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."

He releases Enoch with a shove, turning his glare on

warning "And when it blows up

out, slamming the door behind him so hard the walls of my humble room rattle. Yeah,

the tension in the room thick enough to choke

turn to Enoch, who's now sitting on the floor, leaning against

red mark on his jaw where Kallias's punch must've landed, and my stomach twists at

friends do the kicking. In the library, ansd in the training field. This man just can't catch a

ask,

but still getting hit by Kallis who's the strongest wolf out there beside his father

enough to make me reach

as I rummage through the kit. "Even

Enoch's hand wraps around

pulled off of my feet and I'm sitting on his lap, his arms steadying me as I try not to lose

"Enoch-"

firm but careful, and for the first time since this whole mess started, I see something

Possession.

or crawl closer. I try move, but his hand snakes up, guiding mine to his cheek. His skin

if it's the only tether holding him to this moment,

calm down. And for a second, everything is still. No accusations, no blood, no chaos. Just

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he opens his

"Taryn."

shiver runs down my spine. It's not a

It's just my name,

it's

you think I'm

his gaze locks onto mine, raw

time I've seen

I can't look away from him, from those piercing green eyes searching mine like the answer will

but something in his eyes shifts, like a

run, to create distance, but my heart and body are rooted in place. My fingers twitch against his skin, and before I know it, both of my hands are on his face, pulling

lips to his forehead, a gesture

my touch,

is his nose, a soft, almost playful kiss that has his

I pull back slightly, our faces are inches apart, and he's watching me

steals the air from my

firm despite the fear inside of me of who exactly I brought

then I

our lips meet-a dam

to my lower back, pulling me flush against him. His lips are softer than I expected, but the way he kisses me is anything

as though he's trying to claim a piece of me he didn't know he

brushing against his. He groans, low and deep, and it

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

through me, low and primal, and I

too much, too fast, and yet not nearly

and his lips trail down

stop.

resting against mine,

about to crumble.

bath," I say, my attempt

"And we're cooking that rabbit, not

raw

lips twitch into a ghost of a smile, and for

innocent man I found

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