Chapter 64

Zenovia

Maria must have noticed my expressions because she added, “Do not worry, my dear. Callahan is a busy man, and he would return as soon as his work is completed.”

I nodded at that and finished my plate of sandwiches and gulped down the juice because she would not let me leave without that.

“Good girl”

She said, and I was reminded of lum again. I shook my head.

Maybe this was for the better. I had to give myself some space and time to know what I felt for him and what it could mean

to me.

As much as I craved him, there was no denying that he was the Lycan King and at most I could be his breeder, not his chosen mate or anything else.

Thus, I walked out of the big dining hall and made my way towards the open grounds. There were not many people around except for one or two gardeners.

Where did the rest of the pack train and exercise?

I wondered and looked around. The mansion was huge, but it was not crammed with people. In fact, I had only seen Drusilla, Matteo and Elijah inside, along with the servants and maids.

I made my way towards the garden and was relieved to find a familiar figure.

“Elijah,” I called out, and he turned around.

Seeing me,

he gave me a smile and waved at me.

“Hey, good morning”

1 jogged up to reach him and asked, “Where is everybody? The mansion feels pretty empty.”

Elijah shrugged. “Where everybody is supposed to be. At the pack house.”

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

“Where is that? I have not really met the rest of the members of the pack.”

Elijah gave it some thought, as if debating what to answer.

“You didn’t expect the entire pack to live in the mansion, right?”

“Eh

He chuckled.

even in the ball, I did not see any of the pack

members of any pack, not just ours. That was because the ball was only for the leaders of a pack, alpha, beta, gamma and, in some cases, their kids too, if they were of

a big fuss about wanting to be chosen as Callahan’s mate.

a question lingering in my

find

“A few

I could not help

the curse is still in effect, but

I feel so relieved to hear

a mansion, separate from the rest of the werewolves and packs. But he doesn’t like

the

changed?” I asked, and Elijah shrugged.

Maybe he had too many meetings to attend and stuff like that. In fact, the mansion was mostly abandoned and he liked to live with the others in the pack

Nee.” I mumbled.

www

you arrived around the same time.

with me in a giant mansion? That would signify that I was some important person

thought popped up in my head. “The King needed an anchor, I heard. Is that why I was brought to the mansion? To be sacrificed in some ritual?”

weird, but there

this whole anchor stuff that made me not completely trust them. So far, none of them had

am not authorised to tell you anything.” He

was sharing his views about his leader and King, oblivious to the turmoil churning

energy to convince him. He did not want to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it was

“Why is that?”

the guards opened the gate and we continued walking

on the road, which was relatively empty, given

but almost nobody got hurt. Callahan spent literally weeks fortifying the pack house and setting up advanced safety measures to ensure that nothing would get in without permission. He also trained

was easy to talk to, and he made me feel oddly comfortable when I was with

to dissolve without wanting to

for me to explain

and trees grew a little denser and he left the road to take a muddy path that went into the

forest.

are we going?” I asked, and he replied. “Didn’t you

it is the best idea to introduce me to them. Callahan

to do than show you around. Plus, now he would not even

mansion”

was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I had run away

if the rest of the people knew where I had been last night, or that Callahan had saved me from

to stay in the mansion so would I be going against his

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