Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 74

Callahan

This girl was mad, quite literally.

The more I tried to run away from her, the more she pulled me close. And she did it so subtly, so unknowingly that it would always drive Beast mad.

Zenovia was becoming a drug, an addiction I had gotten used to.

Her little frame lay in my hands and she relaxed visibly in my arms when I touched her. As if her body knew instinctively that she was going to be safe, that nobody would ever harm her while I was around

That made me feel euphoric and wanted.

Cynthia had been challenging her to a race and I did not interfere just to see how she would react. I knew Cynthia did not really like her and I was eager to see their interaction.

But surprisingly, Zenovia proved me wrong.

Strength mattered in a person, always, but it was never just physical strength. It was the strength of the spirit, of the soul.

And Zenovia might be physically weak but she had the heart of a warrior. 1 liked that quality about her. I never took strangers in my pack, I would send the weak and injured to the hospital and ask El or Matt to look for a suitable pack for them.

But when I first saw her back at her school, hurling her bag at Matt, I knew she was a fighter.

And then again when she had just woken up from her sleep in the hospital and I asked her to walk towards the door to prove she was fit enough.

She had crumpled down on the floor midway but given her condition she should not have been able to even take a step.

Somehow, I liked that she never tried to please me, never acted coy. She was headstrong even if she had been bullied all her life.

Пler cute little body in that tight track pants and tee, though completely covered, did not hide her well enough from my

eyes

Especially because I knew how those legs moved, how that skin felt under my touch, and how she whimpered and moaned when I kissed her, when my hands caressed her.

while running on the treadmill, she had been out of breath long ago but I just stood by the side, waiting to see how long she could go on, how long would it be before the warrior in her would give up.

not disappointed. Hell, I was proud

but the tenacity and grit of a devil. And I

was silently cheering for her, hoping that she would win, and was

her to do that, Ordinary humans did not have the strength of a wolf. Plus. Cynthia had been training for years, was the daughter of the most powerful alpha in my kingdom, and had received the best

this treadmill race was a small thing, for Zenovia,

her to grow strong, awaken her wolf, and shift. The thought turned me on

back. The thought had left me truly shaken and worried about Zenovia. Since

and I could not help but gaze at her as I carried her up

quickened. She had passed out but

I wanted to be around during her first shift. I hoped to see her transform into the glorious she wolf she would become. I reached the floor of her room, gently pushed the door away with one

would be too cold for her and she had to cool down at

put her feet together and I could not help but touch her calves.

and her muscles would be stiff and sore if she

was passed out, it would not

give her a small massage but Maria

why don’t you admit that you can’t keep your hands off her Beast

she is asleep” I retorted

the bed, I slowly reached for her feet and took her shoes

heard the sigh leaving her lips and the way she twitched in her sleep, her body telling me that she

skin and allowing blood

her track pants, only to her knees, and rolled

like a board so hopefully this massage would allow her to walk a little when she woke

and rubbed her back, shoulders, and legs along

turned her back after I was done. I got up to leave, not wanting to stare stupidly at her face. But then

me when her fingers curled around mine. Was she really passed out or was she just acting?

not. No human would have the energy to act

erupted in my

of my hand and then moved her head to the side, some of the hair falling on her face. The sweat had dried away a hit but some of it was still on her face, making her hair stick to her skin. Her hair was

challenging me to do the opposite and

wasn’t going to

I ignored it as I slowly walked out of her room and closed the door

but she would also need to eat something healthy and filling so

down the stairs and looked