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.”

was with the secrets he was uncovering? An attempt to

let out a sigh.

“The First Children’, so

did not want to calculate.

perplexed expressions, he

Well,

his hands coiled into fists.

“You are immortal?”

asked with a disbelieving

sighed again and raked a hand through his hair, letting his

the hair and rake my fingers 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

word he spoke was like a self-inflicted wound. The more I asked, the more his cool facade

have been living with this knowledge, this burden for years. Not many know why I am cursed or what exactly happened all those years ago. I believe

a look of pure surprise. Not that my expressions had

for years and were his loyal warriors and friends. Surely, I thought, he must have told them. But his answer was the exact opposite of

They all believe the same thing, that some witch

how dejected they feel to not be

cannot tell them. The curse forbade me to 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

only stare at him

imagination. At this point, I was

of things revolving around you…..why did you never tell her? She works day and night to find a cure and you hide such a huge

shook me, as if to pull me

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 that guilt every day. I cannot bear to live with the thought of

leaned forward and placed his forehead on mine. I saw the way his face looked more and more troubled. He got up from

but blood and massacre all around me. We would keep fighting and the pile of dead bodies always kept increasing. Selene…she was obsessed with taking Mirabel

was barely a

not care about those who died fighting for her. The severely injured were discarded as

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