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.

and my eyes flew open as I stared at the moon. It appeared blurry at first, as if it was enveloped by a hazy cloud, but then

moment to breathe when another bolt of

let go of the hands holding me.

the earth to get a grip on myself as my body seemed to convulse and bend. My stomach was rioting as

happening?” I asked and

can do it. Fight it. Fight the pain”

relief. I was doing it, I could do it, I tried to recite it but another

doubled back and fell on the ground, my face eating dirt. The pain was so intense that I

had been thrown in a blast furnace. My bones

streaming out of my eyes and I cried as the pain almost rattled me. No amount of training could have prepared me for this.

liquid fire running through my veins, replacing

Was I dying?

too worried. I had to trust him. I had to trust

I tried, the pain showed no signs of stopping. It felt as if someone was cutting my skin could do nothing except

it go

open

and I

close. The familiar scent of Callahan’s cologne reached me

hand and pushed the

it. You know it too. Fight, my

How could he believe in me when I was

“It’s hurting”

reached to my belly as I tried to clutch it.

need to get rid of

“Do it”

said without hesitation. At this point, I wouldn’t mind if somebody took my skin away too. I just wanted the pain to

away.

hesitated, and I

His hand went to the sleeves of my dress and he gently tugged at it, careful not

and next, he pulled

of air when he tore the front of my dress. It was as if my

my head

sweat and muck, and no amount of air

tugged at my hair, not

herself out. Tell her to

my head yet, but I did

here for you, my wolf. Take it

a little. Had that been because of her furious attempts

was taking so long. But

Callahan asked, and I shook my head.

a failure.

seemed like my wolf was stuck behind some unknown barrier