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.

then, even in the ball, I did not see any

was only for the leaders of a pack, alpha, beta, gamma and, in some cases, their kids too, if they were

and her friends and how they had made a big fuss about wanting to

of a question lingering in

anybody find a

nodded. “A few

I could not help but

curse is still in effect, but

so relieved

and packs. But he doesn’t like living

the

I asked, and Elijah shrugged.

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 house. But then, as the attacks of the rogues increased, I and Matt literally

I mumbled.

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

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

“The King needed an anchor, I heard. Is that

but there was some

of them had harmed me, but it felt similar

it when the time is right. I am not authorised to tell you anything.” He gave a short answer and changed the

and I noticed the way he was sharing his views about his leader and King, oblivious to the turmoil churning inside me.

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 pointed out that nobody would attack his pack, they

“Why is that?”

one of the guards opened the gate and we continued walking

empty, given

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 that nothing would get in without

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

wanting to kiss him. And I sincerely hoped he had

for me to explain that.

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

forest.

he replied. “Didn’t you ask me where the

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

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mansion”

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

the rest of the people knew where I had been last night, or that Callahan had

the mansion so would I be going against his

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