Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

King Novel 12

Chapter 12

We didn't get out of the market fast enough before the bruised ranger's voice rings out behind un horse bur furious "Guards! Over there! Please stop them!"

Oh, you stalking bastard.

My heart plummets, and I can practically hear the thud of my stomach hitting the ground.

I whip my head around just in time to see him pointing toward us, his face red and blotchy from Enoch's chokehold carber

Shit

The heavy thud of boots grows louder, and I don't need to turn to know what's comi

The second the guards turned our way, I knew two things: we were screwed, and this was definitely going to be my fault

somehow.

Not to mention, they're pack warriors. Imperial pack warriors. My hand tightens on Enoch's.

"Run!" I scream.

And we're off

The market becomes a blur of colors and chaos as we tear through the stalls.

Vendors shout in outrage as we knock over baskets and topple displays. Apples roll across the cobblestones like marbles. sending one particularly unlucky shopper sprawling face-first into the mud.

"You little fuckers!" He yells elbow-deep on the muddy ground.

"Sorry!" I yell over my shoulder, though I'm not sure they care about my apology while we're causing this much carnage.

Enoch stays close, his long legs eating up the distance with ease. He's silent and focused, but I can feel that same scary aural radiating off him in waves.

A sharp whistle pierces the air, and my stomach flips.

They're gaining on us. Oh Goddess.

"Faster!" I hiss, though my lungs are already burning, and my legs feel like they're about to give out.

We veer into a narrow alley, the walls pressing in on either side. The cobblestones are slick with rainwater, and I nearly lose. my footing, grabbing Enoch's arm for balance.

He steadies me without a word-his grip firm but careful.

"This way!" I yank him down another path, this one hidden by overgrown bushes and tangled vines and an oaktree I learned to love.

The rain starts to fall, light at first, then harder, soaking through my clothes and turning the ground into a muddy mess. Great fucking timing

My hair sticks to my face, my boots squelching with every step, but I don't stop. I can't stop.

"Stop right there!"

The shouts from the Imperial Pack warriors grow tinter, but I don't trust it. Not

yet.

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We push through the underbrush, branches scraping at my arms and snagging on my clothes. My heart pounds in my chest. with each beat reminding me of what's at stake right now.

If we're caught, it' Lover

The Imperial Pack doesn't play games. They'll drag us back to their territory, and call our Pack Representatives. I know exactly who'll be called to pick us up like misbehaving kids at a principal's office-Gamma Abel.

I promised him that my so-called boyfriend here wouldn't cause any disasters!

And if Kallas finds out about this, he'll have Enoch kicked out of the Riverstone Pack before I can blink. He's waiting for this. exact opportunity for us to fuck up anyway.

"Keep going." I urge, though I'm pretty sure Enoch doesn't need the encouragement.

The path opens up into a clearing, and my breath catches in my throat. Nostalgia hits me like a sucker punch to the

This place.

It's been years, but I'd recognize it anywhere.

gut.

The thick underbrush, the canopy of trees that barely lets in any light, the faint scent of moss and rain-soaked earth-it's: where Kallias and I used to sneak off

to.

just a cocky boy too afraid of his father's wrath

a trouble maker and the Alpha, his father, would scold him to death. After all, an heir to one of the strongest packs in the continent shouldn't be out here in the unclaimed lands

was a great

I was stupid enough to believe I mattered to

memory is enough to send a pang of bitterness

Focus, Taryn.

down in earnest, soaking us to the bone. My boots

the cave. Hidden behind a curtain of ivy, it's the same one Kallias and I used to hide in,

vines aside and drag Enoch inside, collapsing against the cold, damp wall with a heaving

only by the steady patter of

his massive frame shuddering. I glance at him and my stomach twists. His lips are pale, his skin

What the hell?

I murmur, shifting

respond, his green eyes

my chest and I reach out to him, pressing a

forehead. He's cold-too cold.

Enoch," I mutter

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I shift into

für warm and thick as

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sitting down, and I

a fuzzy scarf trying to cover a boulder-but it'll have

we want to die that

I think, though I'm not sure who I'm trying

rain outside grows heavier, the sound almost soothing if it weren't

Enoch again who is now

is slow and steady now, but

not going to die anytime soon' My wolf murmurs before she

wrong with you?" I mutter, my voice

answer, of

mental note to ask Dr. Lisa about it later. About

sometimes seems to betray

might be one of the

wolf and

warmth is enough to chase away whatever shadows linger in

earlier.

cave is heavier than the rain

his breathing evening out

boulder. I shift back into my human form, finally able

we just need to

of my situation slaps me in the

have nothing on.

down on myself and back at the exact spot I shifted to

Then back at myself.

Oh, shit.

I shifted It was the dress

eyes and finally turns to the missing warmth he's been laying

as I look around for anything to cover, not bothering to peek out to see if he's listening. The last thing I need

feeling the heat rise to my cheeks

grunt tells

"Strip." I demand.

There's a pause.

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Godda, did I just

when I peek around the boulder, he

like a contured proppe

he's demurely

Crimson is rising up my face

and for a terrifying second, I think he's going to ask why Please don't. The last thing I want to say

warm you

nods slowly and starts unbuttoning his shirt. The sight of his broad chest as he peels it off almost makes the Sone my train of

walking toward the boulder with his shirt in hand to give

closer.

mildly offended but does as I

over the rock

my head and inhaling the faint scent of pine and earth

cave

hot, Gosh,

down beside him and pulling the oversized shirt tight around me. I don't have any

sit in silence, the sound of rain filling the

"What was that back there? Who was that guy?" Enoch's jaw tightens, his green eyes flickering with something dark and unreadable. He rubs his temples,