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

because the ball was only for the leaders of a pack, alpha, beta, gamma and, in some cases, their kids

and how they had made a big fuss about wanting to be chosen as Callahan’s

me of a question lingering in my

anybody find a

“A

could

curse is still in effect, but

I feel so

and packs. But he doesn’t like living there

in the

asked,

he liked to live with

Nee.” I mumbled.

www

you arrived around the same time. Maybe it served

that. Why would Callahan abandon his people and come to live with me in a giant mansion? That would

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

in my head were a little weird, but there was some secrecy within the four people- Drusilla, Matteo, Elijah

none of them had harmed

not authorised to tell

way he was sharing his views about his leader and King, oblivious to

took us a great deal of time and energy to convince him. He did not want to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it was Drusilla who

“Why is that?”

one of the guards opened the gate and we continued walking outside the

was relatively empty, given the fact that the

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 sore

to, and he made me feel oddly comfortable when

there would either be an awkward silence or tension that my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to kiss him. And I sincerely hoped he had not told anyone

be awkward for me

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

forest.

replied. “Didn’t you ask me where the pack house

am not sure if it is the best idea to introduce me to

He has plenty of things to do than show you around.

mansion”

1 recalled the way Callahan’s eyes had heated and there was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I had run

wondered if the rest of the people knew where I had been last night, or

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

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