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.

I did not see any of the pack members.”

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

made a big fuss about wanting to be chosen as

a question lingering in my mind.

find

nodded. “A few

could not help

in effect,

did I feel so relieved to hear that?

But he doesn’t like living there much either. He

the

changed?” I asked, and Elijah shrugged.

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

Nee.” I

www

same time. Maybe it served

his people and come to live with me in a giant mansion? That would signify that I was some important person in his life, which I definitely wasn’t.

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

but there was some

So far, none of them

not authorised to tell you anything.” He gave a short answer and

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

He did not want to live alone in the mansion and.

“Why is that?”

around as one of the guards opened the gate and we

given the fact that the mansion was closer to the forest.

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

smiled at that. Elijah was easy to talk to, and he made me

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

awkward for me to explain that.

shrubs and trees grew a little denser and he left the road

forest.

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

sure if it is the best

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

mansion”

was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I

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

in the mansion so would I be going against his orders if I

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255