THE LOVE OF A LYCAN

422 FOUR YEARS OLD

The first thing that Kace heard the moment he stepped inside the house was the sound of his mate's voice.

The little girl ran along the corridor and opened her arms widely as she approached Kace.

The smile on Kace's face was so bright that put the sun into a shame. Out of instinct, Kace bent his body and caught her small body, which almost bumped onto him.

"Hai, my baby girl!" Kace picked her up and raised her as high as his arms length that made Hope giggled excitedly.

"Wolf!" Hope screamed. "High! High!"

Kace spun on his heels a few times before he put Hope on his shoulder as the little girl grabbed his dark hair.

Lana was standing not too far from them while Serefina, like the other time Kace's visit, she was nowhere to be found.

Yet, Kace didn't care much about it. The witch must be taking care of something. The business that Kace didn't want to know or got involved with.

As long as Serefina kept this place protected and Hope was safe and sound, he didn't mind at all, moreover Lana was always there, to take care of Hope.

Only now Kace was able to see it, that took Lana with them had this much benefit. If it was only the witch, Kace was very sure that Hope would be neglected.

"I want to see wolf." Hope laughed when Kace spun once again.

"Don't do that, she just had her meal." Lana warned Kace as she reached out her arms to carry Hope down from Kace's shoulder.

Yet, the baby refused and clutched on his hair even tighter. "No. Hope wants wolf!"

Hearing that, Kace was beyond happy. The last three years when he visited Hope, she would forget about him and Kace would start all over again to approach her.

However this year, Hope was actually waiting and running toward him. Kace was surprised, but very please nonetheless.

It must be because last year, he had shifted right in front of Hope into his white beast, just like her favorite doll. That event must be deeply engraved in her mind and made her remembered him.

Kace even let her to ride the white lycan and the beast was so elated as well.

"Yeah! Hope wants wolf! Hope will get wolf!" Kace cooed, but he put her down, didn't want to upset her little stomach because of what he did.

At the side, Lana could only shake her head because of the Lycan's antics and left both of them alone just like Kace's previous visit, he would call her if he needed something.

She had to finish the task that Serefina was given to her.

On the other hand, Kace took Hope to the back yard and shifted into his beast, spending all day playing with Hope and let the little girl to pat him or tug his ears.

There was a moment when Hope was running too fast and the beast was late to catch her, in the end she hurt herself.

There was a small frown between her eyebrows when she looked at her beautiful dress got ruined. The beast nuzzled her hands and licked her palms.

There were small cuts on it and that made the beast whimpered. He didn't like it when she got hurt. No matter how small was it.

Hope didn't cry, but her glistening eyes indicating she would.

However, when she felt the wet and warm tongue swept on her palms, it felt very ticklish as she giggled and drew back her hand.

"It tickles." She hid her hand behind her back, but the smile on her face only last for a while because the moment she watched her dress again, she looked sad.

"Let's change your dress." Kace pat her head.

Hope blinked her eyes when she watched Kace was squatting down on the same spot where the white wolf was there a second ago.

She was still thinking that Kace and the white wolf were two different entities. But, she understood that whenever there was Kace, there would be the white wolf.

"Wolf?" Hope tried to look over Kace's shoulder as if the man before her eyes could hide the huge beast behind his back.

"The wolf will come back to play with you again, but before that, let's clean your wound first, okay?" Kace spoke softly at her.

"Okay." Hope nodded and stretched out her arms, asking to be carried and Kace fulfilled her wish gladly.

Hope wrapped her arms around Kace's neck and buried her face on the crook of his shoulder as she smelled his scent. She liked it.

This man smells like a chocolate, milk and cream which is so sweet and Hope likes it.

Not to mention there was a tingling feeling every time she touched him, it wasn't unpleasant feeling, but quite the opposite.

Seeing the little girl warmed up with him, Kace sighed in relief, he caressed her back as he carried her inside the house.

His steps were so light as he whistled, enjoying the moment.

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After Kace cleaned her up and changed her clothes, Hope ran toward the table beside her bed and pulled a box out from there.

"Hope wants hair braids." She gave the box toward Kace and hopped on the bed. She crawled and turned her long black hair to him.

"Braids?" Kace was staring at the box in her hands that filled with colorful hairbands.

"Hurry. Hurry. Hurry…" Hope urged him while hugging her white wolf doll.

However, even after half an hour passed the braids that Hope wanted had not done yet. The little girl stared at Kace with scowl on her cute face.

"I am sorry baby girl, but I don't know how to do it…" Kace cowered under his mate sullen expression.

He made a mental note to learn it.