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.

appeared blurry at first, as if it was enveloped by a hazy cloud, but then it swam into focus.

breathe when another bolt of

at some point, I let go of the hands holding

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

asked and Callahan replied,

You can do

was doing it, I could do it, I tried to recite

on the ground, my face eating dirt. The pain was so intense that I clawed at the grass viciously, trying to

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 them had cracked.

the pain almost rattled me. No amount of training could have

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

Was I dying?

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

the pain showed no signs of stopping. It felt

make it go away!!”

open

and I

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

pushed the hair plastered to my face

Zee. I know it. You

skin shiver. How could he believe in me when I was literally screaming on the forest ground, sweaty

“It’s hurting”

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

need to get

“Do it”

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

away.

and I repeated,

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

the side and next, he pulled

tore the front of my dress. It was as if my chest

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

sweat and muck, and no amount

at

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

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

I am here for you, my wolf. Take

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

But then I had never really seen someone

Callahan asked, and I

I felt like a failure. All of this training and rigorous dieting had been for

was stuck behind some unknown