433: NINE YEARS OLD (2)

NINE YEARS OLD (2)

"What in the hell happened to you?!"  1

That was the first thing they heard from Kace after he saw Hope walking into the apartment with blood and mud all over her body as Serefina had not yet cleaned her up. 

"Kace!" Hope ran toward Kace and jumped with her arms wide open, she knew that he would catch her. "You are here!"

Serefina let out a depressing sigh when she watched the lycan visiting again. "Yeah, he is here." Then she walked toward her room straight, not wanting to be bothered with those people. 

"No!" Kace caught Hope, but he didn't swing her like he always did, instead he put her down and scrutinized her face and this made her pout her lips. "What happened to you? Did you fight with someone?"

Hope nodded her head vigorously, her eyes shone brilliantly when she spoke. "I did! I gave Drake a punch in his face!" She balled her small fist and punched the air. 

Kace raised his eyebrows. "You punched him?" He knew who Drake was. 

That boy had been annoying Hope since the first day of their school, but this was the first time that they actually fought with each other. 

"Yes! I punched him like this!" Hope swung her arms and then used her feet to kick the air. "And kicked him like this!"

Seeing how energetic his mate was, the panic that Kace felt just now disappeared, though he was still concerned with the small cut on her forehead. 

"Okay, my precious one, I guess you aced the fight?" Kace brushed away a lock of stray hair from her forehead to see if she got any other cuts, but to his relief, it was only dirt and the blood was not hers either. 

"Yes! I made him cry!" Hope jumped excitedly. "Do you believe it? I made a boy cry!"

Kace chuckled as he picked her up from the ground and kissed her forehead. "Yes, I believe it. You will make men cry when you grew up, my little one. But, now we will clean up your wound first, alright?"

Hope didn't understand what Kace was talking about, but she didn't fuss over it much and let Kace put her down on the edge of her bed while he went outside to get the medicine box. 

Kace came back not long after and squatted down in front of Hope. 

"Kace." Hope called out while looking how diligent and gentle Kace was being when he cleaned her wound. 

"Hm?" Kace replied without lifting his head. "What is it babe?"

"Do you feel that?" Hope grimaced a bit when Kace poked her wound on her knee cap, apparently she hurt that part too. 

"Feel what?" Kace blew over the wound because Hope was in pain when he brushed the cotton with alcohol on it.

"This." Hope spread her fingers and put her palm on the side of Kace's face as the tingling feeling crept from the skin to skin contact. "Do you feel it?"

Absolutely Kace would feel the same sensation, "Yes."

"Why would I feel this when I touch you only?" Hope put her hand down and tilted her head. Her habit when she was confused. "But, when I touched other people, I don't feel this ticklish?"

Kace put a band aid on the cut of her knee cap before he sat down on the bed and angled her head to face him.

The cut on her forehead wasn't that bad, but seeing the dry blood there, didn't settle well with Kace or his beast. He frowned slightly.

"When you grow up, I will tell you." Kace smiled at her.

Hope was only nine years old, how was he supposed to explain this to her? Tell her that she is his mate? This wasn't the right time yet.

Hope pouted sullenly. "Why don't you tell me now?" The older she gets, the more critical her way of thinking became. "Is it because of the wolf inside of you?"

Hope poked Kace's chest with her finger and glanced up at him while he was cleaning her wound. 

"Yes, you can say that." Kace nodded. 

"But, why don't I feel the same way when I touched Lana? She has a wolf too." Hope just came to know that Lana could also turn into a wolf a year ago. When she was sick and Kace took her to the hospital, Lana shifted into her brown wolf and it was so beautiful, though not as beautiful as the white one. 

"Yes, but her wolf is different from mine." Kace put another band aid on her wound that immediately made Hope stop asking questions as she grimaced in pain. 

Kace chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Go and clean up. You smell like mud." Yet he didn't mind it, her scent was always the best smell for him. 

"Will you let the wolf out to play with me?" Hope jumped from her bed and looked at Kace expectantly.

"Sure." Kace agreed, how could he disagree when she was giving him those eyes?

Hope was literally jumping up and down as she went to the bathroom. 

Afterward, Kace walked out of her room and found Serefina, sitting in the living room, staring blankly at the book on her lap. 

"Have you found her?" Serefina asked the moment Kace sat down across from her. She lifted her gaze from whatever book that she was reading. "I can feel it. She is around this area."

Kace rubbed his face harshly when he heard that question. "No." He hated that answer. "I have been looking around this area, but I couldn't find her."

Serefina could sense it since months ago, Gluttony had been poking around the edges of her protective formation, but because the devil didn't have a scent, it was quite hard to track her down. 

"I am pretty sure she is near." Serefina mumbled, she didn't like it when someone scouted her area. 

"She is very agile and good at hiding" Kace grumbled, but then he started to notice something. "Where is Lana? She always disappears when I am here."

"She is running an errand for me." Serefina answered curtly, perusing her book once again.

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