Chapter 131

Zenovia

I stared at Callahan in shock, my ears ringing.

“What?”

“You should see your face. Your expression is priceless.” Callahan chuckled, but I found nothing funny about the way he casually dropped the bomb upon me.

“Are you really sharing the truth with me? Selene…the Moon Goddess. She cursed you?”

Callahan let his back rest on the chair and looked at the ceiling. “What would I get by feeding you with lies?”

He countered. I had opened my mouth to say something, but I closed it abruptly.

His reality was even absurder than some of the crazy theories I had heard about his curse. Some said he was cursed by a witch for some fallacy while others said that he killed his loved ones so fate worked against him.

But nothing I had heard so far came even remotely close to the reality he was sharing with me.

“How old are you, exactly?” I asked, my foot tapping restlessly on the floor and a slow grin appeared on his face.

“Of all the questions I thought you would ask me, this did not make the list.”

I frowned, folding my hands over my chest. I was not sure if I was ready to ask him the other questions. My mind was still reeling from the information dump.

So, I replied sarcastically, trying to hide my nervousness.

“That does not answer my question.”

he suddenly being cheeky? Was that a way to show how unbothered he was with the secrets he was

out a

First Children’, so you have to guess how old that

calculate. My brain was trying to process a lot at the

my perplexed expressions, he added,

one who survived while everyone I knew died. Well, most of them.

hands coiled

“You are immortal?”

asked with a disbelieving look.

again and raked a hand through his hair, letting

through that silky mane, but resisted. I could not distract him right now. Or myself. I did not know when he would open up again if I did what my heart wanted me to do to him. With him.

self-inflicted wound. The more I asked, the more his cool facade seemed to be slipping away. It was visible in his body language, though he tried to maintain a

know why I am cursed or what exactly happened all those

look of pure surprise. Not that my expressions had been any different for the

years and were his loyal

all believe the same thing, that some witch cursed And

why? You told me that they keep looking for a solution and you know how dejected they feel to not be able to help you. So why do you let them follow false leads?” I blurted

tell anybody anything. And think about it, Zee. What should I tell them? That their precious Selene cursed me? Should I tell them that the Goddess they pray to day and night to help them find a cure for me is the one who put me in such peril?”

only stare at him in shock.

things I had learned about him, this was beyond my wildest. imagination. At this point, I was just blabbering things that

works day and

grabbed my hand and shook me, as if to pull me to my senses.

anyone about it would mean their death. I could not tell them the truth and see them die. I am selfish, Zee. I have been the reason for countless deaths, and I live with

and placed his forehead on mine. I saw the way his face looked more and more troubled. He got up from the chair and walked towards the side table, grabbed a bottle of whisky

nothing but blood and massacre all around me. We would keep fighting and the pile of dead bodies always

voice was barely a

protector, Selene did not care about those who died fighting for her. The severely injured were discarded

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