Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 58

Zenovia

“What everybody else does. You are a ruthless Lycan King.”

“And?”

He straightened his back. “And…and you rule the kingdom and everybody is your subject.”

“Why did you try to run away from me?”

Another question. This was getting awkward.

“I just wanted to have my freedom” I answered, mustering some courage that I did not believe I had.

“So, have I chained you? Are you imprisoned?” Callahan demanded and I could feel the way he was trying really hard to keep his anger at bay.

“Ino…but……you….I don’t know” I finished lamely and I could feel the helplessness in his eyes.

“So

you thought a random stranger would offer you money, and promise you to take you somewhere and you blindly believed him? What are you? Four?”

I widened my eyes at that. He had been busy with the shop owner and the flock of girls talking to him.

When did he see Harry slipping me the money?

“You know?”

Callahan gave a mirthless chuckle and raised his hands in the air before they fell limply by his sides, smacking his thighs.

“Do I know? Of course, I do. What do you think I am? A stupid fool? That guy was trapping you and you fell for his trap like

an idiot.”

I felt hurt by his accusations but I could not argue much because it was true.

“I know and I am sorry. I just wasn’t thinking”

that? You have been living with me for almost a month,

just wanted to go to the human

towering over

answer to my question.”

as a breeder or a slave or whatever. I did not want to live my life like

his jaw ticked and I saw the way the air left

treat you like that?”

you did

what?” He

it was not working. He inched even closer and the urge to

so close to me. Arguing with him while he was so close was a mammoth

to hold a straight conversation for

His

eyes

to look at

made a mistake and Lam sorry.”

second late? That injection…he would have..he…” Callahan could not even finish the line

should say ‘begged me to touch you when you were in heat. And now you want to run

into fists and slammed them on the car’s bonnet, making me squeeze my eyes

was ragged and the hair had fallen on his face, partially covering the golden eyes that looked

to me, too close and his intoxicating scent was filling every fiber

the mad urge to lean in and capture them in

from him before I did something stupid. So I tried to

cage.

going anywhere

way a nerve jumped in his throat was making me feel incredibly nervous. Could I lick that nerve and possibly trail my tongue down all the way

shook

voice rose just a little and I blurted out

don’t think you want me and I did not want to see you with Cynthia for the rest of my life.”

that and I put a hand on my mouth but it was too late. The words carrying my deepest fear

could do now was own them.

you…” Callahan repeated with a blank stare but it felt more

tears that threatened to leak from my eyes. I did not want to give him the satisfaction of knowing how it hurt me to see him with someone else,

forget about

in my throat that I swallowed while answering. “I went in heat and I begged you to mark me, pleaded with you to touch me but you were always in control, you just did the task as if you were used to it, just like your files that you read one after