Found by the Lycan King by Natalie Winter

Chapter 135

Zenovia

Chapter 135

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.

The fear of losing him made my heartbeat race, and I gripped his shirt tightly, coiling my hands around him.

My head was resting on his chest and I let the steady rhythm of his

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nerves. I could not bear the thought of not hearing his heart beat like this. He

cupped my face and looked at me. “You…you changed me.” He said, and I chuckled

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

sticking to

I had been begging him to tell me everything from day one, yet he took so much time.

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

him.

jump upon this chance of making him realize just how much he wanted me, and loved me with the same ferocious intensity I did, I would shamelessly take it.

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. So it was better

both saw how

I saw the first signs of relief cross

second guessing your decision? Mirabel literally showed you what happened to her own daughter, Zee. I cannot bear to

the way he gasped. This was my Callahan. The Lycan King who was cold and cruel on the outside

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unreachable, but I could not have ever imagined the truth to be

knew how that felt. But I had not seen the light in her eyes dim

deserve to live, Zee. I don’t deserve you either.”

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

fact that he had been living with so much

did. It was not

with a tremendous

all his life.

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

in God. But he had been created by

our Goddess

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

Moon Goddess was shaken. I did not know what to think of her anymore. Not that she would care. She had left Callahan to rot for so many years and never thought of

I would feel anything but devotion to the Moon Goddess. But I guess now she did not have one more ardent believer