The Lycan King’s Healer – Chapter 54

I was going to join Theo for sleep, but my anger was so wrathful, I would never find it. Instead, I stormed downstairs to where Clement told me I’d always be able to find him if he was in the estate.

The library.

I walked into the grand library in my nightgown and slippers. It was one of my favorite spots; it was a universe of old and new novels, all color coded and stacked in shelves that towered up to the vaulted ceiling. I walked through the endless galleries and ventured through the ancient seating area, not finding a trace of him.

So I wai

me from my cottage, so it slightly bored me. I felt each minute pass by as I sat in the early morning sun accompanied by the sound of the ticking grandfather clock.

th?

l Clement walked into the room.

t are you doing here?”

actually was wondering the same thing,” I

er needed more information as far as teaching me.

if it was a foreign word.

next to me in the love seat.

e’ve known each other for many years, Cathy,” he said, his voice like glass. “We are fr

divine forms of flattery.

I don’t possess one of my own.”

tely new territory for us; we never spoke of our

hat happened between you and your dear Aldrich, i

slow and painful end.

s eyebrows, lips parted.

lenched.

how mad I was that he was lying to me about it, that he was hiding something from me even though he got mad at me for doing the same, I knew I would have to do something about it.

e floorboards, my bones feeling too big for my skin.

Cathy. You’re better than that.”

hands together, nervously playing with my fingers.

looking at him from under my eyelashes.

.

ew, and is still planning to tutor me more. I physically could not ask any more of him.

t mysteriously. Clement was a figure of importance to the rest of the world as well; he was the best healer, and the only one who was thoroughly trained in

. Reluctance cloaked his voice as he looked down to me.

e promised.

Aldrich

the face if I did.

absence, I decided to go to b

rough the night.

Before I could allow for myself to go about my day while she blew off steam, I had to ensu

e answered.

A surge of relief went through me. At least she wasn’t wandering arou

ht was eventually upon us. We decided to take a quick reprieve for food, then we would get back to work.

.

sn’t alone.

eked inside the room to find her sitting on one of the lo

urned around, storming out of the room.