Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

Chapter 14

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Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Home Sweet, dysfunctional judgmental home.

The packhouse looms in the distance as we drag ourselves through the gates, looking like we've been chewed up and spit out by a particularly pissed-off rogue

In this place, all my flowers simply grew back as thorns.

Enoch trudges behind me, his towering frame casting a shadow that seems to swallow me whole. His emerald-green eyes are glued to me like I might vanish if he blinks.

Spoiler alert, I'm not that lucky.

I barely make it five steps toward my room before she appears.

"Did you bring the materials?" Seraphina's sugary voice cuts through my

exhaustion like nails on a chalkboard.

she's

1 stop dead, blinking at her like asked me to recite the alphabet backward, "Seriously?" I deadpan, gesturing

vaguely at the hot mess that is me.

My hair's a rat's nest, my clothes are stained with god-knows-what, and I'm pretty sure there's dried blood somewhere it shouldn't be. "That's your takeaway after we almost died?"

Her eyes flick nervously to Enoch, who is now standing unnervingly still, his gaze boring into her like she's prey.

For once. I don't blame her for looking like she wants to shrink into the floor. He may act like a clingy puppy around me, bur to everyone else, he's a six-foot-five wrecking ball of muscle and intimidation.

Looking at him, one would think he is all the seven deadly sins.

That's just what he is, a product of war.

I shove the bundle of materials into her arms, too tired to deal with whatever power play she's got planned. "Here. Knock yourself out."

She doesn't say another word. With a final glance at Enoch-who hasn't so much as blinked-she scurries away, clutching the bundle like it's a lifeline.

"Coward," I mutter under my breath, turning back to Enoch.

Before I can tell him to follow me, an omega maid sidles up, looking about as comfortable as a cat in a dog kennel. "The head maid wants to see you," she says, her voice soft but hesitant.

My stomach drops. Of course, she does. It's one of those days then.

1 glance at Enoch, his expression darkening instantly. "Go see Dr. Lisa," I tell

him, trying to keep my voice steady. "Make sure you're okay."

His eyes narrow, and for a second, I think he's going to argue.

Instead, he leans down slightly, letting me pat his head like a damn golden retriever before stalking off toward the infirmary, His steps are slow, deliberate, like he's daring anyone to cross him.

Upon a meter away, he turns around, stopping to see if I might change my and go with him. I don't.

"Go!" 1 insist.

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mind

then for another meter, he turns again. This time, pouting those god-made lips, knowing exactly this is how

Hut not today.

not caving in, he walk straight

girl beside me

"Yeah, well, it's either

She chuckles, "Yeah, right"

exactly what I have seen Enoch do. "Im not

and I mean very comfortable with violence. It's his

didn't press any further, leading me toward the head maid's office. My steps grow heavier with every inch closer, dread pooling

stiff and close to her dark window-closed,

girl I'm with leaves, her presence sucks all

woman is poised but

know exactly what this

was a man stalking us- I start, coming out rushed and

Smack.

of nowhere, sharp and stinging against my cheek. I don't flinch. Not because it

not like I get bonus points if I give a

say about and then you keep him out of trouble, Taryn. That's what you do." she

have any idea the mess

What, your salary deduction?

every word, but I tune her out, my mind

flashes in my memory. Good? he'd

you even listening to

from the slap. It's not the first

will ever know the violence it took to be

to cut glass. "Fix this,"

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again,

there the head

of the pack's favorite sadist. I step into place, biting the

I groan but immediately swallow it

back of my leg, the sting searling straight through

nerves.

it's the humiliation. The way she stands there, towering over me like

says, her tone

Not when the blood starts soaking through the hem of my skirt, dripping onto the stone

on the faint murmur of voices outside the door. Anything but

leash," she snaps, venom dripping from every word. "If you want to

It's safer that

My legs feel like jelly,

we do

my fingers brushing against the torn skin on the back

sting makes me hiss, but I force

least the blood blends in with the dark fabric of

get to the Gamma's office

me at home. Hopefully I won't

of myself in a tarnished

miss, a

The pack's living, breathing

dripping with sarcasm. "Totally killing

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