Chapter 47

Zenovia

I loved the wilderness, and walking had been a part of my daily routine. I would often take the longest

route from school to the packhouse so that I could admire the surroundings, the nature and it also kept

me away from Sid and his friends for a longer time.

But now, while walking with Callahan, I felt odd. Callahan maintained a distance from me, but my legs

had already begun to

hurt.

I had run a lot in the morning, and I had not rested even for a second before Callahan had dragged me

outside.

So my muscles were aching, but I did not dare say a word to him. My legs felt as if they were on fire,

but I kept walking with him.

I winced a little when my foot hit a rock as I was looking elsewhere and a hot bolt of pain shot up my

leg.

But I suppressed it and kept walking with him. However, his pace was too much for me to handle. His

long legs took bigger strides, and I had to literally run instead of walking to keep up with him.

And the fact that I had stabbed my toe against the rock and my legs were hurting was putting me at a

gross disadvantage.

Callahan kept pacing forward, and I tried running with him, but my legs could not keep up anymore and

I stumbled against a rock, my body crashing against a tree.

“Ahh”

I went down with a thud and it was then that he looked behind. I tried not to scream as I gripped my left

leg to free my foot that had gotten stuck

Callahan shook his head dismissively and got near me. His large hands sunk into the ground at once

and he pulled out the big rocks in an instant.

I fell to the ground as I tried not to cry.

My leg was bruised and battered, and I probably had broken my ankle.

Callahan looked at my leg and muttered, “Looks like you cannot walk now

I fought the pain shooting up my leg and answered, “You…you can go. I will come slowly.”

Callahan did not speak a word, but bent down and picked me up in an instant. I shuddered at his touch,

but he only picked me up like I weighed nothing and began walking ahead.

I wanted to protest, but I knew I could not walk in such a condition.

So I let him carry me as we headed towards his mansion. Despite not wanting to, I nuzzled against his

chest as my bones suddenly snapped.

I tried to bite into my lips hard, but it did not help me.

“Argh” I let out a scream and Callahan immediately asked. “What is the matter?”.

I could not answer as white hot pain shot up my leg. I felt as if my ankle was being twisted and my

bones breaking inside of my leg.

It was unbearable, and I buried my face in Callahan’s shirt to not scream again.

I was shaking like a leaf as wave after wave of pain hit me. And I did not even realize that he had

begun to run.

His strides were already longer but when he ran, it felt as if I was sitting in some high speed car. But

even opening my eyes to see where he was taking me felt like an effort.

My bones felt like they were snapping and bending but were unable to do so as something was

stopping them, so they kept trying again and again, sending hot white pain up my body every single

time.

-Tears were streaming down my eyes and in no time, I felt his embrace leave me. But I did not have the

energy to worry

about where I was landing.

I fell on something soft as I heard Callahan immediately yell, “Get the doctor now!!”

He sat beside me and placed his hands on my head, in an attempt to pacify me, but it was not really

helping.

Hearing his voice, somebody brought the doctor in another twenty minutes or so in which the pain had

worsened to another degree.

I was writhing and thrashing in pain, but I somehow managed to open my eyes and see Callahan drag

a doctor inside the

room.

“Heal her.” He ordered and the doctor quickly got to work. He looked at the leg and asked a few

questions to Callahan

“How old is she, exactly?”

“Twenty-one I guess”

“Did she successfully shift the first time?”

“Not completely

He scratched the back of his head, “Well, then, my King. It is her wolf who is trying to interfere with the

healing process.”

“What do you mean?” Callahan asked.

“Usually, when werewolves suffer an injury, their wolf abilities take over and the injury is healed faster

than an ordinary

human.”

“And?” Callahan probed.

“I am afraid her wolf wants to heal her, but since she could not awaken her inner wolf completely, she is

unable to help the girl and that is frustrating her, making her try harder. That is resulting in her bones

snapping and trying to heal over and over again.”

He then pointed to my leg. “That swelling is not normal. Her veins have protruded and they appear all

black and blue. Her wolf wants to show up, but the girl’s body is unable to allow her, as she is weak

right now.”

Callahan shot me a worried look and ran a hand through his hair.

“Well then, what should be done in this case?”

The doctor shrugged. “I am not sure if what I am assuming is 100% correct, but I have not seen such a

case before. I would have to ask a few more questions to determine her condition. May P

He threw me a wary look as I fisted with the sheets, holding them in my fingers and digging my nails

into it.

“Go ahead,” Callahan muttered while shoving his hands in his pockets.

“Who was with her when she showed the first symptoms of awakening her wolf?”

“Me” Callahan answered.

“Was her skin hot to the touch or cold?”

Callahan scratched his temple. “She was hot and then she broke out into sweat”

The doctor noted it on his notepad. “Did she show any other symptoms? Any unusual mood swings,

anger, confusion, or something else?”

Despite the searing pain in my body, I looked at him at that question.

I had gone in heat, and I had asked him to mark me. And he had given me my first orgasm and left his

mark on my buttock.

Callahan’s gaze met mine, and I pleaded with him through my eyes to not tell the doctor about it.

Somehow I felt it was very personal and with half the mansion listening to the conversation attentively,

1 did want everybody to know of it so soon.

I felt ashamed of not having enough control over my wolf and body and did not want to be subjected to

judgemental looks.

Luckily, Callahan looked at me intently for a minute and replied, “Nothing unusual. She has been wild

and unruly since day one, so no change in that.”

His words made everybody chuckle, but I felt relieved that he had not humiliated me any further.

However, that was the only good thing he did for me because he tore his gaze from me again.

“So, how long will she keep crying and whining because of her leg?”

So, Mr. Lycan King was back to being grumpy again. I let my head fall on the pillow and tried to fight

the pain while the doctor scribbled something on his notepad.

I believe medications will only lull her to sleep. I cannot do anything to tell her wolf to stop trying. A wolf

only talks to their human and probably would respond to their mate. As I am neither, I can’t be of much

help.”

Maria had come to sit beside me and patted my forehead lovingly.

“May she find her mate soon. Doctor, maybe give her some sleeping pills. At least she can rest without

going through the pain again and again”

The doctor nodded. “I could do that, but then there is a risk. Her wolf might not like the interference and

reject the medicines.”

“A wolf can do that?” It was Drusilla’s voice who voiced out her concern.

“A wolf can do amazing things to a human. A wolf is more like a second being within us, an individual

personality, but the

goals are aligned. Even a human body rejects a medicine sometimes leading to side effects so I am not

sure”

Callahan gritted his teeth. “I did not appoint you as the chief doctor to hear you say how you are unsure

of everything. Just heal the girl and make her stop crying”

Callahan seemed very irritated with my screams, and I promptly shut up. The care he had shown when

picking me up and running hastily to the mansion. had it been my imagination?

Did he really hate me so much all of a sudden? Or had he always felt disgusted by my presence and

was thinking that I was turning into a clingy, whiny beggar?

I tried to sit up on the bed, and Maria propped the cushions behind me for support.

The doctor blanched at Callahan’s words and hastily pulled out an injection.

“I…I will inject her with a sleep inducing medicine. She will stay asleep for a few hours and hopefully

the pain will be less tomorrow morning.”

Callahan merely grunted. “Do that then.”

The doctor prepared the injection and wiped a patch of my skin with some cotton, but I shook

“I don’t need the injection”

my head.

He looked at me worriedly, “But if you don’t take this, you will feel the pain all night. Your wolf will

gradually realize she is hurting you more and stop trying.”

I winced as another wave of pain shot up my leg, but did not let another tear slip out of my eyes.

“I want to…meet my wolf if she is showing up…I want her to know that I am not weak”

Maria placed a hand on mine and gently squeezed it. “Don’t be so harsh on yourself, girl.”

However, I looked at Callahan and answered, “I need to be”