Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Callahan

1 had been seated in my office, papers, and files strewn all around the table and a few lying on the floor as well.

I had decided to drown myself in work just like I would work before. The innocent looking girl in my house was not going to

turn me soft.

I was spending some time thinking about her, fantasizing about her and thankfully, I realized it soon enough.

The ball could happen and she could even find a mate for all I cared, she was not going to matter to me.

“But then why are you avoiding her if she doesn’t mean anything to you?” least, my Lycan, asked in my head.

I mentally rolled my eyes at him and replied. “Because I am working. And it needs concentration.”

He chuckled, “At least you agreed that she distracts you.”

I did not wish to argue with Beast so I didn’t bother replying and instead focussed on the file in front of me.

I thought of having a meeting with all the alphas again and enforcing a few new rules since everybody would be around.

But it looked like nobody wanted to let me work in peace. The door of my office flew open and Drusilla was standing with her hands on her hips, glaring at me.

“How rude of the host to not attend the event!!” she huffed and came forward.

I flipped a page of the file without looking up at her. “I am not the host and it is not my event. Close the door on your way

out.”

That only angered her more as she flared her nostrils and came up to me and plucked the file out of my hands.

“Get up, now!!”

I let out a sigh. “Dru, I am working-”

She shook her head, “You work 24 by 7. Now, I want you to get up and come with me outside right now. Everybody is asking for you.”

find their mates, nobody would

and was pulling me out of the chair, “God, you are so huge.

head and got up from the chair as she put

“Out, keep walking”

“If people saw how such a minion orders the Lycan King around, who will even fear me? My reputation is

stake.”

me? You made poor Zenovia slog so much and I dolled her up but you are

odd feeling inside my chest. I played with my cuffs

“Of course she is! Do you want her to help you or not as your anchor? Why will she even agree if you are

So after twenty minutes, I washed my face and stepped outside the front doors of the mansion with Drusilla

everybody just gathered around me and I tried to be nice and polite. My eyes subconsciously scanned the crowd for Zenivia but she was nowhere

earlier resolve and decided to focus on the

came forward and asked me for a dance. I wanted to deny her, but she kept asking. me and with

her. She began dancing closely, and I tried to feel something for her. anything

her. I tried to focus on her, to not think about the girl with those innocent eyes who had said I

While I danced with Cynthia or tried to, my brain reminded me of the little happy dance Zenovia had done, wearing nothing but a

all these girls wearing fashionable clothes and despite having Cynthia so close

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Cynthia complimented me and I only gave her

“So do you

at that and she kept dancing slowly but I could not keep up with the charade anymore.

when suddenly there was the sound of a crash and the wooden frames put up

and was immediately going to spring into action but then my gaze slowly traveled to the source of noise and I saw Zenovia standing alone

in a

only focus on her beauty. Zenovia looked absolutely ethereal in the dress. that clung to her curves, giving me a delicious view of her figure.

shoulder

began to wonder how soft her

her thigh was too tantalizing and all my earlier self resolve crumbled when I locked eyes. with her.

I was letting her. Cynthia saw me

continue

could not.

have to go” and walked away from the dance floor. My

she fumbled with her dress, trying to tug

help but stare

I did not even know when I had held out my hand in front

“Dance?”