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.”

Why 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 emotions by acting like he did not care?

Callahan let out a sigh.

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from “The First Children’, so you have to guess how old that makes

as saucers. I did not want to calculate. My brain was trying to process a lot at the moment.

perplexed expressions, he added,

than most of 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 new lycans that Selene kept creating

hands coiled

“You are immortal?”

with a

paid more attention to what I have been telling you.” He sighed again and raked

silky mane, but resisted. I could not distract him right now. Or myself. I did not know when he would

pained, and every word he spoke

away. It was visible in his body language, though he tried to maintain a neutral

this burden for years. Not many know why I am cursed or what exactly happened all those years ago. I believe you are the

pure surprise. Not that my expressions had been any different for the past thirty minutes or so since he started speaking.

even Dru? How about Matteo and Elijah?” I asked. They had been living with him for years and were his loyal warriors and friends. Surely, I thought, he must have told

them. They all believe the same

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  1. let them.”

that they keep looking for a solution and you know how dejected they feel to not be able to help you. So why do you

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 cursed me? Should I tell them that

only stare at him in shock.

had learned about him, this was beyond my wildest. imagination. At this point, I was just blabbering things that

her? She works day and night to find a cure and you hide such a huge secret from her, from your loyal

warriors.”

my hand and shook me, as if

not listening. I said the curse forbid me to speak 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 live with that guilt every day. I cannot bear to live with the thought of causing them harm. I would not be able to forgive myself if

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

spoken about all 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, but

was barely a whisper.

a humorless chuckle. “A protector, Selene did not care about

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as the dead and she kept creating more lycans

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