Chapter 233: THE WOMAN IN HIS ARMS

Chapter 233 THE WOMAN IN HIS ARMS

Raphael’s heart hammered in his chest as he sprinted towards the end of the village. His heart pounded with each step he took and another emotion which Raphael couldn’t quite understand filled up his entire being.

Fear, yes fear.

Somehow, this emotion had managed to crept up his entire being, putting his whole mind in turmoil.

The moment he heard Kai mention her house being on fire, Raphael couldn’t stop himself from running to her. No matter how hard he tried stopping his legs, they kept running in the direction of her house.

‘ Damn this stupid mate bond.’ He cursed silently.

He had only the mate bond to blame. He was running to her only because of the fucking mate bond. He didn’t care about her, he would never. He barely even knew her so why should he care?

Kai’s voice sounded behind him yelling for him to stop but Raphael increased his pace instead. He was almost there.

I the little distance, Raphael could see the fire blazing through the night, the black smokes flying high into the dark sky. Panic seeped through his being wondering if she was safe or not.

People were already gathered there by the time Raphael arrived. Their worried yells only made the fear is Raph worsen.

“ What happened here?” He asked the person nearest to him. “ How come there’s fire ?”

“ I don’t know,” The man scratched his head. “ No one knows how the fire started. They’ve been trying to put it out but all attempts of no use. Look the fire isn’t dying down despite the rain.” He pointed out to the blazing fire.

“ The girl... the one that that lives here, where is she?” Raphael hurriedly asked.

“ I..” The man hesitated. “ We think she’s still inside.”

Raphael’s body went cold hearing this. “ In- Inside?” He stuttered shifting his gaze back to the house which was covered with flames.

“ What happened here?” Kai reached, stopping to catch his breath. “ And why did you just take off like that?”

“ She’s- She’s inside.”

“ Huh? She who— hey Raph!” He called out after Raphael who had dashed off again. This time heading right for the house which was bringing.

“ Fuck! Has he lost it??” Kai’s eyes were wide open with shock. He stood there not knowing what to do. Should he go after Raph or stay here? What was Raph even thinking dashing head on into a fire like that?

“ What’s going on?” A voice came up from behind making Kai turn. It was the Alpha alongside Madame Carla and Elliot.

“ Where’s Raph?”

“ He’s gone inside” Kai replied worriedly.

“ What?!” It was Lucious’ turn to yell now. “ Has he lost it?!”

Kai shrugged looking back at the burning house. The raging fire crackled some more and, this time, some part of the roof crumbled down earning more yells and screams from the people.

“ I’m going after him.” Kai suddenly said ready to leave.

“ No wait,” Lucious stopped him. “ You stay here, I’ll go after him.”

“ But Alpha—”

“ No buts. I said I’ll go, you stay here with Elliot and the rest. I have no idea what Raph was thinking going in there but I know he must have a reason— a very good one at that.” Lucious mumbled the last part and folded his sleeves.

“ Stay here and make sure no one else gets hurts.” He added and before anyone of them could say a word, dashed through the crowd and into house.

“ Raph?” He called out the moment he entered. The house was full of black smoke, making it hard for him to see. A piece of the ceiling fell off and Lucious barely dodged the blazing piece of wood. His powers have weakened so has his reflexes.

“ Raph?” He called out again, louder this time.

“ Over here!” Came the reply from one end of the room. Lucious squinted his eyes in the direction of the voice and that was when he saw Raph’s figure crouched besides two other figures on the ground.

“ Have you lost it?” Was the first thing Lucious asked the moment he reached Raph. “ What were you thinking coming in here like this?”

“ Forget all that and help me out.” Raph ignored him making Lucious scoff.

“ You’ve definitely lost it.” He mumbled and crouched down besides him.

“ They’ve lost consciousness, we’ve got to get them out of here.” Urgency laced Raph’s voice as he hurriedly picked up the woman in front of him. Lucious nodded and did the same, reaching for the other figure laying unconsciously on the ground. The smoke coupled with the darkness made it hard to see who it was he picked up, but something within him stirred.

That familiar feeling.. that tingling sensation that ran through his body whenever their skin came in contact, that tiny sparks that shot through his entire body … Lucious felt them all.

He drew in a sharp breath, eyes widening in both shock and horror as he looked down at the woman in his arms.

“ H- H- Haven?” He couldn’t believe it. Was this really his mate?

“ What are you thinking?” Raph yelled before he broke into a cough. All the smoke he inhaled was starting to get to him. “ Alpha, we need to get out of here. Fast. ”

Raph was right. They needed to get out of here. The house was going to burn to the ground.

“ Let’s go.” Lucious took the lead, Raphael coming up besides him. More and more of the burning roof crumbled down as they hurried for the door. They jumped and dodged some more and were almost there when another piece of wood, this one a bit larger fell off. This one was right above Raph.

“ Be careful Raph!” Lucious who happened to see it yelled out, sweat dripping down his forehead.

Raph looked up, his eyes widening a little when he saw the burning wood heading right for his head. He managed to move to the side right on time before it crashed to the ground but not without the wood grazing his right arm first.

Raphael hissed feeling the burn shot through his body. He looked down at the woman in his arms to make sure she was not hurt in anyway and breathe a sigh of relief when he saw she was okay.

“ Come on.” Lucious urged and walked ahead. Raphael grimaced but followed all the same. They soon exited the house, earning a cheer from the crowd. No sooner had they left the house, the whole ceiling came crumbling down, crushing whatever was beneath.

“ Alpha! Raph!” Kai rushed up to them with the rest. “ Phew that was a close call. Are you guys okay?” He asked as both men crouched to the ground.

Lucious barely heard him. His attention was now on the woman in his arms. His heart raced seeing the silver hair sparkling under the moonlight. Most of it was covering her face as she laid on his chest so he couldn’t see her face at all.

With shaky hands, he reached out to move the hair away, revealing her face and the moment he did, h

is whole world came to a complete stop.

“ Haven?”