Lyne counted the seconds in her head as she tried to keep her sanity intact despite how weak her knees had become. Not to mention the fact of how her body was feeling something strange building up inside!
However, she then left their position to continue as it was as she heard a monstrous sound approaching. They had already encountered an Ogre before, so she instantly heard the similarities. And here she thought that the werewolf was just tricking her. Still, she was far from convinced that he needed to kiss her like this!
It had been over sixty seconds, And Boris still wouldn’t stop! Having had enough, Lyne bit his lips, forcing Boris to let her go.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Boris complained.
"Your one minute is up, you pervert!" Lyne hissed. Her face was practically red in a mix of anger and embarrassment.
"Pervert? I’m just trying to save you while also saving myself the energy to fight an ugly ogre! Damn... Why are you so moody..." Boris mumbled. Shaking his head, he shamelessly grabbed Lyne’s hand and pulled her to walk with him. "Let’s go continue walking. I’m so tired of having to explain myself to you. This is just the simple act of holding hands since it’s safer that I lead you like this. As opposed to us continuing as were with traps scattered all over the place, So please, stop complaining or calling me a pervert because there’s no malice in holding hands like this in times of crucial moments. Unless you’re feeling something towards me..."
There was no response.
Boris suddenly stopped walking. He turned at Lyne and looked closely. "Don’t tell me you’re getting affected with us simply holding hands like this? Do you somehow feel the Mate Pull as well? I heard that humans can’t feel it, but some could feel what they call ’attraction’ instead?"
Lyne could clearly see Boris’s teasing smile in his eyes. With a frown, she firmly replied, "Of course not! Stop stalling and continue walking. Let’s get this over with quickly since I can’t tolerate your presence any longer!"
"Fine. Let’s go..." Boris mumbled as he tightened his grip on Lyne’s hand.
He walked and led the way with a wide smile still on his face. He couldn’t believe that the trick Aire told him about using an ogre friend of his would actually work.
’How did that little girl even know that I have an ogre friend?!’ Boris inwardly wondered. He was way too enthusiastic at hearing Aire’s suggestion earlier that he only now realized the fact that a little girl knew such personal details. How did that happen?
He shook his head and thought to ask Aire about it later. For now, he was blissful of having skin-to-skin contact with his mate like this. He honestly didn’t plan to kiss her, but hugging her a while ago ignited the hungry beast inside of him, so he went for the attack. He wondered if he could ever control himself and take things slowly, as Aire had suggested.
"We’re almost there," Boris said as they reached the cliff, stopping and pointing his finger below. "That’s the training grounds... This is the best view I can get for you. Now do your thing before the sun goes down," he commented.
He watched as Lyne took her shots and videos that she was currently sending live to Mia and Levi.
"I need to get closer..." Lyne whispered.
"Why?"
"I have to install a barrier..." she quickly replied.
"But it’s way too dangerous," Boris denied.
"I’ll be quick, so stand guard," Lyne coldly answered as she quickly moved in to install the barrier on the ground. They would need it as a backup once they penetrated the Convel Society. The Boss’s plan was to attack the Convel Society’s territory first.
It was honestly a very dangerous and risky plan, but it was the only way to keep the Moon Clan territory intact... for them to attack the enemy first and subdue them before they could be a threat.
Boris looked around carefully. There was no security in the training grounds since they thought it wasn’t needed, given that all the monsters lurking at this side of the forest were just that dangerous. However, none knew about the secret passage they used except for him... This passage saved his life, and he owed it to that ogre he named Hans. Boris balled his hands into a fist. He was now nothing but an exiled alpha! It was all because of Danos, so he would make sure to break that man’s neck soon.
"Let’s go. Someone’s coming..." Boris hissed.
"Just a few more seconds," Lyne whispered as she waited for the gadget to turn green before pressing a button that would make it blend into the ground. The barrier would kill any werewolf that would pass by it. She needed to install it this early for it to have a wide coverage as days passed by. Mia and Levi would then work on it to expand the coverage even further. And hopefully, it would cover the whole territory of the Convel Society by the time they start attacking.
"Done," Lyne whispered.
The instant he heard her, Boris immediately pulled at her and carried her in his arms. He then quickly ran back inside the cover of the forbidden forest.
"You can put me down now!" Lyne almost yelled.
"No. We can move faster this way!" Boris uttered.
As they ran, Lyne noticed how Boris’s skin slowly became hairier. She looked up and instantly fainted, seeing his monstrous form.
"Damn!" Boris cursed. The last thing he wanted was for his human mate to see his ugly wolf-man form, but he needed to shift because he was way faster and stronger in this form. He would need it, seeing as he smelled the presence of an alpha approaching.
He only stopped after he had confirmed that nobody had followed his tracks. He then immediately ran back to the secret passage. Once inside, he quickly shifted himself back to his human form.