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 first, as if

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

point, I let

to convulse and bend. My stomach was

asked and Callahan

are shifting, Zee. You can do

it, I could do it, I tried to recite it but another wave of pain shot

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

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

and I cried as the pain

felt like liquid fire running through my veins, replacing blood and melting

Was I dying?

had to trust him. I had to

felt as if someone was cutting my skin could do nothing except watch and

make it go

open

and I

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

pushed the hair

know it. You know it too. Fight, my little

voice sounded made my skin shiver. How could he believe in me

“It’s hurting”

to my belly as

you need to get rid

“Do it”

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

away.

I repeated,

to the sleeves of my dress and he gently tugged at it,

and next, he pulled the other sleeve

air when he tore the front of my dress. It was as if my chest was caged and it was finally free.

I bent down, my head touching the forest

and muck, and no amount of

mumbled and tugged at my hair,

herself out. Tell

had not heard her voice in my head yet, but I did what he

I am here for you, my

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

was taking so long. But then I had never really

up?” Callahan asked, and I shook

what to speak. I felt like a failure. All of

seemed like my wolf was stuck behind some unknown barrier