Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 92

Zenovia

“I…I felt something,” I muttered, and subconsciously pulled Callahan toward me. He let me as I almost bumped into his

chest.

“That is great,” He said and added, “Close your eyes and keep trying. Focus on that feeling”

I nodded excitedly and closed my eyes again. I tried to sense it again, my mind searching for that tug I had felt in the back of my stomach as if something was pulling at me.

But there was nothing.

I focused hard, but again I felt emptiness. Feeling nervous, my eyes flew open, and I blurted out worriedly,

“It… it is gone. I can’t feel anything. I…can’t”

“Shh,” Callahan responded, placing a finger on my lips to silence me.

The gesture was so intimate that I shuddered involuntarily. He didn’t seem to notice it.

“It will come to you. Believe in it. Believe in yourself. Keep trying. I am right here”

Callahan said in a soothing voice, and I let myself calm down. This was a new side of Callahan to me.

I had never seen him speak so gently to anyone, and I had never imagined him doing that to me.

His voice was soft like a caress, bathing me in a warm feeling.

I closed my eyes as my fingers held onto him tightly and tried searching for that pull. I had begun praying to the moon goddess again. I had definitely not imagined it.

“Please, please, let it happen” My mind was chanting and suddenly out of nowhere I felt a bolt of current pass through me.

It seemed to emerge from the base of my stomach and travel up, shooting straight towards my spine and traveling upwards.

“Aah,” I winced and grabbed onto Callahan’s hand tightly.

The next few moments were something I would never forget.

Pain, blinding and visceral, tore through me. It was as if a beast that had been in a deep slumber was awakening from its slumber, shaking the cave it had been resting in for so long.

“Aah,” I cried again and felt my knees wobble. My entire body was shaking and I couldn’t find the strength to keep standing.

I crashed to the ground, and I felt a much larger thud resound beside me. Despite the pain, I noticed a pair of hands were still holding me tightly, not letting me go.

But the pain was too intense to let me focus on anything else.

head back and my eyes flew open as I stared at the moon. It appeared blurry at

to breathe when another bolt

eyes watered, and at some point, I let go of the

earth to get a grip on myself as my body seemed to convulse and bend. My stomach was rioting as if I would- throw up

asked and Callahan replied,

shifting, Zee. You can do it. Fight it. Fight the pain”

moment of relief. I was doing it, I could do it, I tried to recite it

was so intense that I clawed at the grass viciously, trying to dig into the earth, trying

I had been thrown in a blast furnace. My bones began to snap, and I felt as

point, tears began streaming out of my eyes and I cried as the pain almost rattled me. No amount of

liquid fire running through my veins, replacing blood and melting my bones

Was I dying?

too worried. I had to trust him. I had

pain showed no signs of stopping. It felt as if someone was cutting my skin could

it go away!!”

open

and I

and I felt two hands pull me close. The familiar scent of Callahan’s cologne reached

me with one hand and pushed the hair plastered

are a strong girl, Zee. I know it. You know it

shiver. How could he believe in me when I was literally

“It’s hurting”

and my hand reached to my belly as I tried to

you need to

“Do it”

if somebody took my skin away too. I just wanted the pain to

away.

I repeated, “DO

dress and he

and next, he pulled the other sleeve

my dress. It was as if my chest was caged and it

back as I bent down, my head touching the forest ground and taking

covered in sweat and muck, and no amount of air

hot,” I mumbled and tugged at my hair, not

herself out. Tell her to be

head yet,

I am here for you, my wolf. Take

a little. Had that been because of her furious attempts to break out of the

But then I had never

Callahan asked, and

failure. All of this training

wolf was