462: FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (13)

FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (13)

"I smell blood on you." Kace's blue eyes darkened a few shades as he inspected her body once again, but he couldn't find anything.  2

"No, I am not hurt." Hope was confused as she followed Kace's line of sight to observe her own body. No way in the world would she not know whether she was hurt or not.

"I can smell blood on you." Kace mumbled the same thing absentmindedly. "There is quite a lot of blood."

Hope twirled in Kace's arms as she showed him her back and heard when Kace's breath hitched a little. 

"Why, what happened?" Hope panicked. "Is there something wrong?' 

But then, the voice that answered her was filled with hesitation as it slightly faltered. Kace spoke like someone who was reluctant to answer a difficult question. "Hope, you know… I think… uhm."

"What is it?" Hope snapped and turned around, only to see Kace scratching his head. 

"I think you are on your period." He finished it with a sheepish smile. "Did you forget your date?"

"Period?" Hope's brows scrunched together, but when the realization hit her, her eyes widened in shock and she rushed in to the house, leaving Kace in daze. 

Kace had never dealt with this kind of situation, thus he didn't know what was exactly going on or the possibility that it was Hope's first period.

He just came out of his reverie when he heard Hope calling his name from the bathroom.

"Yes, I am here." Kace knocked on the door once to let Hope knew he was there, so she could stop calling his name. 

"Kace, I need you to buy me 'that' thing." Hope said timidly. 

If Kace wasn't a shifter and just a normal human being, he would have a hard time hearing what Hope was saying from behind the closed door. 

"What 'thing'?" But then, Kace corrected himself by nodding his head in understanding. "Oh, alright. I will be right back."

Kace heard Hope saying 'please hurry' as he raced to the car and drove to the nearest convenient store to get the necessity. 

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Kace didn't know what he should buy, thus he just bought one of each type and drove back home immediately before the female cashier could bore a hole in the back of his skull.

"Hope." Kace knocked on the door of the bathroom. "Here."

Hope opened the door slightly and extended a arm to receive the item that she needed. "Why did you buy so many?" Hope murmured as she closed the door again. "I will not use all of this."

"I don't know what I should buy, at least you can have fun choosing the one you like." Kace could hear Hope chuckling softly. 

After that, Kace opened his phone and started to browse about what he should do to help her. This was her first period and from what he heard, it would be quite uncomfortable for her. 

Inside the bathroom, after Hope was done with her business, she poked her head out of the door, only to find no one there, but she could hear rustling sounds from the kitchen. It must be Kace.

Hope's bedroom was only at the end of this corridor and she didn't think she wanted to meet Kace after he watched her bleeding on her pants. It was so embarrassing. 

And just like all those other embarrassing memories, Hope felt like her dignity had left her body. Well, that was exaggerated. 

But, this incident only added to the list of 'stupid' things that Hope had done in front of Kace. For some reason, Hope was very self- conscious about her image in front of him now.

Though she had said that she didn't want him to claim her as his mate and wanted to have an option in this matter, but unconsciously she had been trying to act like a decent woman to match Kace. At least, this was what she thought. 

She wanted to look more mature and less troublesome for Kace, so he could stop calling her 'little one' and treat her like a child.

Hope rushed toward her bedroom with a towel around her lower body because her pants were stained with blood and she had to wash it after she wore a clean set. 

Inside the bedroom, she put on a pair of blue jogging pants and rushed back to the bathroom to wash her bloody pants when she realized that Kace was still making something inside the kitchen. 

The man was not done yet even after Hope walked back to her bedroom and lay down on her bed, with her face buried in her soft pillow. 

However, before Hope could fall asleep, she heard the door of her room being pushed open and a warm smell wafted to her nose. 

"What is it?" Hope turned her head lazily as she watched Kace walk into her room with a brown glass in his hand. 

"I read this on line, it said it could ease the pain during periods." Kace sat down on the edge of her bed as he handed the glass to her. 

Hope received it. "Tea?" She looked at Kace questioningly.

"Chamomile tea. I found it in the kitchen." Kace was planning to buy some if he couldn't find this in the kitchen, but fortunately Lana had it prepared. 

"You know, you are supposed to serve tea in a cup not a glass." Hope smiled contentedly when the warm liquid cascaded down her throat. It tasted good, she had never known that they had this delicious tea at home. 

"Both look same for me." Kace shrugged nonchalantly. "Do you have period cramps?"

Hope thought about it for a while, "No, I am fine. I think I don't have period cramps, thankfully, I heard it will hurt so bad."

Kace nodded, seemed to be relieved as well. 

"I feel bad." Hope said after she took a third sip of her tea. 

"Why? You need to go see a doctor?" Kace took this seriously. 

"No, it's not that." Hope shook her head. "I don't want you to see me… like 'that'"

At first Kace didn't understand, but then he realized what Hope was talking about. "I have seen worse Hope. Trust me."

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