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.”

for the leaders of a pack, alpha, beta, gamma

remembered Cynthia and her friends and how they had made a big fuss about wanting to be chosen as

of a question lingering in my

anybody find a

nodded. “A few did.”

King?” I could not

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

I feel so relieved to hear

live in a mansion, separate from the rest of the werewolves and packs. But he

the

asked, and Elijah shrugged.

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 house. But then, as the

I

www

around the same time. Maybe it served as a

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

King needed an anchor, I heard. Is that

but there was some secrecy within the four people- Drusilla, Matteo, Elijah

were pretty tight-lipped about this whole anchor stuff that made me not completely trust them. So far, none of them had harmed me, but it felt similar to raising a chicken to be cooked for dinner one

not authorised to tell you anything.”

sharing his views about

to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it

“Why is that?”

opened the gate and we

which was relatively empty, given

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

Elijah was easy to talk to, and he made me feel oddly

my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to kiss him. And I sincerely hoped he

would be awkward for me to explain that.

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

forest.

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

it is the best idea

to do than show you around. Plus, now

mansion”

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

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

had asked me to stay in the mansion so would I be

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