Found by the Lycan King

I felt bad lying to Callahan, but I had not lied completely. I did need some stuff for myself and just being in the mansion felt restrictive to me.

I had to go out on my own and look around. Not that we were in too remote of a location as this was all werewolf territory, but the human settlement was close by and I had not really interacted much with them except Harry, who left a sour taste in my mouth.

Callahan asked me to take any car from the garage and asked one of the servants to drive for me. But I knew that was another ploy of him wanting me to be safe and secured, and probably also under his watch, so I politely declined.

“No, Cal. As I said, I wish to go get stuff on my own.” Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

“Yeah, it was just a suggestion”

I shook my head and pressed a kiss to his forehead as he mumbled, “Thank you for being there for me”

“I will always be”

I replied as he got busy with his work and I left the office. I sprinted towards the garage and hastily grabbed one of the keys from the hangers, having all the keys by the wall.

I glanced at the watch and was relieved that I still had an hour. The taxi had taken not more than that time to reach the bar.

Plus, I had a phone to follow the map instead of depending on strangers to guide me. So I hopped into one of the not too flashy sedans, fastened my seat belt, and drove the car outside the gate, taking my first step outside the mansion on my own without any worries.

My mind was not too nervous about meeting Sid. I knew I was strong enough to handle him. Plus, I sensed he was trying really hard to win my

trust.

Staying true to his word, he had not made any contact with me over months and only messaged me when he found some information about

the Rogue King. My nails did dig into the steering wheel when I thought about him.

There was not much to go on about him, no face, no name, nothing. He had appeared out of nowhere and was threatening not just the alphas but

Callahan too. And he was aware of my existence and somehow knew I was linked to Callahan.

I had one eye glued on the phone while the other was on the road as I drove through the bustling city streets. It was nice to see people go on about their daily lives, oblivious to the existence of werewolves or lycans or rogues.

Sometimes, I wished I had really come to stay in the human town and lived an ordinary life. But that was before I heard about Callahan’s true story. Now, I wished to stay with him and give him a peaceful, quiet life.

And for that to happen, I had to eliminate his problems one by one. The curse and the moon Goddess were far from my reach, but the Rogue King wasn’t. So I focused my attention on him.

I also kept checking if there was some car or suspicious vehicle following me by glancing in the rear view mirror from time to time. I would not be/ surprised if Callahan asked somebody to keep an eye on me from a distance.

Thankfully, there was nobody following me. I also made a mental note to really buy some stuff for myself instead of returning empty handed.

Despite my multiple protests, Callahan handed me his credit card. I had some money in my savings that I used to put in my piggy bank sinc childhood and was planning to use that.

But Callahan insisted I take the card and buy whatever I wanted with worrying about the price tag.

The drive to the bar was not that long, and I reached the bar pretty quickly. However, instead of going inside directly, I called Sid.

“Where are you?” I asked when he picked up on the first ring.

“On my way. Just give me five minutes”

I could hear the sound of car honks from his side, thanks to my wolf,

Thunder, who kept assuring me that she would pounce on him the minute he tried to touch me.

“Don’t you think we should go somewhere else?” Thunder spoke in my head.

“Why?” I asked.

“Look at the place. It is a bar that usually operates at night. It would be empty at daytime and the huge facade is made of tinted glass. We have no idea what is waiting for us inside it.

At first, the bar looked like an ordinary place but Thunder’s words made me rethink.

Now that I looked at the bar from the outside, I did not feel comfortable going inside it. It looked mostly empty and doubted who could be lurking behind those tinted glass walls. The last time I came here at night, there was a lot of crowd and lights so I missed out on noticing it but now I could see it clearly.

“Good observation, Thunder” I thanked my wolf and spoke to Sid who had yet to disconnect the phone.

“I want to talk to you somewhere more open. Is there a restaurant or cafe nearby?”

I asked.

Sid was quick to reply, “I promise, Zen. I am not going to kidnap or harm you.”

He kept trying to convince me while I browsed through my phone and quickly found a cafe that was just 500 meters from the bar.

“Meet me at Friends Cafe.”

“But-” He began, but I interrupted him. “I am not coming to that bar. If you don’t want to meet me, fine, I will drive back home.”

“No no, no, I am coming to the Cafe”

I disconnected the phone and drove to the Cafe, it was a small cafe but right on the street and there were few people having food.

It would be harder for him to do anything suspicious with so many people watching. Thunder’s intuition had possibly saved me from a trap.

Feeling much more reassured, I walked into the cafe and sat by a table, not too far away from the other customers yet not too close to them that they would hear our discussion.

I was not really hungry as I just had breakfast, so I just looked around and within a minute I heard the sound of another car being parked outside.

Sid walked in through the entrance, wearing a red shirt and black pants. His eyes scanned through the area before they glued on me.

I instantly saw the way his features changed. There was relief in his eyes. He waved at me and I gave him a cursory smile as he walked towards the table.

I observed his face and noticed the way he looked. He seemed worried and nervous, not the usual pompous and carefree attitude.

There were bags under his eyes, and he looked more athletic and rugged. The boyish look on his face had been replaced by that of an adult.

However I still had my reservations.

He gave me a small smile and pulled up a chair in front of me.

“Hi, are you hungry? This place has some nice shakes, I hear. Is that why you chose the cafe?”

Sid asked, placing his car keys and phone on the table.

“No, I did not want to go into the bar, so I chose this cafe randomly.”

He noticed the curt tone in my voice and nodded. “Right, would you like to have some coffee then?”

“The Rogue King, Sid. I am not here to chitchat with you.”

He let out a sigh and raked a hand through his hair. “I know you have no reason to trust me, and the only reason you are here is because you want to help him.”

There was a slight jealousy in his voice when he said that. At least, he

knew I was never going to fall for him,

“That is correct”

“I will tell you everything, but can you at least not be so…dry to me? I am trying to help you”

I placed my hand on the table, a little louder than necessary, and looked around when I noticed one of the guests looking my way.

Lowering my voice, I replied, “Then do that. Don’t waste your time and mine because we are not happening. Never ever.”

Sid nodded with a defeated sigh. “I know that. And I realize it is my fault and the stupid behaviour that pushed you away from me. The only one to blame in this case is me. I just wanted to say sorry to you again. I will not break your trust. Not again.”

He looked me in the eye and his voice sounded earnest, but my past experience with him did not really allow me to trust him easily.

“Only time can tell that. Now, can we please move to the Rogue King and what information you have?”

He nodded and instead of saying a word; he reached for his phone and opened his phone gallery.

Pushing the phone towards me, he pointed at the screen with the image.

“I wanted to show you this”

I peered at that image for too long to process what was going on in it.

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