Chapter 99

Zenovia

Callahan’s shirt smelled divine. It still had his lingering scent, and I could still recall the way he had raked his my body when I was with him.

There was a definite joy in my body language as I climbed up the stairs, happily humming a tune to myself.

I had reached the floor when I heard a voice.

“Oh, you are back. I was wondering where you’were. I was looking for you….”

eyes

all over

I turned around to see Cynthia standing in front of me. She was wearing a long pencil skirt and red shirt and had a pen in one hand while a file in another.

She looked at me, and the smile almost disappeared from her face.

“Oh, hi there,” She said, and I waved at her, not wanting to talk.

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“Did you see the Lycan King?” She asked, while returning her attention back to the file. But then she abruptly looked at me again, as if noticing me for the first time.

Or the thing I was wearing. I believe she thought I was just wearing some oversized, baggy shirt or something, but then she peered intently at it.

“Yes, he just went to his room to freshen up maybe,” I answered her sweetly.

“Freshen up?” She asked and I could not help but feel smug about the way she raised an eyebrow. Her facial expressions changed so much that I could easily guess how she was trying to connect the dots.

I wished I had some mind reading power to look into her brain and see all her worries and insecurities laid bare.

I wished I could gloat about how Callahan had spent the night with me, kissing me and wanting me when she kept throwing herself at him and he never touched her.

“Yeah, the night was quite tiring,” I added with a smile, and I loved the way the color drained from her face.

She tried to keep a straight face, but I saw the way her fingers dug into the file, almost wanting to tear it out.

I would have loved tormenting her some more, but then a voice called out from behind me.

“Zee, where have you been?”

I turned around to see Elijah smiling at me. He had a bag slung over his shoulder and a tired face.

at him and dashed down the stairs.

that question,” I said, and he

presence was warm and inviting, and whenever I saw him,

my

worries fade away.

if he carried his own sun everywhere,

me into a hug and

else comes later,” He murmured as I stayed in

felt nice to have him around

hour? Your

and I flashed him

full moon, El,” I said, and he kept looking at me in confusion.

He asked, and I

there was one true friend, I wanted to share my joy with,

he stared at

iny goddess, Zen. Did you

nodded my head frantically and he let out a big laugh and even

laughing too and jumped up and down with him. He grabbed me by the shoulders and turned us

I knew it. I

on the floor. Hearing the commotion, a

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scooped me up in his arms as he told everybody, “Our

cheering and clapping while Elijah turned us both around

see the tinge of respect in everybody’s eyes.

human in the world of werewolves was not something to be proud of. Though nobody dared scorn me because I had been taken in by the Lycan King himself, I

wolfless was even worse than being an omega who some alpha would take in as her mistress

was a way to weed out the weak links

earlier because my father, as much as he despised me, had not thrown me out of

did not abandon me or sell me off…well…until Celeste showed up and filled

would have loved to run towards my father and proudly tell him that I found my wolf and see him smile at me with proud

would stand happily beside him and

you lost?” Elijah’s soft voice

his

“N-nothing”

shook my head. And then another voice boomed through the large hall.

going

up to see Callahan appear on the first floor, just beside Cynthia. He had showered and changed and was wiping his hair with a towel.

never left and was watching what was going on with keen

me, but I could clearly

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