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 to misbehave in

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

a

was stupid enough to believe I mattered

enough to send a pang of bitterness through

Focus, Taryn.

press on until the rain comes down in earnest, soaking us to the bone. My boots slide on the

behind a curtain of ivy, it's the same one Kallias and I used

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

broken only by the steady patter of rain

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

What the hell?

I murmur, shifting

green

bubbles in my chest and I reach out to him, pressing a

forehead. He's cold-too cold.

I mutter under

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shift into

form takes over, my für warm and thick as I

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sitting

scarf trying to cover a boulder-but it'll

want to

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

outside grows heavier, the sound almost soothing if it weren't for the gnawing worry in

again who is now leaning into the

steady now, but

at least this man's not going to die anytime soon' My wolf murmurs before she lets me take

I mutter, my

doesn't answer,

make a mental note to ask Dr. Lisa

seems to betray his

might be one of the underlying

with his wolf and

him close, hoping my warmth is enough

earlier.

in the cave is heavier

subsided, his breathing

into my human

just need to

situation slaps me in

have nothing

back at the exact spot I

Then back at myself.

Oh, shit.

I shifted It was the dress and

and finally turns to the missing warmth he's been laying on for the last

look around for anything to cover, not bothering to peek out to see if he's listening.

feeling the heat rise to my cheeks

grunt tells

"Strip." I demand.

There's a pause.

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I just

His voici lusitant, and when I peek around the boulder, he

like a contured proppe

demurely

my hand in a flustered motion Crimson is rising up

terrifying second, I think he's going to ask why Please don't. The last thing I

warm you

as he peels it off almost makes the Sone my train of thought,

he starts walking toward the boulder with his shirt in hand

closer. Just

stops mid-step, looking mildly offended but does as I

over the rock

it up, pulling it over my head and inhaling the faint scent of pine and earth that clings to

emerge from behind the boulder, he's sitting cross-legged near the cave wall, his eyes scanning me with an intensity

hot, Gosh, why did he have to be

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

the sound of rain filling the

I break the quiet. "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, his fingers digging into his