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.

race, and I gripped his shirt tightly, coiling my hands

chest and I let the steady rhythm of his heartbeat calm my nerves. I could not bear the thought of not hearing his

cupped my face and looked at me. “You…you changed me.” He said, and I chuckled despite the tears streaming down my

to not let anybody come near me. But you…my little kitten, you tore it down, brick by

his chest, letting my actions speak rather than words. He pushed the hair sticking to

did it take you so long to tell me all this?” I asked between sobs. I had been begging him to tell me everything from day one, yet he took so much time. I plotted running away from him, hated him and

He had just admitted he loved me in

how much he wanted me, and loved me with the

his lips trembled. “Because I was not sure if you would stay with me till the end. The pain of losing Aisy still haunts me to this day. And I did not allow myself to fall for anyone. I was afraid I would lose you, too.

and I smiled through the tears. “We both saw how good that plan

saw the first

I cannot bear to see

his fingers that were caressing my cheek and I saw the way he gasped. This was my Callahan. The Lycan King who was

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

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 in her eyes dim

to live, Zee. I

lips to stop 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

living with so much burden and did not have

fault that Aislynn died, and he has

knew why he would laugh cruelly when Drusilla or anybody else h cruelly when Drusilla or anybody else spoke about fate. He never really worshiped the Moon Goddess either. I only thought he was

been created by

thought of her as my own mother. There were countless nights I would keep staring outside the