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,

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

at me. “You…you changed me.” He said, and I chuckled despite the tears streaming

heart to not let anybody come near me. But you…my little

letting my actions speak rather than words. He pushed the hair sticking to my temples behind and wiped the tears

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,

done or said to him. He had just admitted he loved me in his own way. But I wanted more of this,

wanted me,

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. So it was better to make you

“We both saw how good that

and I saw the first

decision? Mirabel literally showed you what happened to her own daughter, Zee. I cannot bear to see something happen to you.

my Callahan. The Lycan King who was

always knew he was only putting up a show of being cold and unreachable, but I

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

Zee.

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

The fact that he had been living with so much burden and did not have anybody to share with

that Aislynn died, and he has been living with

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 an atheist at

men believed in God. But he had been created by and left to

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