Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

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Chapter 50

ENOCH

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!"

say anything. I just hold her

"You fucking lied-"

against me, her breaths ragged and uneven. Her hands curl into my shirt, and when she speaks again, it's

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

my eyes shut. My whole fucking

I could stay.

truth. I could tell her I'd rather die than leave

my throne, my past,

dead within

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

I murmur. "To keep you

escapes

tighten in my shirt, like she can keep me here if she just holds on tight enough. "I don't care

Fuck.

I break.

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

whisper, voice

breath shudders. "Enoch,

footsteps until

than I expect. By the time I realize what he's doing,

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a sharp inhale escaping her lips.

processing what the fuck just

"You motherfucker-"

was the only way," he says grimly. "She

look down at her. Her breathing is

inside her is about to shatter when she

last

way she smells

"Forgive me," I murmur.

It's been three hours.

get the fuck

fucking instinct in me screams to run before she wakes up.

move.

hell Kallias drugged her with. Her breath is slow, steady. Deceptively peaceful. She looks like she's dreaming

to. This is

The way her lips part ever

after what I did. She should hate me. She

even now, I want to chain her to me

to protect

through my teeth, a confession I'll never give

awake.

Taryn is my mate.

the moment I've reversed

time she found me in the forest-my wolf reacted

the soon to be Queen. And with that, comes the

if I let them

a stray tear from her cheek, and I barely hold

skin, from tasting the salt and claiming her one last

over her

another chance.

won't.

my light... and I'm about to walk into the

twitch

I freeze.

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open, just barely, pupils unfocused, hazy from the drug. Her fingers find my cheek,

at

lips part, but sleep drags her back under before

fucking mercy and a punishment all

muscle in my body screaming to stay,

least then

gently on the bed. She doesn't stir. I swear, if Kallias overdosed her. I'm going to rip

away,

memorize her. Every inch of her face. The way her