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Zeus’s POV:…They were the last words I heard from someone who meant the whole world to me. She wasn’t worthless… in fact, she was my everything. But I didn’t ever get the chance to say it to her. My heart had died on that day when I lost her in the cruel hands of fate, but my body kept on living…probably because I was still bound to her by the promise she had made to me while breathing her last breath. I was bound to wait for her…eternally if it takes…After two centuries, I stopped counting the years with the dim ray of hope that gradually faded inside my cold heart. On that snowy cold winter, I had held Sophia’s blood-soaked body in my arms for the very last time and cried my eyes out, with that gut-wrenching pain forming a knot deep inside my chest. Thus, every year during
Zeus’s POV: For the past two years on this campus, I never bothered to show any interest towards the newbies who were selected from the entrance exams, since I was aware only the children from well-off families would bribe for their seats and later onwards, their families would go boasting around everywhere about their capable children who had enrolled in the prestigious Bordwell University. After spending such a long time amidst humans, I was very well aware of their selfish and greedy nature, and thus, it made my blood hunt easier on every full moon night, which I later onwards reduced to once every two months.Since the laws in this world were starting to get on my nerves, I tended to be careful before but to be on the safe side, I always changed place every decade and would never settle in one place, just like I was supposed to leave this Luminapost town after 10 years of residing here. I never wanted to leave any attachment behind once I was done and that’s why, I never bothere
Zeus’s POV:Before I was about to walk away from the pillar, I didn’t realize when Ethan had already reached close from behind that resulted in us accidentally bumping into each other. Since he was already distracted, Ethan stumbled his balance and was about to fall to the ground, before I hurriedly reached out my arm and grabbed him by his waist tight, pulling him close into my embrace. Now that I reminisce the memory of our first meeting, it was quite a dramatic moment when he fell straight into my arms. But the second I draped my arms around him, amidst the closed distance between us, suddenly I was awestruck by a whiff of soft but sweet intoxicating scent, similar to the fragrance of a bunch of fresh jasmine, emitting from Ethan! For a second I contemplated if it was the scent of his cologne…but quickly I realized, there was no way any man would use such a strong floral cologne in the first place. The scent was maddeningly alluring, and it was quite similar to those rare uniqu
Ethan’s POV:Kiss? Did I just hear it right? This feral, menacing werewolf who’s making the hairs on my neck stand up with just one glance demanded… a kiss from me!? No way it can be possible…I bet I must have truly lost my mind from the shock of this twisted situation. Or…I must have been hallucinating right now after bearing such a long, exhausting day, isn’t it?But puzzled in my thoughts when I was struggling to grasp over the situation, I jolted back to reality when I heard the sound of Zeus marching his footsteps closer, glowering his dark eyes at me. Those eyes looked similar to the gaze of a predator, marching towards his prey after succeeding in cornering it, amidst darkness looming around him. To be honest, it felt too scary for me to meet those eyes which were glowing red with shrunk animalistic pupils just a while ago, as it kept replaying the gore scene in my head when I saw Zeus in his real monstrous form, holding that blood dripping chunk of flesh within his claws.
Ethan’s POV:A harrowing surge of anxiety stifled my breath, as I stood frozen sensing the presence of countless mysterious figures hidden in the dark that had surrounded us from all around. The glistening moonlit couldn’t cover the dark shadows looming behind those giant eucalyptus trees but the intense tremors of the ground under my feet which I had mistaken as of earthquake had gradually stopped on their own. While I was panicking inside, after hearing my rigid denial, Zeus exhaled a big huff of breath but his grimace darkened a bit from angst, as I could sense an unusual scary aura of him. He retained that anticipating pause, before a scoffed remark escaped from him, “Then…I guess you leave me with no other choice, Ethan Marley. “Remember, you’re the one who sealed your fate tonight….” “H-Huh?” I couldn’t realize initially why his impassive low voice echoed like a warning bell in my head, but before I could bring myself to utter a word, suddenly my ocean eyes rolled from shock
Ethan’s POV:For a second, I couldn’t help but sneer at the awkward tension building between us two men, but I couldn’t choose which among the reasons I should select first… the one where Zeus was making that dumbfounded face at me after hearing my answer as if he had witnessed a ghost right before him or the eerie silence that fell around us inside the forest, making my palpitations stir inside faster. But while he stood still, staring at me with that look of utter disbelief, his reaction was ticking off my nerves, even though I knew I should’ve better kept my temper in check being already surrounded by danger everywhere.“I told you exactly what you wanted to hear, Zeus. I will accept your condition and do exactly as you said… But in return, promise me that you won’t go back on your words either. Swear that to me first!” Cutting off the silence, when I blatantly asserted my answer once again this time without shivering or stuttering, his perplexed face was soon tainted with dark a
Ethan’s POV:Wait…is this all even real? Or am I going through an immoral hallucination that’s fading all of my rational senses?Despite my several attempts to push him away with my arms, soon it dawned on me that my strength was utterly fragile compared to Zeus. The more I tried to resist, the more I found myself entangled within his strong embrace, as he pressed his taut upper body against mine. His one arm wrapped me tightly around my waist, pulling me closer but with his other arm, he held me by my chin, quite a bit forcibly to make sure I wouldn’t try something funny to break free from his grasp. Initially, I couldn’t imagine kissing a man in this lascivious way, not even in my distant wild dreams. I had a few gay classmates of mine in high school, and I was never homophobic…so being with them didn’t make me feel weird at all. But this dazzling handsome surreal guy, Zeus Blackwell had completely altered my mind and life, as I was bashful to admit it myself that I didn’t find th
Zeus’s POV: After living in desolation for years amidst the humans, for the first time, the detection of my own emotions left me baffled. I couldn’t fathom why would I feel these passionate desires surging inside me like an active volcano, particularly towards this young, naive boy whose gleaming ocean-blue eyes had me captivated since the first time I set my gaze on him. But never did I realize my suppressed ardent desires would eventually erupt the moment I held him in my embrace. The warmth of his body touched the numb coldness I had been harboring deep inside me, making me forget about the rest of the world existing around us, even if it was for that fleeting moment. I was supposed to be gentle and not scare him away any further than he already had been, but losing my control, I acted no less than a starving beast who had just caught on his prey after a long, eternal wait.Honestly, judging his reaction before, I had assumed Ethan would feel disgusted the moment I put my lips on
Zeus’s POV:The sound of my sniffling tears and raspy breath echoed inside the small hut, resulting from the undying despair I have been bearing inside me for so long, and led an anticipated silence between us. But even though all of my vulnerable emotions were spilling out in the form of tears streaming down my cheeks endlessly, my vision had turned completely blurred, making me surprised to find myself crying out so helplessly in front of her. It left me bashful, but I could feel a load deep down my chest felt a little lighter when I sobbed my heart out before her. Like always, Sophia gently cupped my face while continuing to wipe my tears with her soft fingertips. Her angelic face was tainted with sadness to see me in this bereaved state, but she tried consoling my heart just the way she used to do it before. “Lord Zeus…I know everything. I have seen what you’ve gone through…and…I do not blame you the slightest for everything that you had to bear all alone. Instead…my heart…break
Zeus’s POV:With a sudden jolt, I woke up from my deep slumber, hearing the sound of mild canary birds chirping close to me. While trying to blink open my drowsy eyes, my head felt quite heavy with a dull pain aching all over my body, leaving me at a sluggish state. When my drowsy vision cleared up a little, the memories from last night were slowly retrieved in my mind. Fighting alone against those bunch of warrior betas while getting stabbed by wolfsbane-soaked silver daggers, I still managed to return home in a bloodsoaked state, only to collapse in Ethan’s arms, who seemed oddly at edge while trying to confront me. Watching me collapse all of a sudden must have made him hysterical, as by now I was already aware of his habit of losing nerve quickly whenever a tough situation arose…and compared to him, I was the calmer one to handle him with care. So, when my vision almost cleared up, and I hoped to go looking around for Ethan to finish our conversation from last night, suddenly,
Ethan’s POV:The second Zeus placed his lips on mine, a jolt of electric current stuck in me and I stood awestruck with my eyes wide open, unknowingly accepting his advances. In that glamorous knight armor with that shimmering long black hair that drifted along with the mild night breeze wafting past us in the middle of that dark forest, for a second the ethereal moment left me to stunned to even breathe. It was the second time Zeus drew me into a kiss, but unlike the first time when he intently played it a bit rough, this time, his warm hands held me tenderly by my waist, and he placed his other arm cupping my face. But I was quite taken aback to realize he was treating me way a bit too gently as if I was someone too precious to him to apply a minimal force on my body! Moreover, when he whispered into my ears earlier, calling me ‘his mate’, I saw his rolled onyx eyes filled with pure devotion, and an ardent flare of passion as if at that moment he wanted to scream before the whole
Ethan’s POV:With an unusual jolt, I blinked and found myself lying down on a heap of dried leaves, at the center of a dark cryptic forest. A faint trace of moonlight was visible inside that pitch-black forest, but the eerie atmosphere surrounding me left me pretty baffled for a while. Even though I couldn’t initially fathom how I reached inside this deep cryptic forest when I was seated next to Zeus a while ago inside his room. After a brief contemplation, when I admitted my feelings for him it had turned me flustered red from the aftermath of the realization, making my cheeks flustered red, and my head spin with all the chaotic emotions gushing inside me. My body temperature was rising to the point that I felt like I might get a heat stroke…but how the hell did I arrive at this thick scary forest? But while I deliberately gazed around myself, suddenly I sensed a peculiar familiarity amidst the surroundings which made me conclude that it wasn’t even real. I had initially hoped tha
Ethan’s POV:As much as I deliberately tried to hide my flustered face in response to Anna’s sarcastic taunt, when she exited the room and closed the door behind her, a heavy exhale fell off me. I averted my gaze back on Zeus’s numb, and completely still face as I grabbed my seat next to him on the bedside. I dimmed the bright lights glowing in the room to make sure he would have a restful sleep, but even with the gentle moonlit beaming through the window inside, Zeus still appeared extremely alluring like a Prince of Night, making me unable to take my eyes off him. Being lost in his magnetic charm, I slowly reached my hand out to touch him on his side- face softly, as if I unknowingly wanted to make sure that he was alive, comparing how listless he was lying down before me. My fingers gently grazed against his pale smooth skin, but the freezing cold temperature of his body startled me a bit hard as I whined at him on my own. “Hey…why is your body cold as a block of ice? You…aren’t
Ethan’s POV:After being frantically scolded by Anna, I tried to hold onto my silence to ensure I wouldn’t get on her nerves too much while she did her best to treat wounded Zeus. Though I couldn’t recognize why the uneasiness kept on growing inside me vigorously from watching Zeus in such a miserable state, her raging blue eyes served as a major warning to me that I mustn’t try to do anything that might trigger her wrath to attack or throw me out of the room instead. At the very least, I wanted to stay by Zeus’s side for now. From what I have read in the ancient literature, werewolves were the deadly mythical beasts who once ruled the world and acted on their impulses to attain their dominance, unlike humans who were treated as their slaves and only allowed to use emotions more. Thus when I fell silent, I saw Anna quietly pressing Zeus’s wounded areas with her palms mixed with concoctions, and chanted something with a murmur sound, following which an illuminant bluish flame emitt
Ethan’s POV:As an aftermath of my panicked howl, Anna came rushing towards the blood-stained hallway and just like me, she was equally consumed with distress and disbelief to watch Zeus in that miserable state. He had already fainted in my arms by now, and no matter how hard I screamed with tears burning down my throat, he didn’t open his eyes for once. I could feel his breathing was turning shallow, and his body temperature felt cold as a block of ice. But despite his condition, Zeus was still holding onto my arm with his trembling fingertips. Even though I was having a hard time processing the uncertain turn of events, Anna regained her calmness very quickly and rushed towards us, before instructing me to bring Zeus to his room upstairs. Both of us held him tight on both his sides, but I couldn’t help but clench my hold tighter on him, even though I was soaked with his blood. But my body and mind reacted on their own, as if just with my presence I wanted to convey to Zeus that
Ethan’s POV:It has been only a couple of hours since we had seen each other, but under the glistening moonlight, I flinched hard, watching Zeus’s face look completely pale and lifeless. His porcelain white complexion seemed a little reddened, and he was scrunching his brows while making a pained face, but his every gesture made me quite anxious for him. Zeus didn’t try to shove my hand away from him, neither he took a step ahead, but just touching him by his wrist, I felt his body temperature had turned absurdly cold, as if it was similar to the feeling of touching a corpse! His eyelashes blinked a few times, when I saw Zeus making a pained face, while his chapped lips quivered in a husky voice, “Ethan, can we talk later?” “Nope…I am not letting you slip away from my palm, just like you did in the morning.” However, a strange wave of desperation had overwhelmed me as I clenched onto his left wrist a bit tightly, to make sure I wouldn’t lose my hold on him this time. Watching his p
Ethan’s POV: Even though Anna taunted me with her sneer, as if she was indeed irked by my curious inquiries, I casually shrugged, voicing my opinion, “No thanks. I don’t wish for cannibalism. But if I being honest, I am quite curious to know…what humans taste like?” “Awful and putrid.” Suddenly her sneer disappeared and I saw Anna making a scornful grimace as she diverted her gaze away from me. The answer seemed to come out straight through her heart, clearly depicting her utmost disgust when she said it. But until now, I was expecting maybe it would be an exotic taste that must have made Zeus hooked upon it. However, reading her face, I also clearly reminisced that last night inside the Black Woods, Zeus didn’t seem very happy either while devouring that man’s flesh and blood, even though he tried to scare me off quite a number of times. So if humans really do not suit their palate…then why bother continuing to attack and devour them? I knew Anna wouldn’t be able to answer this