Lycan King's Regret: Punished The Wrong Daughter novel Chapter 41

Chapter 41: 41- Not An Ordinary Wolf

Lucien Volkov:

With a sigh, Lilith showed herself, "Hello, Arabella."

Arabella didn’t react and kept staring at Lilith, who now seemed uncertain, but she didn’t give up, "I’m a friend of Lucien...or let’s call me his aunt. How are you?" She extended her hand for a handshake.

Arabella looked at her outstretched hand and then turned to me as if asking silently for my permission.

I nodded at her, and she shook Lilith’s hand.

How would she look if she stopped taking permission from me for everything and started making her own decisions? I asked myself.

Since the day she arrived here, she had been scared, and at the time, I thought that it was just drama.

"Is she really a Beta’s daughter?" Lilith asked me through mindlink as she tried making small casual talk with Arabella... the same question that had been on my mind since I saw her.

"Come, Arabella. You don’t have to stand the whole time," Lilith pulled a chair and smiled warmly, "Let’s sit and then talk. What do you say?" she said, sitting down in a chair.

Instead of taking another seat, Arabella immediately looked at me again as if waiting for permission. When I gave her a small nod, only then did she lower herself onto the chair, sitting right at the edge of the seat with her hands folded neatly in her lap. Lilith sat across from her.

"So..." Lilith held her hands gently, "Did you enjoy your meal?" Arabella gave her a tiny nod, "Y..yes."

"That’s great," Lilith gave her a tight-lipped smile, but Arabella’s face was unreadable now. While talking to Lilith, her eyes kept drifting towards me before returning to Lilith as though making sure she wasn’t saying anything wrong.

Aunt Lilith didn’t push her for anything and kept the conversation going.

"Do you like reading?" She asked Arabella, and instead of answering her, my mate looked at her lap.

"Holy shit! Don’t tell me..." Zorro stirred in my head, "She doesn’t know how to read. A girl who knows multiplication doesn’t know how to read. Did they even send her to school?"

"Don’t be a fool. Didn’t you see her reading books in my room?"

Lilith was asking her about her favorite color and her hobbies.

"What do you enjoy doing most?" Lilith inquired, and Arabella thought for a long moment.

"I... I don’t know..."

Lilith’s smile faltered for the briefest moment, then she gently reached across and took Arabella’s hand again, "It’s alright, Arabella. There’s no hurry."

She was managing it too well. Something twisted inside my chest. I wished I had been the one holding her hand, but my mate was scared of me. She didn’t trust me.

What the hell is happening to me?

I’d watched countless males of my pack finding their mates over the years. They were protective of them and even possessive.

But this sudden urge to go and comfort her, to shield her and to make sure that she never looked frightened again... I’d never seen anyone this affected.

Lilith glanced at me, and I didn’t miss the questions in her violet eyes. I gave a subtle nod, granting her permission to question Arabella further. She understood and turned back to her.

"Umm. Arabella, sweetie. Can you tell me about your family?"

Arabella looked up with a tiny gasp, and for a heartbeat, I thought she would ignore the question. Then something strange happened. Her expression became oddly blank.

"My family... loves me..." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

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