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 he suddenly being cheeky? Was that a way to show how unbothered he was with the secrets he was uncovering? An attempt to hide his true grief and

let out

the only one left from “The First Children’, so you have to guess

grew as wide as saucers. I did not want to calculate.

perplexed expressions,

the living creatures walking this earth. I am the unlucky one who survived while everyone I knew died. Well, most of them. I did not exactly keep track of the

said, as his hands coiled into fists.

“You are immortal?”

a disbelieving

have been telling you.” He sighed again and raked a hand through his hair, letting his long hair fall to the

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

he spoke was like a 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

burden for years. Not many know why I am cursed or what exactly happened all those years ago. I believe you are the first one I opened up to.”

expressions had been any different for the past thirty minutes or so since he

asked. They had been living with him for years and were his loyal warriors and friends.

the same thing, that

how dejected they feel to not be able

slammed his hand on the chair. “Because I 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

could only stare at

all the things I had learned about him, this was beyond my wildest. imagination. At

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

my hand and shook me, as if

of the details. Telling 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

I saw the way his face looked more and more troubled. He got up from the chair and

this in ages…or in forever. Those were the dark days and there was nothing 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 down,

was

out a humorless chuckle. “A protector, Selene did not care about those who died fighting for her. The severely injured

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