Chapter 1048: I know my love  

Granted, this was not the right time, but at least, Torak wanted to feel her presence by his side and take the liberty of breathing in her scent. All of this was grueling and tiring, both physically and mentally and the Alpha needed his mate to fill in the gaps.

Likewise Raine. The guardian angel felt the same way.

It was just that, before all of that could happen, something else was bothering her. She had felt this oddity since a moment ago…

The brown beast.

"What happened to him?" Raine asked one of the Alphas who came along with the others witches.

"Luna," the Alpha greeted Raine politely, but the guardian angel waved her hand to dismiss his pleasantries.

He didn't need to do all of that at a time like this, and all she needed was an answer because she felt there was something wrong with the beast's behavior.

Raine's forehead wrinkled even more and her black eyes stared intently at the beast, who, once again, banged his head against the invisible wall that surrounded him, made by several witches who just came here.

"What happened to him?" This time Raine sped up her footsteps and stopped beside one of the witches. "Why did you lock him up like this?"

The Alpha, who had greeted Raine earlier, followed her by running behind her and answered the question.

"Supreme Beta, Calleb has lost his mate," the Alpha told his Luna and he could see Raine's pupils getting dilated.

"What?" Raine exclaimed in disbelief at what she had just heard and her mind instinctively started to deny the fact she had just heard.

That couldn't be happening, could it be? Rossie was all right, wasn't she?

Oh, Selene, what now...

Raine had seen a Lycan who became feral because of the loss of his soul mate and never thought that such an awful thing would happen to Calleb as well.

Raine walked closer to the invisible cage, but one of the witches held her by her wrist and shook her head, forbidding their Luna to go any near to it.

"Luna, don't do that, supreme Beta Calleb is not in the right state of mind now," she said carefully, not wanting to offend Raine. "He can hurt you." She added in hopes that Raine would relent.

"Please, stay here, Luna." The Alpha also tried to prevent Raine from going any further than this.

Therefore, Raine had no other choice but to listen to them and slowly retreat, but her eyes were still fixed on the brown beast, who looked angry and violent.

It was Calleb, Raine could sense it, only the beast didn't seem to allow anyone to see how devastated he was deep inside.

For a moment their eyes met and Raine could see the despair in those red eyes and this broke Raine's heart even more.

Raine loved Calleb. Therefore, whatever hurts him, will hurt her too.

They stared at each other for a moment, before the beast growled and furiously roared, then returned to banging his head against the invisible wall before him again and again.

"You can't lock him up like this..." Raine said softly. She wanted to hug Calleb right now. Tell him that everything was going to be all right, but she couldn't.

Everything would never be all right to the shifters, who lost their mates.

"I am sorry Luna, but we can't free him," said the witch. "The beast will start attacking people again if we do that. For now, he doesn't even recognize who is a foe or friend."

Raine could understand it. However, it still couldn't make her feel any better...

Her heart ached for Calleb.

They lost so many important people in this war, until her heart felt like she couldn't take anymore of these heartaches...

Raine stood there, staring at the beast that was almost feral now, until she felt the spark on her shoulder and she didn't need to see, who was that before she turned around to hug him and buried her face against his chest, sobbing.

"Torak..."Raine's voice sounded very heavy and hoarse. "Calleb..." she couldn't even continue her words, before the sadness overtook her and Raine could no longer hold back her grievances and poured out all of her feelings in front of Torak.

She was crying until her back shook violently.

"I know, my love," Torak said softly, hugging Raine tightly as he rubbed her back in order to calm his mate.

Before approaching Raine, he had a chance to meet Sterling who was hugging Rossie's lifeless body and also Ethan, who was standing beside him.

Some people tried to talk to the two people, not to calm them down though, because neither of them made any sound. They were so calm, it looked so heartbreaking, considering how much loss they had suffered.

And Torak didn't have to ask to know what happened. He could see Rossie's stiff body and her blood soaked clothes, which were now dry and in that instant, he felt the pain Calleb felt through the bond they shared.

Torak had not felt this before, as there had been a lot of mixed feelings in the last few hours.

The battle, the loss of many lycanthropes, the death of the shifters and magicians who helped them, the battle with the devils and the death of Serefina...

All feelings were mixed and Torak tried not to respond to any of it, so he could concentrate...

It was just that, he did not expect that from those many feelings, there was also the pain of his Beta, the beast who was howling in sadness for the loss of his mate...

While Raine was still crying in Torak's arms, Hope had calmed down a little.

She freed herself from Kace's embrace and walked over to Sterling and Ethan, wanting to see Rossie with her own eyes for one last time.

Maybe... just maybe, Hope could still see her, like how she saw Serefina's soul just before she completely disappeared.

With Kace at her side and his arms around her shoulders, Hope walked with unsteady steps, her eyes swollen and her sobs were still audible.