Chapter 418 - THE OATH

"NO!" Kace immediately objected Serefina's idea. He jumped on his feet and towered over Serefina, his action made the baby startled and started to cry. "DON'T YOU DARE TO TOUCH HER!"

Kace roared at Lana, who was about to reach baby Hope in order to calm the crying baby. However, Kace's harsh tone forced her to retreat and took a few steps back until her back hit the wall behind when she watched how Kace's blue eyes shifted into his dark color.

Despite the anger that bubbled in his chest, the way he carried baby Hope in his arms was so gentle and thoughtful.

"Don't you think I will allow that!?" Kace glared at Serefina, trying hard to suppress his anger. 

"Calm down." Serefina didn't even flinch when Kace glowered at her. "I have not explained about it yet." 

"That is dark magic Serefina!" Kace admonished her. "I will not allow you to do anything with dark magic to my mate!"

Mate…

That one word that slipped from Kace's lips didn't go unnoticed by Lana. So, the baby is his mate? But… wasn't the Donovan cursed by the moon goddess herself?

In the heated situation, Lana didn't dare to inquire such a thing out loud. But this little information made everything made sense for her, the way Kace was being overprotective to the baby was akin to someone would do to their mate. 

"Now one more soul knew about it." Serefina nodded her head at Lana casually. "Don't give me that blank expression, I know you heard it."

Lana's blank expression, she was trying so hard that she didn't hear the mishap in Kace's statement, now hardened. 

She held Serefina's gaze and bravely admitted it. "So, why? I have pledged my loyalty to Kace, it is not a matter for me to know one or two of his secret." She said arrogantly. 

"Wow, such a loyal person that you get here, Kace." Serefina clicked her tongue mockingly. 

"You. Shut. Up." Kace tried to reign his anger. Serefina had annoyed him by saying that she would use dark magic on Hope, he didn't need this little fella to add fuel to the fire. She wouldn't be able to handle the flame. 

"Oh, come on!" Serefina shifted her attention to the livid Lycan in front of her, yet with the crying baby in his arms, the witch was one hundred percent sure he wouldn't dare to shift into his beast, moreover to attack her, thus her arrogant face was still on display. "I know that is a dark magic, but not all dark magic will work badly." 

Serefina's statement regarded by a low, deep and menacing growl the back throat of the Lycan. 

Cross heart.

It was a dark magic, an oath, which would tie down both party by blood. Kace didn't know exactly how it worked, but like most of the supernatural creatures, everything that related with dark magic wasn't something that would end well.

The worse part of it, was the fact that the blood that both parties should draw was coming from the blood from the heart.

What was that even mean? She would cut the baby's chest open?

The notion of it alone made the beast that resided within him wanted to claw the witch's face. Sometime Kace didn't know what was going on in Serefina's mind.

She was too absurd to be understood. 

"I don't care how less- bad it will be, I will not allow you to hurt her!" Kace bit back, his harsh tone made Hope crying even more. Her face turned red and her breath became ragged. 

Kace was terrified because of this, he had never seen Hope was crying until like this. He was afraid she couldn't breathe as she choked on her tears. 

"Serefina… what should I do…" Kace's angry tone dropped to the anxious one when he tried to make Hope stopped crying. "Don't cry please… I am not angry with you… I am not angry… I will not shout again, I promise… please…"

Kace tried to coax the baby, yet Hope determined to cry until her tears dried and this scared the hell out of him. 

Serefina rolled her eyes and walked lazily toward Kace, as she was standing right in front of the baby, she stretched out her hand and touched the baby's cheek.

Straight away, her action made the baby stopped crying and closed her eyes as if she was falling asleep.

However, this made the lycan became more frantic. 

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER?!" Kace roared at Serefina, his eyes shifted from black to blue back and forth before they remained blue, though they were a few shade darker. 

"Relax!" Serefina snapped back at him and glowered angrily, she was enough to be shouted at. "She is sleeping now! I put her to sleep!"

Even before Serefina finished her words, Kace had put his finger under Hope's tiny nose, only when he felt the warm breath that brushed against his skin, he could relax a bit. 

His tensed muscles slowly relax as he hugged the small baby protectively, pressing her body against him to feel her heartbeat, too afraid that the pounding on her little chest would stop. 

"She will wake up without losing anything! Healthy and happy!" Serefina said dramatically, yet Kace ignored it as his eyes shot the witch an angry stare. "Alright, we have to go to business."

Serefina clapped her hand as if it was a sign to dismiss the matter about the sleeping Hope, but once again Kace objected it.

"No!" He tried to make his voice as deep as he could, but he couldn't help the distress, which laced in his tone. "I will not allow you to hurt her! I will throw her away if I have to!" 

Kace glared at Lana, whose back pressed against the wall flatly. 

Serefina let out a tired sigh. "I didn't say it has to be Hope's blood. The oath could be taken by the two of you."