Found by the Lycan King

Chapter 28

Callahan

1 had been seated in my office, papers, and files strewn all around the table and a few lying on the floor as well.

I had decided to drown myself in work just like I would work before. The innocent looking girl in my house was not going to

turn me soft.

I was spending some time thinking about her, fantasizing about her and thankfully, I realized it soon enough.

The ball could happen and she could even find a mate for all I cared, she was not going to matter to me.

“But then why are you avoiding her if she doesn’t mean anything to you?” least, my Lycan, asked in my head.

I mentally rolled my eyes at him and replied. “Because I am working. And it needs concentration.”

He chuckled, “At least you agreed that she distracts you.”

I did not wish to argue with Beast so I didn’t bother replying and instead focussed on the file in front of me.

I thought of having a meeting with all the alphas again and enforcing a few new rules since everybody would be around.

But it looked like nobody wanted to let me work in peace. The door of my office flew open and Drusilla was standing with her hands on her hips, glaring at me.

“How rude of the host to not attend the event!!” she huffed and came forward.

I flipped a page of the file without looking up at her. “I am not the host and it is not my event. Close the door on your way

out.”

That only angered her more as she flared her nostrils and came up to me and plucked the file out of my hands.

“Get up, now!!”

I let out a sigh. “Dru, I am working-”

She shook her head, “You work 24 by 7. Now, I want you to get up and come with me outside right now. Everybody is asking for you.”

them. If they find their mates, nobody would bother about

was pulling me out of the chair, “God, you are

the chair as she put herself behind me and placed her hands

“Out, keep walking”

a minion orders the Lycan King around, who will

stake.”

“Then how about you walk out nicely with me? You made poor Zenovia slog so much and I dolled her up but you are not even going

odd feeling inside my chest. I played

Do you want her to help you or not as your anchor? Why

face and stepped outside the front doors of the mansion

everybody just gathered around me and I tried to be nice and polite. My eyes subconsciously scanned the crowd for Zenivia but she was

reminded myself about my earlier resolve and

Cynthia came forward and asked me for a dance. I wanted to deny her,

her. She began dancing closely, and I tried to feel something for

figure and her eyes were begging me to touch her. I tried to focus on her, to not think about the girl with those

it was getting increasingly hard to forget about her. While I danced with Cynthia or tried to, my brain reminded me of the little happy dance Zenovia had done, wearing

girls wearing fashionable clothes and despite having Cynthia so close

Chapter 28

today, my King” Cynthia complimented me and I only

“So do you

brightened at that and she kept dancing slowly but I could not keep up with the charade anymore.

the sound of a crash and the wooden frames put up all around us for the event began to vibrate.

it was some rogue attack and was immediately going to spring into action but then my gaze

sucked in a

absolutely ethereal in the dress. that clung to

hair fell in waves upon her shoulders and the off shoulder dress

as my mind immediately began to wonder how

her dress that reached her thigh was too tantalizing and all my earlier self resolve crumbled when I locked eyes. with her.

was messing with my mind and I was letting her.

we continue dancing?”

could not. Not

from the dance floor. My

her dress, trying to tug at it and pull it down and cover the slit