Chapter 96

Zenovia

My skin and my heart cried at the loss of touch of his lips. It was as if he saw something alarming and

stopped abruptly.

Only heavens knew how could he stop to inspect something in the middle of such a passionate make-

out session but then there were plenty of things about him that surprised me.

I was lying on the mud, face down when he suddenly grabbed my waist and pulled me up, all the way

in his lap.

I shivered and waited for his lips to start kissing the mark again but he did not. He just plucked me up

from the ground and placed me on his lap, my bare butt almost in his face.

When he did not move or make a sound, I tried to straighten and crane my neck to see what was going

on, but there was a light slap on my thigh, asking me to stay the way I was.

So, I went down again, propping my chest up on the ground by placing my elbows’ down for support.

Slowly, Callahan’s thumb reached up and caressed my mark and the touch sent a shiver of delight

tingling up my spine.

Yes, it was happening again. I could not wait.

But he continued to brush his finger on the spot and murmured, “It changed”

Huh?

What changed?

The color of my skin? Or was my skin a bit saggy down there?

I wondered for a brief minute but he repeated, “It looks different”

Dread filled my heart. Did the prolonged contact with water make my skin look wrinkled and saggy?

I hope that didn’t turn him off.

“The mark… it has changed”

Oh.

-A wave of relief coursed through me.

“You never told me,” He said in an accusatory tone.

“I…I didn’t really notice” I gave him a white lie. I did notice the change once but then given the hellish

training he made me go through, I barely had time to sleep or eat.

Often times I would just run to the shower, and be out of it in two minutes maximum.

The hesitation in my voice did not go unnoticed and I was rewarded with a light slap again.

“Don’t lie to me!” He muttered and I stayed silent because I could not think of anything.

“What do you remember sudden interview session.

fit? What did it look like last time you saw it?” He asked and Twas getting mildly annoyed at the

Was he forgetting what we had been doing just a moment ago? Why did he have to be such a buzzkill?

I let out a huff and answered, “Uh, not sure. But I think I saw a moon and maybe a dagger. But it was

quite a jumbled mess so I am not sure if I was imagining things.”

Callahan’s grip on my waist tightened as he pulled me near him, almost slamming my butt in his face.

He let out a hiss as his hands brushed on my thighs and he turned me around as if I weighed nothing.

The abrupt move startled me but now I was face to face with him, sitting on his lap.

My nipples had hardened and my eyes could see the fire raging in his eyes all over again. The veins in

his hands were popping as if he was exercising immense self control.

“Do you feel something?”

He asked and I blinked. I was feeling things… loads of things.

Iparted my lips to speak when his hands went in my hai my skin, and face and I could not understand

what

over my bare skin.

But I felt heat prickle my skin wherever his gaze

doin

and he yanked my head back. His gaze roamed over every inch of

land

as ift.

“I asked you something” He muttered and I tried to process my feelings.

eyes were touching me, leaving fiery kisses as they roamed

“Ifeel…aroused” I admitted, cheeks flaming red. Surely, he would not like it if I joked around so I stated

the truth/

But he was not pleased with the answer and the smirk that I hoped to see on his face did not return

either.

“Your wolf…can you feel her?” He asked and it was as if everything snapped back into the cold, harsh

reality.

Had he been kissing me only because he wanted to help me find a wolf? Not because he wanted it?

“I…I” I stammered as tears stung the back of my eyes.

Callahan let go of my hair and slowly pushed me away from his lap. He ran a hand through his hair, still

looking at me, at my chapped lips and the way my skin looked red and puffy.

His gaze lingered on my lips longer than usual but he looked away, reaching for the buttons of his shirt.

And I tried to not bury myself in shame. Pulling my knees closer to myself, I put a hand around them

and placed my head on it.

I did not dare look up at Callahan as he was playing with the buttons of his shirt. But then he took his

shirt off and held it in front of me.

“Maybe, we should go back home. It is already late”

He did not speak about my wolf or mention how he felt disappointed but I could feel it in his body

language and his gaze.

And I felt as if I should drown in the lake for the last line I had said to him, that I was still aroused

without any signs of my wolf.

I silently reached for his shirt as he muttered, “Your clothes are torn either way so no use getting/them

back.”

I did not say a word as I wore his shirt and got up from the ground. It was quite large and reached my

thighs but it was still wet and my hardened peaks were still visible from under the fabric.

I folded my hands on my chest and began walking towards the car. I looked up at the moon and threw

all pretending that the moon Goddess was listening to me.

my

doubts at it,

‘Why would you make me suffer so much? Why would you not give me my wolf? What have I done to

make you shun me

like this?’

Question after question, all directed at the moon began churning in my mind. I was not sure if I was

annoyed at the abrupt

Callahan had stopped or if it was because I was still wolfless.

way

Granted, I had gotten my orgasm but then why did I feel so empty instead of blissful? And why did a

small part of my was trying to make it seem as if the night was worthwhile if I got Callahan to devour

me again?

That had not been my motive. Well, at least not THE primary motive.

brain

Callahan started the car and I got in it without a word. The silence was deafening and neither of us

made an effort to speak. Thoughts of how I should simply leave the werewolf world began to churn in

my head again.

My gaze wish.

traveled to the sky and I saw a falling star and desperately wished for the moon Goddess to grant me

my one true

And then, it was as if a jolt of electricity surged through me.

Before I knew it, I had pushed the door open and was crawling on the ground on all fours. Callahan had

merely steered the car back to the road so the speed of the car hadn’t been much.

He quickly stepped away from the car and muttered, “Zee, what is wrong?”

But I was not in a condition to answer. A guttural cry tore through my lips and I jerked at the tension as

if my body coiled and uncoiled rapidly.

My nails dug into the ground, and I felt my body change shape. Fur began to sprout out of my skin and

my muscles twisted and turned until I was not me anymore.

I let out a cry of anguish again but my bones were snapping and twisting too fast for me to focus on

one area of my body. My entire body was restlessly alive as I heard a voice in my head.

“Hello Zenovia”

My joy knew no bounds when that voice spoke in my brain. It was a soft whisper, and for a second I

wondered if I was hearing my mother. The voice was sweet but then the next second the voice

muttered.

“You need to give me a name”

What? I was undergoing hellish pain, how would I even have the capacity to talk, let alone think of a

name?

The voice spoke in an urgent whisper.

“I cannot fully transform and take over until you give me a name, Zenovia”

Was that the case?

I tried to fight the pain of my muscles tearing apart to give way for the fur to grow and my bones to

elongate while thinking of a name.

But my mind was blank.

I looked around and all I saw was Callahan, a car, and darkness. Surely none of it would make a good

name.

Callahan went down on his knees and muttered, “You can do it, Zee. You can transform.”

“Name. Give me a name” I groaned while writhing in the mud.

“Of what?” He asked and I would have rolled my eyes at him if they were already not trying to claw out

of my skin.

“My wolf…she…wants….”

He ran a hand through his hair, “Uh, Zenovia. No, that’s already yours. How about Rose?”

So much for not being affected by what we had been doing…

Before I could say anything, my wolf muttered in my head, “Rose?! A freaking rose? What am I? A

flower that he would want to deflower later? Give me something majestic.”

I could not believe my wolf had barely shown up and was already arguing with me. She was sassy.

But I would marvel at her personality later. Right now, I clawed at the earth, digging out loose soil and

roots of wild weeds while thinking of a name that would sound majestic enough to her.

Up above, lightning crackled and I saw black clouds start to appear in the sky.

“Thunder” Callahan mumbled while looking at the sky and suddenly my wolf let out a happy shriek.

“That’s more like it” She bellowed in my head.

Huh? What?