461: FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (12)

FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (12)

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you know their parents!?" Hope demanded an explanation from Kace on their way back to home, inside the car, after witnessing the interaction between Kace and Sophia and her husband, Sterling.  1

They were old friends and very close on top of that. They were comfortable to the point of throwing threats and growls at each other for most of the time during the dinner while the children could only grimace at the scene that was unfolding in front of their eyes. 

"Because it will spoil the fun!" Kace exclaimed while laughing out loud. 

"You almost made my friends get a heart attack, you know?!" Then Hope mumbled. "I almost got a heart attack."

"Why?" Kace couldn't contain the happiness in his eyes after successfully fooling his innocent little mate. He glanced at the sullen expression on Hope's face and couldn't help but pinch her rosy cheek. 

"I thought you will go berserk like last time." Hope swatted Kace's hand away from her cheek while glaring at him for pinching her out of the blue. 

"Last time and this time are two different cases, sweetheart." Kace parked the car in front of their house. "I will never harm someone you love."

And Kace meant every word of his. 

"Really?" Hope was slightly skeptical when she heard that, remembering that the last person who became friends with her was not able to recognize her anymore. 

Kace replied as if he could read what was going through his mate's head. "If you are referring to your friends, I will say that I am innocent in that. It was Serefina and after it was done, there is nothing I could do to help them. I am not a witch after all."

Kace was right, if the decision was left in his hands, he would never do that to Hope. Having someone, who was once very close to you, suddenly forget about your existence simply sucked and there was no way in hell he wanted Hope to experience that kind of feeling. 

"I know." Hope replied sheepishly as she lowered her head. She was just very upset at Serefina and wasn't able to voice out her frustrations, so she took it out on Kace. "I am sorry, I didn't mean to blame you for something that you didn't do."

"Don't be so down like that. I don't like it when you are upset." Kace tousled her hair and this time Hope let him do as he pleased. Her hair had already became a bird's nest because of Kace's habit, so she didn't see any use in stopping him now. 

Kace got off of the car after turning off the engine and was about to walk toward the house when he realized that Hope was still inside the car. 

With a small frown, he walked back to her and knocked on the window as it rolled down and revealed Hope's sullen expression. 

"Are you still mad?" Kace asked. His blue eyes stared at Hope's black ones, trying to figure out what was wrong with her now. 

"Kace, do you think I am really your mate?" Hope blurted out. 

Kace was slightly taken aback with her question, but didn't avoid to answer it. "I don't think." He shook his head. "I can feel it."

"But I am too young for you." Hope argued. "How old are you?" Suddenly Kace's age became her concern. 

A flicker of amusement flashed in his ocean blue eyes when he heard this question. Kace didn't answer her immediately and enjoyed the impatient look on Hope's face. "Hmm… let me think… I don't know the exact number. We don't celebrate our birthday after all…"

"Your estimation?" Hope leaned over, afraid she couldn't hear Kace's answer. 

"I am around seven hundred years older than you." Kace grinned and laughed out loud when Hope let out a loud gasp in horror. 

"You are old!!!"She exclaimed. 

"I am, but I am as good looking as any of your peers." Kace wiggled his eyebrows. "I know you think that I am handsome."

He noticed the way Hope usually looked at him. 

"No way!" Hope huffed, crossing her hands as she was trying to conceal her embarrassment by feigning her anger. "Don't you think that you are quite a pedophile?"

Kace chuckled, Hope was indeed raised by Serefina and had inherited her sharp tongue. "If you calculated it in human time, well, all of the shifters are pedophiles." Kace nodded at his own statement. "Most of the shifters will find their destined mate after fifty or so years."

"You know what? I have read this article, it said; normally a big gap in age difference, can be a problem in a relationship. It will not work." 

Hope tried to look like a grown up when all Kace saw was a teenager who didn't want to be treated less than she expected. 

"That article was written by humans. I am not a human and we will not be a normal couple, so it will not count." Kace replied, efficiently leaving Hope tongue- tied. 

The little girl needed more and a lot of experience to out spoke the cunning Lycan before her eyes. 

"You are a big bad wolf." Hope groaned, but both of them burst out laughing in the next second.

In the fresh and clear air of the evening night, the sound of their laughter was like the pure bliss of a heavenly melody that rang through the front yard of their house. 

"Let's go, you will catch a cold if you are out here for a long time." Kace opened the car door and helped her to get down from the car.

Both of them walked toward the foyer as Kace fished out the keys from his pocket and shoved it to the key hole.

But, he stopped midway just as he opened the door slightly. His nose was scrunched as he whipped his head around in Hope's direction with horror dancing in his eyes.

"Hope are you hurt?" Kace grabbed her shoulders and made a quick observation on her body.

"No." Hope was confused too.

"I smell blood on you."

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