Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter
Chapter 5

Chiapter 5

Chapter 5

Zenovia

My eyes were only on my father, waiting to hear him slap Sid but he only had a disgusted look onhis face.

Celeste added more fuel to the fire, “He is right. See this, Drake. Do you see that welt on hisforehead? Your b d daughter is a b h in heat. She has no decency or honor.”

I wanted to go to my father and explain how Sid was the one who was lying but the words he saidnext made me freeze in my

tracks.

“To think that my blood runs in her veins...I cannot believe 1 birthed something so foul and petty. Ishould have never chosen a mate but waited for you, Celeste. I feel so ashamed of myself.”

Luna Celeste and Sid exchanged a meaningful look but she embraced my father and patted hisback, “It is okay, you have us now. Your real family.”

To say that I was stunned was an understatement. My life had just hit a new low.

I heard my father utter those words and it was as if my heart had stopped beating. My world wasslowly beginning to crumble and my mind went blank.

I should have run away, I should have shut my ears for the words that would fall on my cars were noless than blades cutting into my heart, twisting it until every last drop of blood had been wrung out.But somehow my feet were frozen

My father turned his back to me and was facing Celeste and Sid. I put a hand on my mouth to stopmy whimpering from reaching their ears.

The man who was supposed to love me, the father who should have protected me at all costs addedwith contempt, “Celeste. Get rid of her, what the lycan king does with her is none of my business.She is dead to me."

And just like that my world finally came crashing down, leaving me shocked and breathless.

I sat frozen on the ground, holding my knees close as I digested the words my ears had heard. Theykept playing in my head over and over until I could not take it anymore.

I wanted to cry, and I wanted to howl in pain but that was a luxury I could not afford. Not right now.So, I held back my tears and slowly crawled toward my cabin.

I lost my father today. I lost my family or whatever was left of it today.

There was no point in living in this pack anymore. I would cry and break down when I was awayfrom them. Now, I only wanted to get away from these people.

I paid attention that no one was around and suddenly I felt glad that the dean had asked us to leaveearly. I would not have heard the conversation earlier and I would have just wasted my days here,trying to please my father and harbor a false hope that one day he would love me back just likebefore.

That was never going to happen. He had made it pretty clear.

Thus, I scanned the perimeter and saw that there was nobody around in the vicinity.

So I sneaked up to my cabin and quickly threw my clothes in the backpack which were not many, tobegin with.

Next, I looked around and found a small iron rod and pushed the loose floorboard up where I hadstashed all the money I could save over the years.

It was not much but it would allow me to afford a few days of food or rent. I recalled Sid talkingabout the human settlement not far from our territory and how human girls would be at thenightclub he frequented to..

I knew the name of the club and the rough direction to reach it so I hoped to enter the human cityand blend in with the crowd.

Maybe. 1 could replace a job as a babysitter or waitress and start a new life. After stashing all myessentials in the bag, I tightly tied my shoelaces, pulled the cap of my hoodie up my head, and thenslowly sneaked outside.

I had not even made it to the outer fence of our backyard when I heard Sid call out my name.

“Rat, where are you going?”

I did not turn around and did not wait for him to curse me more. I knew if I walked back he wouldhave me locked up in the cabin.

So. I ran outside and headed straight into the woods. I heard him angrily yelling my name and soonhe had gathered everybody.

“Don't let her escape!!” Sid yelled and most men ran in the direction of the forest he had pointed at.Chapter 6

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As I entered the cave, I heard the wolves’ growls echoing behind ine. I could feel their hot breath onthe back of my neck, causing me to shudder with fear.

"Where are you, little 12” Sid cackled, “We can smell your fear”

I pressed myself against the wall of the cave, trying to make myself as small and inconspicuous aspossible. I could hear the wolves getting closer and closer, their claws scraping against the stonefloor.

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I blindly threw myself outside, hoping to replace a way toward the city but I slammed into somethingand fell backward, landing on my butt before my head almost crashed upon the tarmac.

Suddenly my eyesight grew dizzy and I saw stars in front of my eyes.

My brain was telling me to get up, to run away, and that Sid and the others were still after me. Butmy head swam and I could not see straight.

I suddenly felt lightheaded and I held my head as a bolt of pain shot up my abdomen and traveledthrough my chest. My shoulder had collided with something hard and I felt that I had dislocated it.Blood was trickling down my head and nose

I tried to look up and could only faintly make out the appearance of some car that I had slammedinto.

I groaned in pain as I heard the hurried footsteps of somebody stepping out of the car and runningtowards me.

A tall man rushed towards me and bent on his knees as he looked at me with concern. He waswearing shades and was dressed in an immaculate suit.

"Hey, can you hear me?” He asked as he reached for my face and gently slapped it.

I wanted to talk to him, wanted to convey that I was being pursued and people were after my lifebut words refused to come

out

"Ok, 1 will lift you up now, don't worry, you are going to be fine.” He said and picked me up gingerlyfrom the ground.

When he bent to pick me up, his shades slid off his nose and I saw a pair of bright golden eyeslooking at me. The same eyes that had stared at me back at school.

The Lycan King, Callahan Skalbeck, was holding me in his arms.

What was he doing here? Had he come looking for me and Cole to punish us for talking back andhitting his beta?

But then why did his face look worried about me?

The last thing I remembered was being carried by an unknown stranger before my vision tunneledand I passed out from the panic and exhaustion.

Chapter 6