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

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

remembered Cynthia and her friends and how they had made a

reminded me of a question lingering in my

anybody find a máte?”

“A

could not help but

in effect, but yes,

feel so relieved to hear

Lycan King. So he is supposed to live in a mansion, separate from the rest of the werewolves and packs. But he

the

asked, and Elijah

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

Nee.” I mumbled.

www

same time. Maybe it served as a catalyst?”

to live with me in a giant mansion? That would

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

head were a little weird, but there was some secrecy

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

will be informed about it when the time is right. I am not authorised to tell you anything.” He gave

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

and energy to convince him. He did not want to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it was Drusilla

“Why is that?”

the gate and we continued walking outside the huge garden.

on the road, which was relatively empty, given the fact that

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

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

would either be an awkward silence or tension that my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to kiss him. And

for me to

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

forest.

and he replied. “Didn’t you ask me

is the best idea to introduce me to

come on. He has plenty of things to do than show you around. Plus,

mansion”

the way Callahan’s eyes had heated and there was a hint of accusation in them when

where I had been last night, or that

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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