Lauren''s POV


    "Then I''ll say, nice to meet you, Kent." After saying that, I got a strange feeling and something crossed my mind fast. It feltplicated and I didn''t take it seriously. "Maybe that guy will even give you a hug," Victor chuckled.


    I got more excited about meeting Kent.


    I wondered what kind of personality he had or what he would say to me when we first met. Would he greet me gently as Victor said? Would he be quiet and introverted like Victor or more lively and outgoing?


    But I presumed he would be more like Victor because rumor had it that Kent was the strongest wolf of the Easnd. He was more giant than regr wolves and his emerald eyes were incredibly enchanting. Once you locked eyes with him, his huge sharp ws woulde right at you. A powerful and fearful alpha wolf must be stern and intimidating like Victor.


    "What''s on your mind?"


    "Kent," I said, "I''m really curious about him."


    "Though I can''t feel Kent for now, I bet he''s also quite curious about you and can''t wait to meet you," Victor ced my hand on his chest and his heart was pounding loud under my palm, "I have a feeling that he''sing back. Thest time my heart raced so fast is when I first shifted."


    I was dying to tell him Be''s spection but I couldn''t. I had to hold back my feelings and changed the subject, "You''ve never brought up your past to me before. Does it hurt when you first shifted? Back when I first shifted, I felt like my bones were cracking and my head wouldn''t stop buzzing. That pain didn''t go away until Be showed up. I almost cried when I saw her and I didn''t know if it was because of the pain or because I got emotional."


    Of course I was more touched than relieved when I first saw Be because I felt magical power flowing inside me. The pain went away and a stream of warm surge spread from my spine to my limbs. My whole body was rxed and I thought it was because of the healing power.


    "...It was alright. I guess it did hurt," Victor''s voice somehow became a bit lower.


    "You guess?"


    "I have a high tolerance for pain."


    I couldn''t believe what he just said. How could anyone have a high tolerance for pain? The stronger the werewolves were, the more painful their transformations would get. Then Victor must''ve endured much greater pain than regr werewolves. I was confused. Victor knew I had doubts and said, "It was kind of like breaking my bones and piecing them up again. It''s been so long that I forgot how it felt."


    Hearing his words, I once again realized that as the strongest alpha of the Midnight ws Tribe, Victor must be much more capable than other werewolves to get in that position. He had gone through a lot of ruthless battles. The battle he had against the Dark Enchantress where he temporarily became invalid and lost Kent might hurt even more than his shifting.


    "I''m sorry. I shouldn''t have brought this up," I hastily said.


    "There''s nothing to be sorry about. I don''t care about those things anymore, Lauren," Victor held me tighter and didn''t seem to get upset at all, "I don''t dwell on the pain of the past."


    His eyes looked firm and he pulled me closer when he thought of something.


    "Besides, that battle didn''t only bring me pain." "What?"


    Victor smiled and didn''t answer so I stopped asking. We snuggled and chatted for some time on thewn but then he asked me to go back to rest because he was afraid that I might get a hangover. I said yes because I also wanted to talk about Kent with Be. We gave each other a good night kiss and went back to our rooms.


    In my room


    The second I went back to my room, I couldn''t wait to ask Be about Kent, "Did you sense something this time?"


    Be said, "Still the same snowfield but that figure was gone. But this time I saw something giant that looked like a cocoon near the forest. There was a faint light shining inside the cocoon, which gave me a very familiar aura. I could also hear the purring sound of a resting beast. I think that''s where Kent heals himself."


    In a trance, I felt like this image also came into my head but the purring sound was much louder as if he was delivering some kind of message to me.


    I was almost positive that it was Victor''s wolf, Kent.


    "And this image crossed my head when you brought up Kent in front of Victor," Be added.


    I suddenly had an idea, "Maybe it''s not that we sensed Kent but that Kent has sent us a message."


    Hearing that, Be cheered up and wanted to go for a run in the forest right now to let out her excitement. She even wanted to get Victor out of bed to start his treatment right away. But I stopped her and analyzed calmly, "Calm down. Even if we go and give him treatment right now, Kent can''t recover right away and show up. Besides, we''ve already started healing Kent."


    "Huh?" Be was puzzled but then realized what I meant, "Oh, right! Recently we''ve spent a lot of time with Victor and we kissed and cuddled very often. Maybe that''s what had been giving Kent the power to heal. Lauren!"


    I knew what Be was thinking the moment she called my name but I didn''t say no to her like I always did and covered my face with the quilt, "I know. I''ll get more intimate with him but now the most important thing is to get enough sleep. I gotta keep on reading the materials for the surgery tomorrow."


    "Alright," Be sighed and stopped thinking about getting intimate with Victor right now. But she started talking after being quiet for two minutes, "I''m so excited about meeting Kent. How will he react when he saw us? I wanna give him a big kiss if he''s handsome and strong. What do you think?"


    "Well, that''s nice," I yawned, "but I''m very sleepy right now, my dear."


    "Go to sleep then. Good night."


    But two minutester, she spoke up in my head again, "I think he''s gonna be a hunk."


    I was speechless.


    "I wanna run in the woods with him and take him to our secret base! Then should we get prepared in advance? Why don''t we have our next date there? Oh, Lauren, let''s take Victor there for our next date!"


    In the end, I fell asleep in Be''s constant chattering and it was almost noon when I woke up the next day. I gotzier and toofortable in Victor''s estate and even my biological clock was changing. I stretched myself and then my phone started ringing. It was M.


    I picked up the phone and heard M mocking me, "Good morning...no, it''s already noon now, Lauren. I can tell from your voice that you seemed to have a beautiful evening. I''m sorry if I interrupted you. You can go on with what you''re doing right now after this call." M wouldn''t call me for no reason. Thinking about what happenedst night, I teased her back, "Sounds like you had an even more wonderful evening than I did. Why are you calling me? Aren''t you with your Fairy Godmother?"