Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 31

Zenovia

Cynthia waited for a solid one minute to ensure that they were well out of earshot before coming towards me.

“So, when you realized that Callahan was inclined to dance with me, to choose me as a mate, you come up with a solid plan to snatch him from me?”

She asked while placing her hands on her hips.

“No, that is not what I was trying” I replied weakly while reaching for a glass of water beside the bed.

My throat suddenly felt dry and I wanted to drink some water. Cynthia reached for the jug and poured water into the glass and held it in front of me.

But instead of giving it to me, she held it high above her head, away from my reach.

“What are you doing?” I croaked and she asked me in the same cunning voice.

“That is what I asked you. Why are you after my man? Are you forgetting who you are, bloody breeder??”

I tried explaining I had not done any such thing.

“He was dancing with you. I was not even on the dance floor. I was sitting by my side, in a corner, away from everyone.”

She gritted her teeth, “Don’t you try to act smart with me! You act all innocent and then pretend to be saintly so that Callahan will look at you. There was no need for you to attract attention to yourself if you wanted to sit in a corner. I see what you are doing…playing these little games.”

I did not even hear half the things she was blabbering, my focus was on the glass and wanting to reach that.

I would have grabbed it myself and thrown her out of my sight but I was too weak and trembling. The transformation had not happened completely, that much I could make out from Callahan’s eyes and the way he had shot me a look of

concern.

I was too sad by my incomplete shifting to even bother with her taunts and tantrum.

“Please just go, I want to rest,” I said in a resigned voice, knowing that anything I offered as an explanation will fall on deaf

ears.

out of this room for the rest of the night. Or I will

she would throw it on my face again but

but I was still

me, right?” She poured another glass and handed it to me, which I gulped

that chance is missed, then it happens whenever our birthday falls on a full moon next. I know it is not your birthday today so don’t even try to explain how you got insecure that Callahan would pick me. I understand your jealousy, every girl wants

“and since I feel very generous I will also tell you why that is the case. You see, my father, alpha West, is the only alpha who has managed to gain Callahan’s trust over all these years. He helped Callahan

why is he

hair, “You are really too naive and dumb. Nobody does anything for anyone for free. Obviously, if Callahan needs my father’s help, he has to marry me to show he will not exploit my father’s generosity.”

be forced to do anything?”

heard you already are but let me make this clear to you. You are never going to be his queen. I am going to take the crown and throw you out. if you ever become a pain in the ass. So, I am warning you to stay low and away

I gulped.

either. I was twenty–one, well past

today. And for what it i worth, I wanted to

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weak and gullible so I wished to return to the human

ground. If I go to the human city and unexpectedly have my second shift

I was and why I had been screaming in pain. They would never understand

world and get my shifting and wolf in control before I left. And as much I hated to admit, now

that I could tell this to Cynthia who was basking in her own superiority.

reply to her as I was confused about my life and future. Thankfully, the doors opened and Cynthia

know. The first shift is always painful. I think you should

stepped in and came to sit beside me worriedly, “Hey, Ej

Drusilla,

at her, “You

hand, smiling sweetly. “Remember what I said to you

her as she walked out and closed the door behind her,

how do you feel?” She asked me and I offered weakly, “As if I went through a skewer?”

so sorry. I should not ask when I have no idea what it was like for you. I always heard stories of others of how their first shift was painful while they gradually learned the process and how to not pass out

Until a few hours ago,

lingering in my mind and so I asked Drusilla, “So the

perked up at the