Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 102

My mind was churning as I changed into a comfortable set of pajamas before deciding to go downstairs.

I was feeling hungry, and I had to fill my appetite, which suddenly seemed to have increased after finding my wolf.

Forget the rat race, there was an Olympic triathlon going on in my stomach and I felt I would pass out if I did not eat

sooner.

My muscles ached and my body still felt a little sore, but I knew that a warm meal would soothe my senses.

Thus, hopping down the stairs, skipping one or two at a time, I went downstairs and the first thing I noticed was the delicious smell of food wafting through the kitchen.

My stomach rumbled again, and I skipped the last three stairs and jumped down on the floor, heading straight towards the kitchen.

"Ooh, what are you cooking?” I peeked my head inside through the door and saw Maria hurriedly filling bowls of soup.

With a ladle in her hand and a bit of the flour clinging to her apron, she turned to look at me. "Good morning, Miss New Wolf’ She smiled at me and I beamed.

“You must be ravenous, so I was asked to cook some extra meal packed with protein for you.”

She added as I entered the kitchen and plucked an apple from the counter.

The sweet taste of the apple rolled over my tongue as I leaned over her shoulder to get a good look at what was cooking.

There was not just soup, but scrambled eggs, grilled chicken salad, some meat sandwiches, and a few dishes I did not know

the names of.

I rubbed

a

my hand on my belly as I looked at the food as if I had lived on breadcrumbs all my life. To some extent, it was true, but with the arrival of Thunder, I was finding even the simplest of things new and exciting.

“Go grab a seat. I am just serving the meal.”

"You are the best,” I said while rushing out to the table and grabbing a chair. I looked around as the servants went about their business when I saw Elijah climbing down the stairs.

“Hey there”

I waved at him, and he gave me a bright smile.

"See? Didn't I tell you I would grab you by lunch time.”

I smiled as he pulled the chair on the opposite side of the table directly in front of me and sat on it. "So, done with work?” I asked as he plucked a slice of orange from the table and put it in his mouth.

“I think. Cal just goes too deep into everything”

He said, and I chuckled, ignoring the odd fluttering in my stomach upon hearing his name. He and Cynthia were still probably working, but I did not mind.

That would give me more time to talk to Elijah and ask for news about home.

“So, how was your trip? Did you meet a lot of people?” I asked in a friendly tone as Maria and the other servants began to bring in food.

“The usual. It should not have taken me so much time, but with this rogue King showing up out of nowhere, I had to take a few more precautions.”

“Hmm,” I nodded absent-mindedly. I had just forgotten about the rogue king and that he had sent Sid after me.

I should have enquired more about him to Sid when we spoke a while ago, but I was too caught up with my longing for home and meeting my father again.

Imade a mental note to take that topic up when I spoke to Sid again.

"Are the packs safe? I mean, I heard the rogue King is being very vicious and sneaky. I hope nobody got hurt so far.”

Elijah was playing with the spoon instead of having his soup as he seemed lost in thoughts.

"Yeah. Pack scuffles are a usual thing. Nothing that the alphas can't take care of on their own. As for the rogue King, he is just trying to increase his pack strength for now from what I hear. He does not have a large force to launch an attack. Probably he lost most of them in the battles or something..." He trailed off, but my fear about my father and his well-being increased further. I had to know if he was okay.

And I could not just run outside the mansion in search of our territory. Granted, I had Thunder now, but our pack was far away from the mansion to travel on foot. So, I did not know if Thunder was strong enough. Plus, I did not think it would go unnoticed if I took one of Callahan's cars outside sneakily..

No, I had to somehow bring my father here.

“I see” I mumbled as worry began to gnaw at me again.

"Hey, but enough talk about work. I have been talking about that for the past three or four hours with the King. Now, I just want to talk about something else.”

He said and finished his soup.

My ears twitched when I heard the door to Callahan's office open. He and Cynthia were talking and were headed towards the dining table probably given that it was lunch time:

I gulped and tried to hastily finish my soup.

“I've got to go,” I said and Elijah looked up at me in surprise, “Where are you going? You barely had soup. Your wolf needs strength, girl.”

He called out, but I pushed the chair forward and muttered, “I just feel tired. I will have lunch later I guess”

“No, don't do that. You will only feel more weak,” He added, wondering why was I behaving so strangely all of a sudden.

“I guess my wolf got mood swings,” I muttered and stepped away from the table, but Cynthia had already called me out.

"Hey girl, where are you going? We have to create a plan to work out together.” She said and I looked up to see a pair of golden eyes staring at me.

This girl confused the hell out of me. One minute she would glare at me, and other times she behaved as if I was her best friend in the whole wide world.

am just...not hungry,” I answered, but Elijah got up from his seat and literally dragged me back to the table.

I tried to resist, but he had already pushed me into the chair before I knew it.

“You need protein. If you skip meals, you will end up getting more exhausted.”

We were seated on the corner chairs on the opposite side, the length running along almost half the room, and were busy eating so I had not even realized that there was another big chair sitting by the width of the table.

"Uh, sorry sweetie, but can you pick any other chair?”

Cynthia batted her eyelashes at me while Callahan pulled the big chair behind, its legs scraping on the floor slightly.

He was going to sit beside me for the rest of the lunch? I wouldn't be able to eat with his eyes staring down at me either way.

So I hastily got up from the chair, much to Elijah’s disappointment.

"Hey, let her be” He looked at Cynthia, who only gave him a wry smile.

“I just wanted to talk a few more things about work to him. Besides, the chairs adjacent to the Kings are meant to be occupied by the Beta or Gamma, or maybe someone of a higher rank.”

Elijah opened his mouth to say something, but I did not want to argue. I stepped away and simply went to sit beside Elijah.

Callahan watched me walk over to the other side with his eyes furrowed. I sat near Elijah and was glad to put some distance from the King who looked a little annoyed at something.

Cynthia got into the chair in front of Elijah and Maria politely asked, “Soup or directly, the main course, King?”

“Get the main course. I have a lot of pending work to do,” He said.

He closed his eyes, and I saw him rubbing his temples. He looked a little tired, and he had probably not gotten rest since last night.

Now that I thought about him, he had been in a meeting all day yesterday, then night I awakened my wolf and by the time we returned in the morning, Cynthia was waiting for him.

The rogue menace was really putting a lot of pressure on him.

His hair was messy, and he probably had not even gotten the time to comb his hair. I wondered for a minute what it would feel to roam my hands over that silky mane, but then I sternly reminded myself that it was none of my business.

“So tell me all about your wolf awakening, Zenovia,” Elijah suddenly said out of nowhere.

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