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.

open as I stared at the moon. It appeared blurry at first, as if it was enveloped

moment to breathe when another bolt of pain

some point, I let go

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

asked

shifting, Zee. You can do

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

ground, my face eating dirt. The pain was so intense that I clawed at

hot. As if I had been thrown in a blast furnace. My bones began to snap, and

and I cried as the pain

my veins, replacing blood and melting my bones and flesh.

Was I dying?

didn’t sound too worried. I had to

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

make it

open

and I

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

hand and pushed the hair plastered to my face

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

skin shiver. How could he believe in me

“It’s hurting”

my belly as I tried to clutch

need to

“Do it”

At this point, I wouldn’t mind if somebody took my skin away too. I just wanted the

away.

hesitated, and I repeated, “DO

His hand went to the sleeves of my dress and he gently tugged at it, careful

next, he pulled the

took in lungfuls of air when he tore the front of my dress.

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

was covered in sweat and muck, and no amount of air seemed to cool me down.

at my hair, not

your wolf. She is trying to force herself out. Tell her to be slow and

her voice in my head yet, but I did what he

am here for you, my wolf. Take

been because of her

not know why it was taking so long. But then I had never really seen someone awaken

up?” Callahan asked, and I shook my

frowned, unsure of what to speak. I felt like a failure. All of this training and rigorous

seemed like my wolf was stuck behind some unknown barrier