Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter novel Chapter 106

Chapter 106 

Zenovia 

The next few days passed into a blur as I trained and kept pushing myself as if my life depended on it. I did it all- strength training, stamina increasing exercises, and workouts to strengthen my core like clockwork. 

It didn’t matter if Elijah was with me or if Callahan passed by without even looking at me. I did what I could. I repeated their workouts and also added some of my own by seeing videos on the internet. One such day, I lay on the ground, panting and wheezing after feeling like my lungs would burst apart due to lack of air. 

Thunder was a solid support and she helped me push myself. With her, I was never truly alone. 

“Oh my, girl cut yourself some slack” 

I heard Cynthia as she walked out on the ground towards me. 

“Don’t bother” I quipped and got up from the ground, tying my shoelaces so as to give myself something to do. 

“Oh, alright then. Just thought you wanted to come along to the pack to see the trials.” 

I raised an eyebrow at that. 

“What trials?” 

Cynthia twirled a strand of her hair and answered, “Oh, did nobody tell you? Well, every few months the newly awakened wolves are assessed on their strengths and how far they have progressed in trials aka mini spars or battles where all newly awakened wolves compete with each other. The one who stays standing at the end gets to request a reward from the Lycan King himself. Great, isn’t it?” 

I dusted my hands and got up from the ground. 

“That is….great” I said as a plan began to form in my mind. 

“When are the trials held?” 

Cynthia rubbed the back of her neck, “As I said every few months when there are enough candidates to hold a trial. Given the rogue King and how the new wolves are behaving, I suggested to the King that we should hold the trials sooner. He approved of the idea.” 

I nodded, 

“That is a great idea. The newly awakened wolves would feel involved and it is a great way to make packs interact with each other in a friendly way instead of always lunging at each other’s throats.” 

Cynthia’s expression brightened. 

“I know right? That is why I came up with the idea. Callahan has been so worried and stressed lately with the way things are going on and I could only do my bit to take off some of his load…you know as the future Luna.” 

She batted her eyelashes at me and I grunted. 

“Where do I go to register for the trials?” 

I had bigger worries on my mind than her petty drama. And my feelings about Callahan were a mess. Like an idiot, I had confessed like a school girl that I was crushing on him and he had made out with me but he never took the effort to specially come looking for me, neither did he ever make an effort to talk to me on his own unless it was related to training or my butted in to ask about my father. 

It hurt a little that he did not feel anything except for the need to sate my wolf heat but then I could either mope about it all my life or get over it and focus on my goals. 

I had to save my father and my pack. My feelings for Callahan would die eventually. At least, that is what I told myself. 

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11:54 

“Oh, are you sure you want to do it? I believe Matteo is in charge of everything. You could ask him.” 

I bit my lower lip. 

I had never interacted much with the beta of the pack. He was always busy with work and duties. 

“Or maybe you could ask the King himself. Though I am not sure if he has the time to talk to you.” As if I needed any more reminders about that. 

Seeing my silence, she pulled out the phone and dialed someone. 

“Hey Cal, I have a request. Can we talk?” 

My eyes went wide when she directly dialed him and began talking. 

“No, please don’t” I tried to whisper but she put a hand on her lips as if to signal me to keep quiet. 

“Yeah, I know you are busy. Sorry for disturbing you. But, Zenovia wanted to participate in the trials and she was hesitant to talk to you.” 

What was this girl even doing? 

“No, I did not ask you to speak to him on my behalf” I whisper yelled at her. But she continued to shush me and pulled the phone closer to her ear. 

“What did you say? Sorry, your voice is not clear” She said and then put the phone on speaker. 

“Cyn, I am busy. If she wants she can participate but I doubt she will last the first round. Ask her to stay at home and train instead.” 

Cynthia threw me a sorry look and she hastily added, “Oh she IS training very hard. So what if she is a late bloomer? She deserves a chance.” 

I rolled my eyes, “you know what? Forget it. I don’t want to.” 

I said and began walking away. I was hurt by the way he spoke of me, the way he still dismissed me as if I was made of glass. 

“Now you just made her cry. Stop being so rude to her” Cynthia spoke but I did not strain my ears to hear his response. 

Wiping the tears off my face, I angrily stormed inside the doors and towards my room. I hated my life and my fate that had to make everything so difficult for me. 

Cynthia came running after me and spoke softly. 

“Hey, you know he is busy and stressed out. He means well for you.” 

She spoke and I shook my head. 

“You did not have to request anything from me.” 

She bit her lower lip. “I know you hate me and that I have not really been a good friend around you. But being a Luna of the lycan King is not all rainbows and sunshine.” 

I looked up at her, “what do you mean?” 

She pulled me towards a chair and made me sit while offering a glass of water to me.