Found by the Lycan King

Chapter 135

Zenovia

Pushing the hair away, he continued when I stepped back.

“So…it took me a while, but I realized I was not going to die no matter how much I fought and pushed myself. But those around me were dying…at an alarming rate. I had to change that. I could not save all of them but a few whom I could, I tried my best to care for them. Slowly, I found the survivors and gathered them to form a pack. I devoted my life to their betterment while silently hoping every day that I would not open my eyes the next morning. But guess what?”

He asked, smiling like a madman.

My heart broke to see him like this and I went towards him, trying to calm him down, but he stepped away again.

“I…I never fucking died. Aisy died, but I am still alive. And… I would not have wanted to live…until I found you.

Callahan said, the last four words leaving his mouth in a pained whisper. I felt as if somebody was squeezing my heart in a deathly grip and I could not breathe anymore.

This. This was his way of telling me that I mattered to him. That he found the will to live…because of me. He had never been good with words, but his admission told me I was not just a random girl crushing on him.

It told me that he felt something as well. And the burden of so many deaths, along with the guilt of staying alive with those memories, made him think he was unworthy of love.

I could not bear to see him so vulnerable.

“I would never let you die, Cal.” I began sobbing bitterly, and ran towards him, my hands holding him tightly. This time, he did not step away or push me back.

And I held onto him like he was the last breath of air I needed to survive.

heartbeat race, and I gripped his shirt tightly,

let the steady rhythm of his heartbeat calm my nerves. I could

and I chuckled despite the tears streaming down my face like

will to live again. I had built walls around my heart to not let anybody come near me. But you…my little kitten, you tore

his chest, letting my actions speak rather than words. He pushed the hair sticking to my temples behind and wiped the tears with the pad of his

everything from day one, yet he took so much time. I plotted running away from him, hated him and bickered

had done or said to him. He had just admitted he loved

could jump upon this chance of making him realize just how much he wanted me, and loved me

haunts me to this day. And I did not allow myself to

“We both saw how good that plan turned

first signs of relief

you what happened to her own daughter, Zee. I cannot bear to see something happen to you. I promised you the truth and I gave it to you.

my cheek and I saw the way he gasped. This was my Callahan.

putting up a show of being cold and unreachable, but I could not have ever imagined the truth to be so

loss of a loved one leaves wounds and pain that seldom goes away. I had lost my mother, so I knew how that felt. But I had not seen the light

don’t deserve to live, Zee. I don’t deserve

him from talking, but he pulled it away and continued to talk. “I could not protect Aisy and…and I attacked you, too. That is why I was not letting you become my anchor. I feel…I feel I will not be able to do justice to you

The fact that he had been living with so much burden and did not

died,

spoke about fate. He never really worshiped the Moon Goddess either. I only thought he was

men believed in God. But he had been created by and left to rot. How could Selene do this to

praying to her all my life and worshiped her, thought of her as my own mother. There were countless nights I would keep staring outside the window, looking at the moon and wondering if she was listening to me, if she was paying attention to her neglected