Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 120 Zenovia Drusilla turned to look at him, and | saw the way she was beginning to lose a temper.

“Do you not understand that she is our only hope? Yesterday, you had barely gotten out of control, yet. you caused so much chaos.” Callahan was quick to reply. “Exactly. | am the problem. If anybody needs to take the risks, it is me, not her or anybody else.” We were going round and round in circles as Callahan kept arguing against Drusilla’s words, no matter how much she tried to make him understand.

And | only stood around like a silent bystander. Drusilla cared for Callahan and it showed, but | also felt nice that he cared for me. That he was not selfish enough to makedo anything and everything just because his life was at stake.

“Cal, you don’t understand. The rogue king and his influence are growing stronger. Yesterday, you just lost your control in front of the servants and maids. They will keep mum about it. Elijah and Zee would too. But what if next tit happens in front of others? The rogue King is already trying to break our unity and show how you are incompetent. What do you think will happen when they see you in your beastly state, like yesterday?” Callahan replied, “Well, | told you. | would step down as the Lycan King and go lock myself in a dungeon or something and only return when | can carry myself without wanting to rip heads apart.” “No,” | replied before Drusilla could counter.

“Isn't that what your enemies want? To drive you away from your people? The witch cursed you so that you had to put distance between yourself and your pack. You stay in this mansion all by yourself while your pack stays elsewhere. Do you think they would like that their King is suffering all by himself?” Callahan shook his head.

“Look Zenovia. You have barely awakened your wolf and you are still learning how to properly shift. You are inexperienced when it comes to battles and | doubt you would stand a chance against the rogue King, let alone me, when I...when | completely lose it. It is risky. | might injure you, hurt you more than you could take. | would have no sense of right or wrong..." BS] | interrupted before he could continue, “But that is what the anchor bond is for, right? To stop you before you completely lose yourself. Maybe, the moon Goddess senthere to help you. To save you and all of us from the future dangers.” “I am the danger, Zenovia. Why can’t you understand it?” “The lives of werewolves are filled with danger. Pack wars are as common as something we would discuss for breakfast. | was thrown out of my own pack and if not for you, | would have ended up dead. You saved my life, and | got this one chance to repay you. Don’t take it from me.” | replied, and my voice cracked a little when | recalled the past. Somehow, whenever my family was brought up, | could not keep the hurt hidden from my voice.

I had also been wanting to meet my father and check up on him, but after yesterday's events, | feared if | brought it up, Callahan would sendto my hright away and askto never return.

Funny, how | was dying to go back to my hjust a few months ago, but now | wanted to stay back and help him, be with him.

| was either too brave or too stupidly in love with a person who kept shuttingout.

“I CAN KILL YOU FOR FUCK’S SAKE” Callahan said and drove a fist in the windowpane and both | and Drusilla staggered back. His punch went straight through the glass and bits of shards were sprinkled all around.

Most of it was sprayed on him, but he did not even flinch. His hand was still resting on the broken glass and | saw blood beginning to ooze out of his skin.

Fat red drops of blood trickled out of the wounds, but he only dug his hand deeper into the glass.

09:37 “What are you doing?” | asked, feeling alarmed that he was already on a suicide mission.

“Zee, don't try to-" Drusilla began, but | had run to him and plucked his hand off the glass. He letand | saw the way small shards were sticking into his palm and wrist.

Tears trickled out of my eyes when | saw him behave like this.

“You...you are not healing,” | muttered softly.

“The curse. It is slowly turninginto a beast but taking away everything positive of my werewolf side...

strength, healing, confidence.” He chuckled humorlessly.

| recalled how | had seen him injured and bleeding from the abdomen. How far the curse had progressed? Drusilla let out a sigh and spoke, “I will wait outside” She walked out of the door and closed it from outside, leaving us both inside the office.

“You are important to me, Cal. | don’t care how much of a risk it is to try to break the bond as long as it iswho gets to break it. | owe you my life, my happiness, and my wolf. | cannot see you like this.” More tears trickled out of my eyes. Seeing him crushed and broken was like somebody was twisting my heart and squeezing it hard.

| had always seen him be arrogant or cocky and | would always think that | would wipe off that smirk from his face. But | could not stand this version of Callahan- the one who was doubting himself and my faith in him.

| recalled the way he had pulled out the first aid kit from one of the drawers last twhen | had spilled hot tea all over his papers and retrieved it.

Reaching for the shards, | gently plucked them off with tweezers and bandaged his hand to the best of my ability.

“Before coming to my office, | told you that | would let you listen to whatever Drusilla said but then you were going to listen to me. You said | could ask you not to do it and that you would listen to me.” I bit my lower lip. Of course, | had said that but that was only because | wanted to get to the truth.

Now that | knew all of it, the urge to help him break the curse was even greater than before. Thinking on my feet, | quickly replied, “I know what | said” | put the cotton and the antiseptic back in the first aid kit as | gingerly caressed his arm with “Good. So you are going to listen to me.” | nodded my head, “I am listening.” Callahan took a second to realize what | was doing.

“Zee, don’t act smart.” my thumb.

My heart was beginning to hammer as | thought | might anger him. But | decided to play it cool.

“You askedto listen to you. | AM listening. You never said | was supposed to obey you.” | batted my eyelashes. | expected him to lash out at me, repeat all the reasons why | was being an idiot but | saw a hint of a smile creep up on his face...barely.

It was just a small smile but it made my heart flutter wildly.

Callahan shook his head. “How do you always find a way to do exactly the opposite of what | asked you?” | grinned, “I am a natural.” “Yeah and stop eavesdropping, Dru,” Callahan said, and slowly turned his head toward the door.

She poked her head in by pushing the door open a bit and bit her lower lip.

“Sorry,” she muttered, and Callahan let out a sigh. “I don’t know why | have all the stubborn people around me.” I smiled at her, and | saw the relief on her face. She was glowing positively and looked very hopeful. “Because birds of the sfeather flock together,” she added and ctowardsto pullinto a hug.

2/4 09:37 “You are going to be the solution to everything.” | let her warm embrace fill my heart with confidence. At least somebody believed in me.

“I sincerely hope so,” | replied as Thunder rejoiced in my head.

“If we break his curse, we make him mark us before any other she-wolf does that. He is ours.” | met his gaze and wondered what it would feel like to be his mate.