A Mate For The Last Lycan novel Chapter 90

Chapter 90: RHETT

Her voice laced with fear and agony. She tried to look brave, as if she could take the world head on, but Khaos could see through her façade, where behind the feral beast that he saw earlier, was a little girl who had gone through so much.

She was scared.

And it reminded him of little Zuri, who was hugging herself under the maple tree in the middle of cold night.

"I swear, I am not crazy." She shook her head, trying to convince him.

Zuri knew she would crumble if Khaos said the word. Everyone around her called her with that name to the point she believed them, but if Khaos said it too, she didn't think there was no way back for her.

If the word came from his mouth, she knew it was final. She was indeed crazy. Something was not right with her head, just like what they said.

"I know." Khaos leaned over and kissed her forehead. "You are not crazy."

Zuri blinked her eyes when she heard that. She wanted to hear it again, but at the same time, she couldn't believe there was someone, who thought she was not.

Meanwhile, Khaos wondered, how many time people around her called her crazy to the point, she wanted to cling desperately for his validation on her own state of mind.

It was not the feral beast that Khaos saw in him, just like how Caiden described her, but a tortured soul, who had been longing for a touch of gentleness.

And that was what Khaos gave to her. He peppered kisses on her face, until she sighed in content.

"Where is the secret passageway to the pack house, can you show me?" Khaos asked, as he kissed her cheek.

"Yes." Zuri nodded eagerly.

Little did Zuri know, a 'leash' was not always in form of strict rule, harsh word and punishment, but it could also take form of gentleness.

With that, Zuri took Khaos to the secret passageway that she told him earlier. She held his hand tightly, as if she didn't want to let him go. He was hers.

'Mine.'

Said the voice in her head repeatedly. This strong feeling was alarming.

They didn't talk about what happened earlier. Zuri didn't want to bring the topic up because she was afraid Khaos would change his mind and see her differently, but she wondered, why he didn't ask any question to her when he must have a lot of things to ask, in order to understand her.

'It's because he didn't care about you. Why would he care about those things as long as you are useful to him?'

The secret passage was at the north of the pack's fortress, hidden in the bushes, you wouldn't be able to find it if you didn't look into it carefully.

"Here." Zuri and Rhett created this secret passage for her to go out of the pack house without her father's knowledge. This was the only way for her to see the world outside of her pack, to know and learn a lot of things from her brother.