463: FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (14)

FOURTEEN YEARS OLD (14)

"What do you mean you have seen worse?" Hope leaned back against the head board and looked at Kace warily.  2

"I had seen more blood than that." Kace shrugged nonchalantly, but then he looked at Hope mischievously. "And after you pooped and peed on me, do you think a little blood could compare to that?"

Kace knocked Hope's head softly.

"Go to sleep. Don't think too much about that." Kace took the empty glass and put it on the bed side table as he tucked her in.

Hope lay flat on her stomach and Kace gave a massage to her lower back that made Hope sigh in contentment. 

"Kace?" Hope mumbled with her eyes closed.

"Hm?" Kace hummed in response. 

"Did I trouble you?" Hope asked.

"No." Kace answered lightly.

"Even when I peed on you?" Hope's eyebrows scrunched up. 

"Even after you did what you had done on me." Kace said softly, his voice was like a lullaby for Hope. 

"If I am not your mate, would you treat me the same?" Hope yawned, the chamomile tea helped her relax while Kace helped her to feel better.

"If you are not my mate, I don't think we will meet at all. But, it doesn't imply I will treat other people poorly. I'm not someone to lash out without a reason, right?" Kace smiled when he heard Hope chuckling. 

"I am glad we met." Hope opened her eyes and stared at Kace. 

"Mmh, so do I." Kace nodded, agreeing with her. At this point, he had to remind himself to thank Serefina for this. Despite her always being very annoying, arrogant and all, but she did something that changed his life entirely. The witch gave him Hope. "So, did you change your mind? Last night, you said that you don't want me as your mate?"

"I will reconsider it." Hope grinned. "Auw! What's that for?"

Hope swatted Kace's hand away from her back because he pinched her waist. 

"Oh, I will see what kind of guy will be daring enough to date you." Kace feigned an angry face that made Hope laugh out loud. 

"Well, up until today, you are still the most handsome guy that I have ever seen." Hope complimented him. 

Kace let out a soft laugh before he resumed massaging her back again. "Sleep Hope."

"What about Lana?" Hope yawned once again. 

"What about her?" Kace saw the girl's eyelashes fluttering constantly as she fought her drowsiness.

"She looks mature and less troublesome. She is dependable." Her sleepy voice was laced with envy. "Don't you find her attractive? While me, I am just a pain in the a**." Hope grumbled. 

"Don't compare yourself to her and well… you are my favorite pain in the a**."

Both of them laughed at that and when Hope finally fell asleep she got the best sleep of her life.

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"What are you doing?" Hope was ready to go to school when she came to the kitchen and sat on the bar stool, staring at Kace's back. 

"Looking something for breakfast." Kace had opened all the wooden cupboards and found nothing. 

"When Serefina and Lana are not at home, they will leave me with money to buy something to eat and I haven't shopped yet." Hope checked her backpack to see if she didn't miss anything. 

"So, what will you eat for breakfast?" Kace widened his eyes in surprise. He didn't know about this. 

Serefina…

Kace really wanted to throw long sentences of profanities at the witch.

"I will buy something at school if I am not late." Hope shrugged her shoulders. 

"Let's go then." Kace grabbed her backpack and walked toward the front door with Hope following behind him with a big silly grin on her face. 

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"So, that's the reason why you only visit me once a year?" Hope shoved a hotdog into her mouth. Both of them were at a fast food restaurant near Hope's school building to get their breakfast. "To distract your brother's tracker?"

"I don't want him to know where I am." Kace finished his own hotdog and moved to another one. "You can say he is very stubborn."

"But, if your brother is really in love with Serefina, why didn't they get back together?" Hope tilted her head. "I had never seen Serefina dating anyone either."

The image of Serefina dating someone except his overbearing brother seemed ridiculous in Kace's head. The witch probably would turn the poor guy into a frog if he slipped even a single word of his. 

"Well, it is complicated. My brother will eventually find his mate and Serefina will be left in an awkward position." Kace just told Hope whatever she wanted to know, but didn't say how his brother had been hunting her down to be killed. It would be too much for her to handle for now. 

Kace fished out something from his pocket and gave it to Hope. It was a small black card. 

"You are giving me money?" Hope shamelessly took the card, afraid that Kace would change his mind and take it back again.

"I will not worry if Lana is around, but since both of them are often away and I can't be here for long bouts of time, I don't want you to starve." Kace continued eating his second hotdog, staring at the happy girl in front of him. "Don't buy something that will bring trouble. Understood?"

"Okay." Hope nodded her head. "How much is inside?" She was very happy to have her personal card. She thought it was nice to have Kace as her boyfriend, she could buy everything she wanted. 

It didn't mean Hope was lacking something, but Lana was very strict and wouldn't allow her to buy anything she deemed unimportant. 

"Check to find out." Kace laughed when he saw Hope being very excited. The Lycan was hell bound to spoil his mate.

Mystic River village was a small village, and was far away from the hustle bustle of a big city. Even though you have a lot of money to spend, you could only find a few items desirable to buy. 

"Wow! You are the best!" Hope raised her two thumbs at him. 

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