses, Kace walked inside the emergency room with Lana following closely behind them. 

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It took less than two hours to give Hope a thorough check up. 

After some injections, they put her on a IV drip and made her wear an identity tag on her other hand. For now, they let her stay inside a personal ward. 

Kace sat on the chair beside Hope's bed, staring at his mate's pale complexion with concern written all over his face.

A nurse just came a while ago to take a sample of Hope's blood and left afterward. 

"Kace, you need to rest a bit." Lana tried to pull him from his reverie. "I am sorry that I didn't look after her well that caused this mishap."

There was remorse in her voice and to hear Lana apologize was a very rare occasion. This girl was very stubborn and cold- hearted, yet the way she took care of Hope was beyond Kace's expectations.

Who knows, someone like Lana could be so gentle to a little girl? Maybe because she had a bad experience as a child, thus she didn't want the same thing to happen to Hope, who didn't have parents just like her. 

After the examination and injection, Hope's breaths turned even, though she looked still weak, but at least she didn't cry in pain anymore. 

"No, it's not your fault." Kace shook his head and let out a deep sigh. He then stood up and faced Lana. 

The little girl that he met eight years ago had now grown into a beautiful woman without him realizing it. Because, most of the time during Kace visited Hope, he would put all of his attention on his little mate, forgetting all the things around him. 

Furthermore, Lana would always be absent, going somewhere to leave Kace and Hope alone. 

Therefore, only now did Kace realize that Lana had become taller than the last time he remembered seeing her. 

Kace put his hand on top of Lana's head and tousled her hair. The stubborn and brazen little girl from years ago had turned into the young woman in front of him now. The thing that Kace liked the most about her was the fierceness in those brown eyes.

"You have grown up." Kace said as he put down his hand and walked toward the door. "I will buy something for us, is there anything you want in particular?"

"Huh?" Lana stuttered and whipped her head toward Kace. "I… no. I don't need anything. Thanks." For some reason, she felt nervous.

Lana wanted to curse herself for her stupid reaction. She thought Kace would laugh at her or feel suspicious, yet he just waved his hand and walked out of the room while saying; he would be back in ten minutes. 

Once the door was closed, Lana clutched the front of her shirt, where her thumping heart was beating loudly. 

She could feel heat spreading to her face and her neck, it was so lucky of her that Kace didn't see her in this kind of state or else…

Or else…

Lana bit her bottom lip nervously and touched her head where Kace had tousled her before…

This is not good…

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"Don't give me that look." Kace groaned as he raised his head from Hope's bed.

He was tired and his aching head didn't help his case in anyway, but he refused to leave Hope's bedside and chose to sleep there, which definitely wasn't the best sleep that he ever had.

His large body was bent in a strange way.

Actually, he had smelled her when she was still walking outside the corridor and had guessed this would be the scene that would be unfolding the moment the witch was here.

"Why did you bring her here?" Serefina's cold voice travelled to Kace's ears as he rubbed the tiredness off of his eyes.

"Can't you see? She is sick!" Kace hissed at the witch menacingly. What kind of question was she spewing?

"That wasn't the point!" Serefina shook her head in frustration, her lime green eyes skimmed the room briefly. 

Hope was still sleeping after a doctor changed her IV drip and injected a sedative into it, so she could continue taking rest while Lana curled her body on the sofa with a blanket covering her body. 

"Wake up!" Serefina flicked her fingers to wake her up. 

As if electrocuted, Lana immediately opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings in alert. 

"You don't have to do that." Kace frowned. 

However, Serefina ignored him as she talked hastily. "Stay awake when we leave." Afterward, she ushered Kace out of the ward. 

Lana blinked her eyes in confusion when they caught sight of the blanket on her body. She didn't remember having this on before.

"What is it?!" Kace swatted Serefina's hand off of him irritably. 

"Did you let them to take her blood?" Serefina didn't stop as she walked along the corridor hastily. 

Kace's eyes flickered with surprise. "Yes."

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