<h4>Chapter 786 - THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MATING CEREMONY (3)</h4>
Lc chose this tavern because this was the first ce that Jedrek and shehad visitedduring their very first walk in the city.
This ce was quite memorable for her, therefore she took Raine, Hope and Calleb here.
Though the city streets were a little bit crowded,this ce was an exception as it was almost empty with scarce number of people. Not many people went here because the location was not really strategize. And, this tavern was ced near the end of the alley.
If it was not for Jedrek, Lc wouldn''t have known this ce.
"Why is this ce empty? You said the food prepared here is delicious?" Logically speaking, if the foods avable were appetizing, the ce should be packedwith people, but Calleb could see a few empty tables inside this tavern.
"This ce is secluded, and not known to many people," Lc replied. She led them to the further table from the entrance door and sat there.
Actually, she wanted to sit on the same table like before when she visited with Jedrek, but that table had already been upied by someone else.
There was a woman, sitting alone with her hoodie covering almost her entire face and body.
"Wait," Hope mumbled. Her eyes locked on to the woman, who was sitting at the corner table. "Is that Serefina?" She asked with uncertainty.
"What?" Lc followed Hope''s line of sight and spotted the woman.
"Serefina!" before Lc could confirm whether it was Serefina or not, Hope started calling the woman and went over to greether.
However, before Hope could walk closer, the woman stood up and left her table.
"Serefina! Where are you going?!" Hope didn''t stop there and chased after her. She grabbed her arm before she could walk any further.
"What?!" the witch swatted Hope''s hand, but the girl hugged her instead and this only infuriated her. "Stop hugging me like an octopus!"
"Octopus?" Hope frowned and loosened her arms around Serefina. ??You have never been hugged by an octopus," she protested.
Meanwhile, Lc was staring at the duo bantering in disbelief. "It is really her," she mumbled.
What a coincidence… out of hundreds of ces and taverns in this city, why should Serefina be here? This was an ufortable coincidence.
"Where are you going? Let''s go inside. Join our table," Hope said cheerfully. She didn''t evenconsider that this cheerful decision of hers could create an awkward situationfor Serefina and Lc if they were to sit at the same table, at the same time, at a moment like this.
The first thing Serefina did when the sun kissed the horizon was; runaway from the castle and from all the lc flowers that covered the entire ce. She regretted that she was the one who suggested it.
Every time Serefina eyes fell on those lc flowers, she had an urge to burn it down along with the other decorations, thus to save herself from the trouble, she ran away and was roaming around this city all day mindlessly.
Serefina didn''t want to stay and watch pathetically the ceremony that would be held tomorrow, giving a fake blessing that she would never mean it.
"No, I am done here," Serefina said. But, Calleb walked over and pulled her back. "What are you doing?"
"Let''s enjoy this moment and forget everything," he said, grinning like a fool.
"What do you mean forget everything?" Serefina protested, but Calleb had already sat her down beside Raine and the Gamma ced himself on her other side, while Hope and Lc was across from them.
"We need to rx once in a while, right?" Calleb wiggled his brows at the witch.
"Being with you just makes me even more annoyed," she grumbled.
Of course, Calleb knew about this, he just wanted to give the witch some hard time for what she had done when she was with them before. This wouldn''t do any harm to her, right? It didn''t look like Lc would attack her or do something despicable. Well, the Gamma was quite petty at a time like this to get back at her in such a way.
"Being with us is better than being alone," Calleb retorted.
"I prefer to be alone," though that was what Serefina said,she ordered a drink when a young girl approached them as if she was not the one leaving this ce earlier.
"So, what will we do now?" Calleb turned his attention and looked at Hope. This was her idea after all, thus she sure had something fun to do, right?
"What?" Hope tilted her head.
"You suggested this. We have ordered drinks and foods." Calleb waved his hand toward the two girls, who walked over while holding their order. "What other things should we do in a bachelorette party?"
Hope blinked her eyes and looked at him innocently. "I don''t know, I have never attended one."
"What? So, this is just a regr dine out?" Calleb was disappointed and Raine chuckled.
"You have lived longer than me, why don''t you tell us what we should do?" Hope countered, but Lc was exceptionally calm.
"I have never attended a bachelorette party too," Calleb admitted.
Meanwhile, Serefinaughed at his honest statement. "You are helpless," she criticized Calleb and stared at Hope. "If you don''t know what to do, so why did you even suggest doing this?"
"Let''s y truth or dare?" Raine suggested when it seemed Serefina would cause trouble again with her unyielding argumentation.
"I don''t want to," Serefina refused it immediately.
"Ah! Raph!" Calleb almost jumped from his seat. He could sense the Beta''s presence even before he entered the tavern.
"Lana!" Hope waved her hands to the couple. "Come here!" she was very excited to see them.
Raphael had his arms around Lana''s waist protectively when they walked closer to their table.
"Why are you here? Shouldn''t you be resting now?" Serefina frowned when she watched Lana''s pale face, but aside from that, she looked fine.
"I need to get some fresh air," Lana mumbled. "I will get sick if I lie down all the time."
"What all the time? You just slept for a day and half." Serefina drank her drink.
"Why are you here?" Raphael looked at Calleb. "Didn''t Torak tell you to look after them?"
"He did, here I am." Calleb grinned foolishly, but then the two lycan looked at each other with knitted brows.