Found by the Lycan King

Chapter 84

Zenovia

“Change? In what way?”

“I would have told you, but Callahan is the King and he wants to do it when he feels the time is right. I only hope you awaken your wolf today, so I don’t have to be so tight-lipped around you.”

She said, and it somehow made me feel both anxious and a bit relieved.

“Are you going to sacrifice me in some ritual?” I asked and was rewarded with a chuckle.

“Callahan does not believe in rituals or sacrifices. Hell, he does not even believe in the Moon Goddess anymore. So you don’t have to worry about that.”

“But why?” I blurted out.

We all were creatures of the Moon Goddess. Selene had bestowed us with a power to shift into our wolves after we reached a certain age, granting us inhuman strength and power.

We all worshipped her so it was odd to hear that the King, the person who ruled us all, did not believe in our deity.

It was said that many years ago, Selene was born as an unwanted child to a Greater God, who ignored her for his other offsprings who were far more stronger and powerful. Selene used everything she could to please her father, but he would always turn a blind eye to her.

One such day some lesser gods united against her to eradicate the weakling, so she fought with them and left the Kingdom to make one where no one could reach her, high in the sky.

The moon became her throne and kingdom and the first being who she saw after claiming her throne was an ordinary

wolf.

Legend says that she blessed the wolf with her strength and that was how our race was born.

Of course, there were many such stories told to us when we were young, so I had heard some variation of the same story in every single one.

But I had not heard of a single person not worshipping or believing in her, so it was quite strange.

I waited for Drusilla to answer me, but she pretended to not listen to me. She instead walked past me and stood in front of the open wardrobe looking at the clothes.

“Hmm, we have to find something that will show how strong you are”

“I don’t really see the need to dress up” I made the same argument I had shared with Maria, but Drusilla shook her head.

“Sorry. King’s orders”

I made a face, but Drusilla stuck her tongue out and began pulling out a few dresses for me to wear.

“Hmm, this looks too formal,” she said while picking up a business suit.

“Nah, this one’s too chic” she said, dismissing another, and I kept waiting for her to arrive at a conclusion.

When she had thrown almost a dozen of dresses on the bed with a frown, I raised a hand.

suggest something?”

said while still

wear something that looks like the night sky?”

and looked at me with

completely shift. So, it would

of stars….”

seemed to widen as I vividly imagined the dress, and

blabber a

“Not really”

To be honest,

wear and pajamas 90% of the time, so I did not even bother checking through the

stuff.

“Now, you have to close your eyes. I will let you know

if I don’t look good in it?”

me, you

me put on a sleeping mask to ensure I would not cheat. For the next hour or

gels with which she styled my hair, dabbed my wrists with some

someone who knew the basics of make-up or dressing elegantly, so I was curious to see what she was doing, but Drusilla didn’t want me to look until she had the final look complete…whatever

as the day

of the moonlight

was an anomaly, so I was not sure what to expect. I sent a silent prayer to the moon goddess to help me find

slapped my hands when my fingers began to tie a knot with the silky threads of the fabric.

of anybody before excluding my mother, so it felt a little off. But the dress she had

as she pushed me through the dress, my hair going askew as she buttoned the seams and pulled up the zips on

I felt it to be satiny soft. It did feel snug

impatiently and Drusilla said in a garbled

curler in her hands, for I felt the soft whirring of

a huffed breath and I felt her sag into the bed, plopping herself

mattress.

need to ensure Cal pays me for this service”

the mask off my eyes at some point, but had turned me away from the mirror so I wouldn’t take a sneaky glance.

we done? Can I

while and I

Biting my lower lip, I opened my eyes to see

in front

up at the ceiling, and she seemed

“Dru!! What’s wrong?”

gown,

had made me sit in. I almost tripped over the folds of the but somehow managed

was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and her

her, but she was still staring