Zenovia
Cahan let go of my hand and replied, “That is exactly what I have been telling her, but she doesn’t
want to listen.”
I looked at the pack members for support.
“Nobody thought there was a way to break the curse. You all have been looking for a solution for a long
time, but I am standing right in front of you. Even I did not believe at first that I could be an
anchor, but even before I became one, I was able to calm down the Lycan King once when he had
almost lost his self-restraint. Ask Matteo and Elijah. They were around. Am I lying, Matt? Elijah?
I directed myst two questions at them, and they threw a worried nce at Cahan.
“Answer me”
Elijah replied, “You are not a liar, Zee”
Matteo answered, “No, that is the truth.”
I turned to look at the rest again.
“See. And now I am already an anchor. I have inched a step closer to breaking the curse. I don’t know
how I am going to do that yet, but I will figure it out somehow. For that, I need your support. Will you
guys help
me?”
I looked at them expectantly. They all looked at me and then at Cahan before exchanging confused
nces with each other.
“You promised you would not force them to listen to you.” I turned back to look at Cahan, who was
ring at the others.
“I promised you to grant an audience. And I have not even said a word to them yet” Cahan had that
look on his face when his mind was trying toe up with a devious way to make things happen like
he wanted.
“Please, don’t treat me like I am made of ss. I want to do this. Let me”
I pleaded, and there was a troubled look on his face, but he did not argue with me.
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“I need a vote. Right here, right now. How many of you want to let me drive the search for the Rogue
King?”
“What makes you think you can lead the search?”
Cahan asked, looking me in the eye.
I should have thought of an answer to this before. I hesitated for a second before answering.
“He wanted to find me earlier. So, I propose we do just that?”
“Are you out of your fucking mind?”
Cahan roared, and everybody fell into stunned silence. His voice was loud enough to reach the forest
outside the mansion, not just in every corner of the meeting room.
I gulped as I felt a tingling sensation in my wrist.
He was slightly pissed.
“Um, I mean you have trained me to fight. You spent hours with me in the gym and you were also the
one to guide my wolf when I first awakened her. Do you not trust your training, your majesty?”
I was not trying to be cheeky but somehow the way I worded it made i look like that.
A muscle in his jaw ticked, and I saw him grit his teeth while trying t yell at me again.
“That is not the point.”
“It is, your majesty. I was trained by the best of the best. Plus, I have my wolf too. And, I am your
anchor. I am stronger than before. And I strongly believe we need an insider who would keep us
informed of what the Rogue King ns.”
“I will just kill him instead”
I shook my head. “We cannot do that and you know why”
Matteo answered, “Because of the kids
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I nodded, “Bingo. He has influenced kids heavily, and they treat him like a role model. Though a few
have returned home, most of them still do
not want to return to their parents. And if we simply find and kill him,
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at would alienate th the kids further away from their home.”
jah scratched his chim trying to summarize what I was suggesting.
you propose to infilfiltrate his pack and be one of our informers rs ile simultaneously tryiving to
change the minds of the kids so that they uld return home harnroded.”
ingo”
han snorted. “You all glolossed over the fact that this stupid Rogue ng knows what she looks likkelde
will kill her the moment she walks in
territory.”
ave him a smug look. “I have a info for that as well. But first, I need
rybody’s vote. How many of youagagree with me?”
body raised a hand at first and wasdsdgeginning to feel low, but Matteo s the first to raise his hand.
niled at him as Cahan red at hinisimultaneously.
att? How could you?”
tt shrugged. “I have been thinking about it from a man’s point of view. ybe a woman’s point of view
would give ustebetrer results. She ca n into giving more information that we as ouesitsiders are failing t
e you agreeing to the fact that you are failing misceserably at the task, I wish to turn Zenovia into a
scapegoat?
tteo’s face was flushed, and he fumbled with a reply buujumped in ween them.
as nothing to do with my decision. If anyone is to me, it is me.”
arare insane,” Cahan replied, raking a hand through hisisinin
saration.
debebate was getting hotter with every passing minute. Thoughgh hamadidid not directly threaten or
order anyone to listen to himintihisnguage and his gaze were enough to tell the others that
hdwwavas lgainst the idea.
After almost an hour of endless back and forth, I had my hands rubbing my temples, trying to find a
solution.
I raised my hands and my voice a little and spoke loudly, “Enough”
I was not supposed to do that. The King was here and so were the beta and gamma. I was not even a
ranked member of the pack.
But somehow I had silenced them all. They all stared at me in confusion as I sighed.
“I only want to help. And I have a not so violent n to find out what the Rogue King is up to. Matteo
himself said that he does not mind if I take over, so I know I have his vote. Elijah, what about you?”
Elijah shrugged. “If your n is notpletely stupid and does not involve you risking your life, then
yes, I am in.”
Cahan cursed under his breath as I coaxed more and more people to agree with me.
By the time I was done, 70% of the crowd was convinced that their King’s anchor would solve the
mess.
But Cahan spoke loudly, “I am the Lycan King and I order you to listen to me. You are not going to do
any such thing”
He looked at me, all the warmth from his eyes gone. His gaze was and he was staring at me as if he
could touch my soul.
He had done that already; he had no idea.
And I had known that he would never listen to me. I had not wanted to use the trump card for this thing,
but I guess it hade to that.
Looking him in the eye, I spoke loudly.
“I demand that I take over the operations and team that is currently handling the search mission
rting to the Rogue King and that all my demands and conditions be met.”
Cahan took a step forward, his eyes unreadable, and looked down at
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“What makes you think you can demand that?”
I tried to keep my voice steady and clear as I answered.
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“My right to demand one gift from the Lycan King for winning the trials back at the open grounds a few
months ago.”
I did not have to look at Cahan’s face to know that he was furious. The anchor bond was tingling, as
if somebody was poking hot needles in my skin.
I stepped back involuntarily after seeing the rage build in his eyes.
Cahan did not say a word, but he simply stormed out of the room, the door banging shut behind him.
It was loud enough to make the hingese off.
Now, he was royally pissed.