Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

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Chapter 50

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It all started in the woods.

The smell of damp earth, the sting of my own blood, the way my body felt like it had been ripped apart and sewn back together with barbed wire. I should've died there. Probably would've, if not for her.

Taryn Sinclair.

This stubborn, infuriating, reckless little Omega who should've run the second she saw me but didn't. She pulled me out of the dirt instead, dragged me into her world, and for the first time in my cursed life. I let myself believe in something

other than vengeance.

But I remember now.

I remember everything. Who I am. Who she is. Who the fuck is coming for her.

And if I don't leave-she dies

I fucking hate it. Every part of me rebels against it, against the thought of walking away, but I don't have a choice.

Even if it destroys her.

Even if it destroys me.

Even if-

"You're lying to me."

She hisses, sharp enough to cut skin. I barely have time to brace myself before she turns on me, eyes blazing, betrayal bleeding into every sharp breath.

My fingers curl into fists at my sides, but I don't say a word.

Not because I don't want to.

But because if I do, I'll fucking break.

"You knew," she accuses, shoving at my chest. I don't move. She does it again, harder this time, her voice cracking. "You knew this whole time, didn't you? You fucking remembered-*

"Taryn," Kallias warns, stepping forward, thinking he can calm her down. Idiot.

"Shut the fuck up!" she snaps at him, turning on him so fast he actually takes a step back. I'd laugh if this wasn't a goddamn nightmare. "You knew, too, didn't you? Both of you-"

"He did it to protect you," Kallias says evenly.

"Bullshit."

Her voice shakes. Her whole fucking body shakes, as though she's holding herself together with nothing but anger and desperation. And I let her believe that's all jt is. I let her rage, let her shove me again, let her think I don't fucking care. Because the truth...

The truth would fucking kill her.

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"You're taking him from me," she whispers, and that's the part that shatters me. Not the anger. Not the fists.

This.

"You're ripping him away, and you think that's protection?"

1 barely see her move before she lunges at Kallias. He catches her wrists easily, blocking every wild swing, his face an unreadable mask. But she's not stopping. She's blind with fury, with heartbreak, and for one second, I let her fight. I let her burn.

Then I catch her.

Her body slams into mine, thrashing, fists beating against my chest. But I don't let go. I wrap my arms around her like a steel fucking cage, like I can hold her together through sheer force alone.

"Let me go!" she screams. "You lied to me!"

anything. I just hold her

"You fucking lied-"

she's not fighting anymore. She sags against me, her breaths ragged and uneven.

"Please... don't leave me.'

shut. My whole fucking chest

I could stay.

I could tell her I'd rather die than leave her, that I

throne, my past, anything other than

she'd be dead within

let my breath mingle with hers, let myself take this one last moment before

I murmur. "To

sob escapes her

me here if she just holds

Fuck.

I break.

loosens, my head tilts, and I kiss her. Not her lips-I'm not that strong. But her temple, her cheek, the corner of her mouth, every

sorry," I whisper, voice

shudders.

don't hear the footsteps until it's

expect. By the time I realize what

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inhale escaping her

the

"You motherfucker-"

he says grimly. "She

is slow, steady. Her

about to shatter when she wakes

to hers one last time, memorizing

way she smells

"Forgive me," I murmur.

It's been three hours.

the fuck up and

to run

move.

hell Kallias drugged her with. Her breath is slow, steady. Deceptively peaceful. She looks like she's dreaming of something soft, something safe. Something I'll

unwilling to let go even though I know I have to. This is the last time I'll hold her like this,

this. Her. The way her lips

after what I did. She should hate me.

even now, I

to protect you...

through my teeth, a confession I'll

awake.

Taryn is my mate.

it the moment I've reversed back

it the first time she found me in the forest-my wolf reacted

And with that, comes the burden of being targeted by people I've

me if I let them touch

stray tear from her cheek, and I barely hold back

tasting the salt and claiming

hovering over her forehead,

never get another

won't.

and I'm about to walk

twitch against my

I freeze.

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just barely, pupils unfocused, hazy from the drug. Her fingers

looking at me.

sleep drags her back

fucking mercy and a

away, every muscle in my body screaming to

punch me, curse my fucking name. At least then

the bed. She doesn't stir. I swear, if Kallias overdosed her. I'm

as I turn away,

face. The way her lashes rest against