Chapter 64

Zenovia

Maria must have noticed my expressions because she added, “Do not worry, my dear. Callahan is a busy man, and he would return as soon as his work is completed.”

I nodded at that and finished my plate of sandwiches and gulped down the juice because she would not let me leave without that.

“Good girl”

She said, and I was reminded of lum again. I shook my head.

Maybe this was for the better. I had to give myself some space and time to know what I felt for him and what it could mean

to me.

As much as I craved him, there was no denying that he was the Lycan King and at most I could be his breeder, not his chosen mate or anything else.

Thus, I walked out of the big dining hall and made my way towards the open grounds. There were not many people around except for one or two gardeners.

Where did the rest of the pack train and exercise?

I wondered and looked around. The mansion was huge, but it was not crammed with people. In fact, I had only seen Drusilla, Matteo and Elijah inside, along with the servants and maids.

I made my way towards the garden and was relieved to find a familiar figure.

“Elijah,” I called out, and he turned around.

Seeing me,

he gave me a smile and waved at me.

“Hey, good morning”

1 jogged up to reach him and asked, “Where is everybody? The mansion feels pretty empty.”

Elijah shrugged. “Where everybody is supposed to be. At the pack house.”

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.

“Where is that? I have not really met the rest of the members of the pack.”

Elijah gave it some thought, as if debating what to answer.

“You didn’t expect the entire pack to live in the mansion, right?”

“Eh

He chuckled.

in the ball, I did

members of any pack, not just ours. That was because the ball was only for the leaders of a pack, alpha, beta, gamma and, in some cases, their kids too, if

friends and how they had made a big fuss

question lingering in my mind.

anybody find a

“A

the King?” I could not help but ask.

one while the curse is still in effect,

so relieved to hear

Lycan King. So he is supposed to live in a mansion, separate from the rest of the werewolves and packs. But he

in the mansion.”

changed?” I asked,

abandoned and he liked to live with the others in the pack house. But then, as the attacks of the rogues increased, I and Matt literally forced him to live here.”

I mumbled.

www

the same time. Maybe it served as

Why would Callahan abandon his people and come to live with me in a giant mansion? That

King needed an anchor, I heard. Is that why I was brought

questions popping up in my head were a little weird, but there was some secrecy within

were pretty tight-lipped about this whole anchor stuff that made me not completely trust them. So far, none of them had harmed me, but it felt similar to raising a chicken to be cooked

not authorised to tell you anything.” He gave a short

noticed the way he was sharing his views about his leader and King,

energy to convince him. He did not want to live alone in the mansion and. leave the others unsafe. But it was Drusilla who pointed out that nobody would

“Why is that?”

of the guards opened the gate and we

the road, which was relatively empty, given the fact that the mansion was closer to the

the pack house and setting up advanced safety measures to ensure that nothing would get in without permission. He also trained

was easy to talk to, and he made me feel oddly comfortable

that my body could not find a way to dissolve without wanting to kiss him. And I sincerely

be awkward for me to

further, the shrubs and trees grew a little denser and he

forest.

I asked, and he replied. “Didn’t you ask me where the pack house was?”

the best idea to introduce me to them.

come on. He has plenty of things to do than show you around. Plus, now

mansion”

was a hint of accusation in them when he said that I had run

the rest of the people knew where I had been last night, or that Callahan

in the mansion so would I

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