Chapter 140: Search
While Arren was planning how to meet with Spade, the group of people searching for him had yet to have any results. After all, Arren was careful and no one noticed him, and after that, he met Ivo and went to his villa, so there had been no clue so far.
Rave and Levin were together and had separated from the others. In fact, it was only Rave who wanted to move on his own, as he was used to working alone. However, Levin still insisted on being with him, and he didn’t refuse.
He was aware that refusing the alpha could only waste their time, and in the end, Levin would still insist, so Rave skipped it entirely. Everyone was racing for time, and the pressure for them was increasing as Spade’s impatience was reaching its peak. Anyone who was slammed with words couldn’t lift their head anymore in front of the emperor.
As for Rave, aside from the pressure of the monarch, he was also anxious to find Arren. It wasn’t only his responsibility to obey Spade; he was also searching for Arren of his own accord. He might not admit it, but he treated the omega like a friend.
Growing up, Rave didn’t have a friend. It was hard to get along with someone, especially with Arren, who was clingy and talkative. He was used to being alone, as he had goals in mind.
Things like relationships were not too important to him; he was more focused on finding his parents. Throughout the years, the anxiousness and even the helplessness had been engraved on him that he had become numb to it.
He didn’t even know what it was like to have a friend or the warmth that having one could give him. He was so used to the loneliness that after Arren came into his life, he avoided his invasive presence.
Rave couldn’t understand how someone could be easygoing like the omega. They were different, and at some point, he even held some disdain for how Arren could be so carefree without knowing the intensity of their situation. No, rather than saying he didn’t know, he was purposely avoiding reality by pretending to be oblivious to all of it.
He wasn’t like that, so he didn’t know how to treat Arren. However, even if he had avoided Arren, the omega was too persistent in pestering him, and he suddenly became comfortable with it. Or at least, he wasn’t that opposed to Arren’s presence anymore.