Chapter 582 - HOW ABOUT A KISS?

Hope laughed heartily and that was the most beautiful sound that Kace always missed to hear. He could just stay for days just to hear his mate laugh like that. 

"Stop being a baby!" Hope slapped Kace's arms. "I am still mad at you." She tried to make her expression match her words, but failed miserably. Her smile wouldn't disappear. 

Probably because Hope had just experienced the tension of the battle just a few hours ago. Thus for having Kace here and talking to her, teasing each other like usual, well his wounds were different concerns, Hope felt more relaxed. 

"What are you mad at me for? I will be good to Lana. You have to know how worried I was when I realized you were unprotected," Kace said sullenly. They were walking back to the house hand in hand, kept their paces as slow as they could, relishing the scene around them. 

They didn't know why Mrs. and Mr. Lori lived out of the village, but seeing them as a family of farmers, it was probably because they considered about the efficiency of time they could get by living near their farm. 

"Ian and Ethan were there to protect me," Hope retorted. How could Kace forget that they were also there protecting her?

However, Kace scoffed when he heard Hope's answer. "Those pups? What could they do?"

"Kace!" Hope elbowed him playfully and this earned a laugh from the lycan. "You can't talk like that about my friends."

"Why? It's true though!" Kace is persistent with his opinion. "In my world, they are considered a pup because of how young they are."

Hope stopped walking and turned around to face Kace. The light from the moon that was shining brightly behind her back made her appearance look angelic. 

"How long is the lifespan of a lycan like you?" Hope was curious. 

Kace was charmed by his mate's beauty and the way she frowned. "We are immortal."

Hope bit the bottom of her lips, she had guessed this answer. She asked away because she wanted to be sure about it. "In that case…" she lowered her gaze, and kicked the gravel beneath her feet sullenly. "... I will grow old and die while you…" she raised her head to meet Kace's beautiful blue eyes. "You will stay like this for years, decades, to centuries from now."

Kace understood Hope's concern. Even before this fact lingered over Hope's consciousness, priorly it was his concern since the first time Serefina handed her to him. Therefore, he had asked this exact same question a long time ago. 

"That is not always the case…" Kace cradled her face in his big palms and stroked her cheeks with his thumbs. Only in this moment, Kace felt at peace, even his beast stopped fighting him. Whenever Kace was close to Hope, the beast would be more gentle and well-behaved. He would be less restless and jittery. 

"What do you mean?" Hope's eyes shone brightly when she heard that. 

Even Kace could see the glint of hope in those eyes. "Because, once I mark you, your life span will be adjusted. If it worked, you would be immortal just like me." That was what Serefina told him. 

"Really?" Hope's eyes widened adorably. "I will live hundreds of years?"

To think about this again, guardian angels were also immortal creatures, thus Serefina's words could be accounted for. 

"And another hundreds of years." Hope chuckled upon seeing how childish his mate now. She was grinning from ear to ear while her eyes filled with excitement. 

"What will we do if we have that long life span?" Hope squinted her eyes and Kace knew exactly what she was thinking now. His little mate must be thinking about the places she would like to visit. 

"Everything you want." Kace leaned over and kissed her forehead. "I have enough money to satisfy your adventurous soul, once you graduate from your school." 

Hope bounced excitedly when she heard that. "That's why I chose you over Oliver." She threw her arms around Kace's neck and winked at him. 

"Oh, please…" Kace groaned. "Why do you have to compare me with that brat? He can't even compete with half of my charm." 

"Tsk," Hope gave him a look when she thought Kace was being silly. But honestly, she agreed with him. She couldn't compare Oliver to him. Because, not only were they from different levels, but the both of them also came from different worlds. "For a second, I thought your beast took over your body again," she spoke lightly. 

"What? I am just saying the truth," Kace laughed as he tousled her hair. "Let's go back, you will catch a cold in this weather."

"Wait," Hope pulled Kace back. They were just a hundred meters away from the house. "Why don't you mark me now?" she looked at him expectantly. 

"You want me to mark you now?" Kace looked at her in amus.e.m.e.nt. "Do you know that the process is dangerous?" he tapped the tip of her nose. 

"Don't you just bite me?" Hope tilted her head, she was clueless. "Isn't it like the bite of those vampires in the movies? That you will drink my blood?" 

Kace scrunched his nose in disgust. "Can you stop comparing me to those dimwitted creatures?" not only she just compared him with Oliver, but now it was with the vampires? 

Hope giggled seeing how irritated Kace was. "So, why is the process dangerous?" if it wasn't because Kace couldn't stop from drinking her blood, thus what made it dangerous?

"Marking is not an easy process. It's going to hurt. It might even kill you if we are not careful enough." Kace's voice became serious.

"Kill me?" The question sounded like a whisper, showing her concern. 

"I have to admit it, Hope. Werewolf's bite is dangerous and a lycan's bite is even more lethal." He caressed her cheeks softly as his mate turned quite. "I must be a hundred percent sure that you will be fine." especially when there were never once in history that a lycan had a guardian angel as his mate. 

"Fine," Hope said bitterly. "If you can't mark me yet, how about you kiss me?"