Babysitting The Amnesiac Lycan King

Chapter 101

Chapter 101

One shoe.

That's what I walked back with. Just one fucking shoe, and maybe I was also carrying bits and pieces of my heart as well.

And I wish I could say it was a metaphor, but no. Literally. One shoe on, the other hand gripping the other pair like I'm some deranged Cinderella with swollen eyes and mascara bleeding into her jawline.

Goddamnit, how pathetic do I look right now. Zoe would probably look at me and her face would scrunch up.

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My feet drag across the palace floor, the silence so thick it scratches at my eardrums. It's already past midnight, everyone is either asleep or hiding from their Alpha King's rage.

I don't even make it to my bed. I collapse face-first into the mattress of my sofa and scream. Into the pillow, of course, because I'm still pathetic enough to care about who hears me.'

"Ah!" I punch the pillow, my voice being muffled by the cotton.

I scream until I'm lightheaded. Until my throat is dry. Until I'm sick of my own damn voice.

Enoch's still out there. Somewhere. Probably throwing shit at walls. Maybe punching a tree or murdering some political advisor or-fuck if I care.

But I do.

I care so much it's disgusting. This is what had gotten me here. This stupid attention to everything.

My face is still wet when I flip over, staring blankly at the ceiling like it might have answers. The chandelier above mocks me, sparkling like a fucking dream I never should've had in the first place.

All this, it's a stupid dream and I might as well be back in the Woodridge Pack and even though I was an Omega, things were peaceful. Hell, I would have handled Kallias' rejection a whole lot better than whatever this is Enoch and I have right now.

"You just loved." I feel Eris shifting in my head. The lump in my throat grows heavy and before I knew it, my arm finds their way over my eyes as I wipe a new tear that fell astray.

"That's the problem," I whisper. "I loved."

Eris shifts inside my head and before I knew it, she falls silent. I'm scared. I'm scared of the love I have for him. I know it will ruin me, and I also kn

fully well I will let it.

A knock startles me off the mattress and up to my feet as a very rushing fist bangs

at my door. Geez, it's 1AM, have some decency. I immediately wipe any visible traces of tears In my face.

It's not even a hesitant one-no courtesy for the broken girl on the other side. Just a swift, sharp tap-tap and then the door cracks open.

"Miss Sinclair," a soft voice peeps in on the door. One of the maids, the one who always smiles too much. "The Queen Dowager would like to see you."

I blink. Once, twice. The room spins. It's past midnight? What in the world is an old woman staying up at this time for?

"Now?" I croak.

She nods.

Of course she does.

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"I'll be there in a minute."

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I breathe through my nose, march to the mirror with shoulders that weigh like lead, and start fixing

smack

tired as I feel. Red-rimmed eyes. Puffiness. A split lip I didn't even notice from when I bit it

it together," I mutter, tapping concealer under my eyes as if it'll erase the damn truth. "You've

Another inhale. Another exhale.

what I'm supposed to do

my cardigan tighter around my body-hoping I wouldn't

Then I leave.

of its usual lavender and soap. Like old royalty and forgotten wars. The kind of place you whisper in without meaning to. Goddess, I already did. That's

I knock once.

"Come in, dear."

the floor as she moves

seem to find my medication," she mutters, frustrated. "Your eyes are young-come. Help an old woman before I

I almost smile. Almost.

taking the jar from her hand. "You sure

someone used to ruling nations. She's once a queen, alright. “I swear these jars multiply just to mock me." I smile at her, although I'm pretty sure it doesn't reach

I'll look for it." I suggest. She turns to me and nods as I lead her back to the sheets, taking her cane after she sat down. I settle her onto the cushion, still

silence is comforting. Maybe this is just

the tiny capsule,

about Enoch

My breath stutters.

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under my grip, water

did you-"I start, voice too

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may be quiet, girl, but

the spaces

This woman knows everything, I swear. I can't even hide what

the skin worn like paper from years of surviving shit I probably

fine," I lie, chuckling

which tells me she's absolutely not buying my shit. "You're not. Sit down before you fall down." Her

for once, I

on the edge of the bed. She doesn't look at meas

and pats the seat like she's inviting

times tonight. I really

urges. Fuck it, this woman gets

everything that's happened in the past two

"I think I'm done."

hums. "No, you

"I've tried. So hard. I've waited. I've hoped. I've bent myself backwards for him. I gave him everything, and now there's

give."

that. But, right now, all I could think about is how much comfort not having those eyes

as if he belonged there. I let him take down my walls, and then... he lit my soul on fire." I murmur, fiddling with my

eyes sharper than they should be

laugh bitterly. "You don't know

looks at me. "I know enough. I knew who you

room the first time all

were lost.

immediately looking up

name isn't Sinclair, isn't it?" She smiles. "I can tell a Lancaster in

an eye."

cold.

first

knew you." she cuts me

reading mt thoughts, "Your father-George. He

war with

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