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.

ball, I did not see any

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

they had made a big fuss about wanting to

me of a question lingering in

find a

nodded. “A

the King?” I could

one while the curse is still in effect, but yes, he did

did I feel so relieved to hear

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

in the

changed?” I asked, and Elijah

mostly abandoned and he liked to live with the others in the pack house. But then, as the attacks

Nee.” I mumbled.

www

even you arrived around the same time. Maybe it served as a

was not sure what to think of that. Why would Callahan abandon his people and come to live with me in a giant mansion? That would signify that I was some important person in his

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

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

stuff that made me not completely trust them. So far, none of them had harmed me, but it felt similar to raising

about it when the time is right. I am not authorised to

was sharing his views

mansion and.

“Why is that?”

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

the road, which was relatively empty, given the fact that the mansion was closer to

the past, 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

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

silence or tension that my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to kiss him.

be awkward for me to

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

forest.

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

am not sure if it is the best idea to introduce me to them. Callahan never did.”

come on. He has plenty of things to do than show you around. Plus, now he would not even want you to

mansion”

had heated and there was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I had

had

to stay in the mansion so would I be going against

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