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.

did not see any of the pack members.”

“You did not see 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

and how they had made a big

me of a question

anybody find a

nodded. “A

the King?” I could not help

in effect, but yes,

I feel so relieved to hear

mansion, separate from the rest of the werewolves and packs. But he doesn’t like living there much either. He only uses it for work

in the

changed?” I asked, and Elijah shrugged.

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 house. But

Nee.” I mumbled.

www

you arrived around the same time.

sure what to think of that. Why would Callahan abandon his people and come to live with me in a giant

in my head. “The King needed an anchor, I heard. Is that why

were a little weird, but there was some secrecy within the four people-

far, none of them had harmed me, but it felt similar to raising a chicken to be cooked for dinner

when the time is right. I am not authorised to tell you

Callahan and I noticed the way he was sharing his views about his

to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it was Drusilla who pointed out that nobody would attack his pack, they would

“Why is that?”

as one of the guards opened the gate and we

which was relatively empty, given the fact that the mansion was

there were a few attacks on the pack, 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 us to the point that we thought our bones and muscles were

and he made me

tension that my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to

would be awkward for me to explain that.

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

forest.

asked, and he replied. “Didn’t you ask me where the pack house

if it is the best idea to introduce me to them. Callahan never

you around. Plus, now

mansion”

the way Callahan’s eyes had heated and there was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I had run away from him.

where I had been last night, or that

asked me to stay in the mansion so would I be going against his orders if I went to his pack house?

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