Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 85

Zenovia

The thought of finding my wolf was already making me nervous so if she saw me struggle with shifting or saw that I did not even awaken my wolf, then I would not even bother going to the meeting.

I would simply hide in my room. If Callahan got angry or wanted to punish me for defying his orders, I was okay with that instead of parading myself in front of all the alphas and never awakening my wolf.

I would have no face to show. It would be humiliating.

Multiple such thoughts churned through my head and I waited anxiously for Drusilla to speak.

“I would only hope that you awaken your wolf soon.”

I wanted that too but she was clearly not telling me everything.

“Drusilla, please,” I begged and she let out a sigh.

“The Lycan King… what do you think of him?” She asked me and I was surprised by the sudden change of topic.

“Why are you suddenly asking that?”

“Answer me please”

I shrugged, “I find him to be obnoxious and a little rude but he helped me train so I will not declare him as the worst person ever.”

She chuckled at that. “And?”

“And?” I repeated.

“That’s it?” she asked and I tried to hide the way my heart raced as if she knew exactly what I was thinking.

“And nothing else” I answered.

She kept looking at me intently for a while and narrowed her eyes but I did not break eye contact.

After a while, she replied, “Well, just know that you were brought here for a special purpose. You do know of the curse on the Lycan King, right?”

I nodded. Everybody did.

“Well, let us just say that my visions tell me you could free him of his curse.”

“Me?” I gave her a shocked look.

you everything but Callahan is of the opinion that

“What responsibility?”

share. But Callahan will tell you when he deems it

teasing tone but her words made me think about everything that had

me when I was not looking, whisper something secretively

sure I am not being used

in some ghastly way to please some unknown

me and kept me well…as

shook her head, “I may hide things from you but I don’t lie. I told you Callahan does not believe in Gods or

a reassuring look. “I mean if he has to… why not sacrifice the rogues? Hit two birds with

dark joke did not make me feel any more comfortable.

this- your and Callahan’s

my hand, making me look up at her

she abruptly added

Stupid of me.

should have blurted out “What?”

for him. Drusilla made a grim face,

for either of you. Trust

shrug it off. “If looks alone made me fall for someone, I would

the curse, he will forever stay trapped in his lycan form. Would you want someone like that to be your forever

I didn’t reply,

mean you would want a mate. A loving caring one.

not understand why she was saying all

said something bad about Callahan. Well, it was not

fact. There was no known solution to the curse and

fell made me want to

ever… I mean you and Callahan…” I trailed off but she

who wants you out of the way. I just…well…just go

saw the way Callahan treated me in front of everyone. He did not treat me like I was the center of his world

of a stupid crush. It was something that would fade away over time if he continued to be the same cold and aloof

that to myself repeatedly.

the confusion she created in my head, at least, she was the first

her vision told her that I got killed by Callahan when he lost

then did she not believe in whatever solution she came up with? That somehow

finally not be labelled with a wolfless tag. But

least, she and I agreed on one thing-falling for

when my own family abandoned me and