Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

King Novel 25

Chapter 25

The rabbit swings in Enoch's hand, its limp, skinned body dripping blood onto the floor as he grins at me like a kid showing off a school project. The blood smearing his face and chest though are definitely not so adorable,

I swallow hard, trying to ignore the primal edge in his tone and the wild gleam in his eyes. It's just Enoch. The innocent. clueless guy who struggles to use a fork properly. Not... this.

He steps toward me, holding the rabbit up by its cars. "You eat it raw?"

I backpedal so fast I bump my behind onto my nightstand, sending a stack of books tumbling to the floor.

“Uh... no," I stammer, awkwardly laughing as my brain tries to process the absolute chaos that is my this scene right now. "I only eat raw when I shift. You know, in my wolf form. Otherwise, I'm more of a 'well-done and smothered in ketchup' kind of girl."

His face softens, the intensity bleeding away as his expression slips back into that boyish innocence I've grown used to. Relief washes over me, though my heart's still beating faster than a drum solo.

"Cook," he says, nodding once as if filing that information away for later.

He's so close now, his body towering over mine as he leans down. His scent- earthy, wild, and somehow comforting despite everything-wraps around me, and for a moment, all I can do is stare up at him.

The moment shatters when the door flies open, slamming into the wall with a force that makes me jump. Shit, who would

⚫ open door like that?

Kallias storms in, his chest heaving as if he just ran a marathon. His eyes immediately zero in on us, and his face twists into a mask of anger the second he registers our proximity.

"What the fuck is going on here?" he snaps, his gaze darting between Enoch and me like he's connecting dots I don't want him to.

Before I can answer, Kallias is across the room, grabbing Enoch by the collar and yanking him back off of me.

Enoch doesn't flinch. He doesn't even react. He just stands there, his towering frame making Kallias look smaller despite his Alpha blood.

The way he stares at Kallias, calm and almost ... amused? It's like he's the one in control, even with Kallias fuming and gripping his shirt.

"Let him go!" I shout, rushing forward to pry Kallias off.

"Leave, Taryn," Kallias growls, not even sparing me a glance. "This doesn't concern you."

"Like hell it doesn't!" I snap, tugging at his arm. "What the fuck are you doing?"

"What am I doing?" Kallias barks a humorless laugh, his grip tightening on Enoch's collar. "I'm protecting this pack from the monster you're sheltering."

"Monster?" I glance at Enoch, who still hasn't moved, with an infuriating mask of indifference. Does he also thi Enoch who did it? No, it can't be.

"You're out of your damn mind, Kallias. He's been in my room this whole time!"

it was

Kallias' jaw clenches, his eyes narrowing at me. "Do you think I'm an idiot? I know he killed the head maid. You're just too

blind to see it."

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I step between them, planting my hands on Kallias's chest and pushing him back with all the strength 1 can muster. "Do you have any proof? Anything at all? Or are you just pulling accusations out of your ass because you can't stand the fact that someone else might actually give a shit about me?"

The words hit their mark. Kallias's face darkens, his fury shifting into something else something bitter and now. So, that was fucking it. What a dick.

"This isn't about you," he snaps, though the flicker of guilt in his eyes says otherwise.

"Bullshit," 1 fire back. "You don't care about the pack. You care that someone else

is finally paying attention to me after your rejection, and it's not you."

my words. He releases Enoch with a shove, turning his

low and warning "And when it blows up in your face,

walls of my humble room rattle. Yeah, this thing is going to crump if it encounters another shitty fight like

follows is deafening, the tension in the room thick enough

floor, leaning

jaw where Kallias's punch must've landed, and my stomach twists at the sight. I'm trying to keep him off the bullies,

laid any hands on Enoch bfore, aside fom letting his friends do the kicking. In the library, ansd in the training field.

ask, rushing to

bad but still getting hit by Kallis who's the strongest wolf out

to make

rummage through the kit. "Even with Alpha blood, it's going to take a

Enoch's hand wraps around

him, and the next thing I know, "Ah!" I was pulled off of my feet and I'm sitting on his lap, his arms

"Enoch-"

His hands settle on my waist, his grip firm but careful, and for the first time since this whole mess started, I see something in his eyes that I can't

Possession.

his hand snakes up, guiding mine to his

palm as if it's the only

eyes fluttering shut, trying to calm down. And for a second, everything is still. No accusations, no blood,

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then he opens his

"Taryn."

my

It's just my name, but it's enough to make the

until it's

you think I'm

breath catching as his gaze locks onto mine,

first time I've seen him look human.

away from him, from those piercing green eyes searching mine like the

in his eyes shifts, like

instincts scream at me to run, to create distance, but my heart and body are rooted in place. My fingers twitch against his

my lips to his forehead, a gesture as familiar as

relaxes under my

a soft, almost playful kiss that has his

our faces are inches apart, and he's

the air

fear inside of me of who exactly I brought in this pack. "I

I

lips

him. His lips are softer than I expected, but the way he kisses

he's trying to claim a

his. He groans, low and deep, and

brushes against mine, and I let out a small gasp, my hands

me, low and primal, and

too fast, and yet not

back, gasping for air, and his lips trail down my jaw as

stop.

He stills, his forehead resting

about to crumble.

attempt at lightening the mood

"And we're cooking

raw

a ghost of a smile, and for a moment, the tension eases.

the same innocent man I found in the

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