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.

It appeared blurry at first, as

got a moment to breathe when another bolt of pain shot up my

eyes watered, and at some point, I let go of the hands holding me. “Nooo”

myself as my body seemed to convulse and bend. My stomach was rioting as if I would- throw up and my head

asked

You can do it. Fight it. Fight

gave me a moment of relief. I was doing it, I could do it, I tried to recite it but another

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

extremely hot. As if I had been thrown in a blast furnace. My bones began to snap, and I felt as if a few of

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

veins, replacing blood and melting my bones and

Was I dying?

Callahan didn’t sound too worried. I had to trust

how much I tried, the pain showed no signs of stopping. It felt as if someone was cutting my skin

make it

open

and I

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

embraced me with one hand and pushed the hair plastered to my face with the other.

a strong girl, Zee. I know it. You know it too. Fight, my little lamb.”

his voice sounded made my skin shiver. How could he believe in me when I was literally screaming on the forest ground, sweaty and confused?

“It’s hurting”

cried and my hand reached to my belly as I tried to clutch

you need to get rid of it.”

“Do it”

wouldn’t mind if somebody took

away.

hesitated, and I repeated, “DO IT”

not need further pleading. His hand went to the sleeves of my dress

sleeve fell limply to the side and next,

dress. It was as if my chest

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

sweat and muck, and no amount of

mumbled and tugged at my hair, not knowing how

She is trying to force herself out. Tell her to be slow and that you are helping her”

her voice in my head yet, but I did what

you, my wolf. Take it

I felt the heat go down a little. Had that been because of her furious attempts to break out of

so long. But then I had never really seen someone awaken their

show up?” Callahan asked,

a failure. All

wolf was stuck behind some unknown