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Ethan's POV:Right after turning behind, within a few meters from me, I saw a small young petite woman, with a round face, probably in her early 20s with piercing amber-brown eyes glowering at me. Her lean pale appearance gave off a strange eerie aura around her, which I could sense from the very first glance I led on her. She was quite shorter than me in height, but she was wearing an absurd-looking laced, vintage long black dress which I had similarly seen in movies worn by the maids from the Victorian Era. Was she actually a maid of this mansion, or am I mistaking her? But in this modern world, I wondered if any girls would be up there to choose such a vintage fashion over modern outfits, and even if she was an outsider, I hope she didn’t get bullied for her atypical fashion choice. The moment our eyes met each other, I saw her clenching her jaws as she marched a step towards me. Her red lips curved with an eerie sneer when she rolled a glance down at my trembling right hand clas
Ethan's POV:As expected after hearing my loud rumble, that woman rolled her amber-brown eyes viciously at me. Her small face grew darker from wrath making me quickly catch the hint that my reaction had badly offended her. I could feel the aura emitting around her seemed too eerie not to notice me, as if possible, she would just chew me alive right at that moment. The way she tossed her death glare at me, my feet immediately retreated a step behind her towards the wall, as the air between us grew very heavy. But she boldly marched forward this time, gritting her teeth at me, as her words sounded like a menacing threat, “You must have a death wish to raise your voice at me, huh? Damn…human! Should I just rip off your vocal cord first? To ensure…you won’t be able to utter a single sound for the rest of your life ever again…” Darn it! Why do all these werewolves resort to violence against minor inconveniences? Zeus also formed this stupid pact with me so that he would wrap me around
Ethan's POV:But before I could feel her claws touch the surface of my skin, a giant figure suddenly appeared in front of me out of the blue and stood like a huge shield to protect me from her attack. With my eyes half closed from fear, sensing someone’s arrival there, I managed to blink open my orbs and saw someone wearing a pitch black long coat, with massive broad shoulders that guarded me standing up front. I could immediately recognize that figure from one glance. It was Zeus, and it baffled me to realize he finally arrived in my defense, regarding his vow to me that he would never let me get hurt. My heart suddenly drummed faster deep down my chest when I mustered my courage to glance at him properly. He was perfectly groomed in a branded long coat with dark grey denim, looking no less than an enchanting celebrity, with fair skin that shimmered under the morning glaze. But rather than looking like a college student, his exquisite fashion sense made him look as if he was going
Ethan's POV:Before Zeus could address a word to my loud grunt I saw the woman walk a few steps close to him at a speedy pace. She put on a surly face, sounding quite ardent from her tone, “Master…as you know…until now I have never once defied your command, and I vowed never to do that. But today, you’ve left me with no choice. “How could I co-exist with this fussy human brat here when he creates a ruckus on any slightest inconvenience? He came here to live with us in the mansion, so he must be the one to adapt to the rules of this mansion. But how dare he disrespect you openly, and even ask for a special privilege, not knowing his place here?” “Hah, excuse me you insane woman, for your kind information, I am not the one who came here willingly! Of course, no sane person would walk into the lion’s den all by himself!” Her antics to manipulate Zeus right in front of me had greatly irked me off as I couldn’t control myself from gnawing at her. She shuffled her rolled glare on me, but I
Ethan's POV:There he goes again…casually blurting those passionate words at me without warning! The touch of his cold hand that tucked mine inside his pocket made me flinch hard since I was never accustomed to embracing this kind of little affectionate moment, especially coming from a big guy like him. But it would be a lie if I said it didn’t make my stomach feel giddy inside when he suddenly gave me a sense of assurance through his words. While I was trying to endure these unusual palpitations he stirred up inside my heart every time when I saw that dazzling beautiful smile plastered on his face, it also made me sometimes wonder…how he acted all-natural every time while casually throwing those punchlines at me. Was Zeus an inborn flirty? Is this some kind of blessing gorgeous guys like him are born with? To be honest, after watching how coldly he budged off Emma at the party, without showing any interest in the flock of girls hovering around him…if there was anyone else from the
Ethan's POV:Honestly, whenever I saw Zeus making that solemn face at me, somehow it had started to get me anxious. Especially when I saw him grabbing something from the backseat of the car, I wondered if he was about to hand me over that damned $ pendant once again!Before he could grab my arm, I lifted both my palms and uttered in a jittery voice, followed by a big sigh, “Hey, look…if you want to give back that $ diamond pendant, I really don’t want it man! It was a lie, okay? I didn’t pick it up for selling it or whatever…I was just making pointless excuses without realizing that I must’ve presented myself to you like a dork. But seriously, I don’t need it anymore…so you can toss it away or whatever…but please don’t give it to me!”I almost stated the words in one breath, leaving Zeus a little startled as he confusedly blinked his lashes a few times at me. However, his solemn expression turned a little dense after he heard me. He rolled his pitch-black orbs, and a small cryptic sne
Ethan's POV: To be honest, I had assumed the way I ran away from her at the party using that lame excuse when we were having such a good time together, I had hoped Lena might cuss or spit at me the next time she saw my face. Unlike Hermes’s texts which seemed strangely restless, reading Lena’s messages made me frown hard. I couldn’t help but exhale a long sigh, consumed with my guilt and remorse for making her worry for me like that. Just reading her text once, I could immediately sense that she must’ve blamed herself for my sudden disappearance from the party, and instead of replying to her now, it would have been much better if I apologized to her directly once I reached the campus. But while I was acting a bit fidgety, I could sense Zeus’s cold piercing gaze directed towards me for a moment, as if he was carefully observing my gestures. Zeus took the initiative first to break the anticipating silence between us with a scoff, “It must’ve been quite tiring to be a popular guy, is
Ethan's POV:> “Woah! Is he a celebrity kid perhaps? Or maybe a rising supermodel?”> “Just look at his facial features…God damn! > “We never knew such a gorgeous guy existed in our neighborhood, were we living under the rocks or something? Only if I was not married and a few couple years younger…I would’ve asked for his number already…”…Well, I had lowkey expected to hear such intense whispers from the crowd of people seated inside the restaurant, since I had already found it yesterday that this restaurant mostly gets overcrowded with customers. But after a lot of pestering and almost forcibly dragging Zeus along with me, the moment we walked inside through the restaurant door, all the eyes immediately shuffled at us, with an awestruck expression apparent in them. Not us, but particularly Zeus. Just the way my breath was hitched for a second in the morning when I saw how gorgeous Zeus looked being groomed in such exquisite clothes, all the people surrounding us had the exact same
Ethan's POV:With that realization, I exhaled a heavy sigh and sat on the wooden bench again feeling drained. This town was a new place for me and there was no way I could ask someone else for Zeus’s number without inviting unnecessary attention, so naturally, there was no other option to contact Zeus except to face him at the campus. But deep down in my heart, I knew, by the way, I lashed out at him earlier, my self-confidence had taken a hit as I couldn’t muster the strength to meet him directly without a trial conversation at first. At least, through the phone call, I could have tested the waters to see if Zeus was maddeningly infuriated with me or if he was willing to have a negotiating conversation! Though I didn’t have high hopes for Zeus to be still calm with me after I harshly treated him when he went too far even to help this miserable old man. To be honest, I had already prepared myself to fall on my knees to beg his mercy if things went wrong, considering I had witnessed
Ethan’s POV: After a brief anticipated silence fell between us, the old man quietly stared at me for a while before letting out a small dull smile. His smile was mixed with a hint of sadness in his droopy eyes while he lifted his gaze down from me, “I am sorry, young man. Hearing everything, you must've felt pretty disgusted to think I compared you to my heinous son… But… it's just that my son wasn't always such a terrible human. “My wife had passed away long ago when he was still just a child, and I raised him all alone without asking for anyone's help. Long ago, he was a bright, good kid anyone could ask for…but…” Suddenly his words trailed off when he made a grimacing expression. Just glancing at him once I could tell that he was trying hard to suppress his tears before me. Honestly, I wasn't disgusted about the fact that he thought of his own son upon meeting me, but my mind was most importantly preoccupied with thoughts about Zeus, and the ugly spat we had just moments earli
Ethan’s POV:“Good to see you again, Sir?” It took me a while to muster my courage before I approached the old cab driver, who was still gazing blankly at the picture he held in his right hand. He didn’t seem to notice me arriving before, but hearing my voice, he flinched and quickly lifted up his gaze at me. Then he reverted back with a soft smile, “Oh, you’re the young man from yesterday…such a nice coincidence to run into you here.” Under the pretense of that kind smile, I didn’t fail to notice he quickly tucked that picture inside his chest pocket with his clumsy hand movements as if he didn’t intend to show that to me. As much as I could feel my guilt-stricken feelings piling up inside my heart, I had to mask a fake smile while I quietly walked up to the public bench he was seated on. I sat next to him and exhaling a heavy sigh, I politely addressed, “Yes, fancy running into you here, Sir. I came to the Asian restaurant to have a quick bite with my friend—”Suddenly my words
Zeus's POV:Zeus’s POV:I had almost considered my wolf’s plea for not harming these young betas following our divine Moon Goddesses’s command and letting them get away with a stern warning. But the second one among them mentioned Ethan while I was already considering leaving from there, my motion feet halted on the ground, surprising me to my core. My face turned dark from a wave of dread and panic that washed over me the moment I recalled Ethan’s smiling, innocent face before my eyes. Since the very second I decided to bind Ethan by my side by forming the pact, I was aware of exposing him to the dangers of this dark world from where creatures like me belonged. It was a selfish choice…but if I wanted someone to share space by my side in this cold, lonely world…my heart knew it had to be someone as pure as Ethan. Despite harboring hatred towards humans for all these decades, my heart felt soothed by his presence from the very first moment he caught my eyes. Since that night of sno
Zeus’s POV:My head hurts…and I feel this strange uneasiness rising inside me when I parted ways from Ethan. Honestly, I didn’t want to leave him all by himself, but I didn’t want to irk him even more than how he already seemed furious at me. After living almost for an eternity among the humans, I was quite accustomed to their selfish egocentric nature, so I wasn’t startled by how the crowd inside that restaurant reacted to me. But Ethan never failed to amaze me…since the first time, I laid my eyes on him. The way he boldly defended me before everyone, shook me from inside, as the realization finally hit me that there was someone else apart from Anna, especially a human, who didn’t abandon my side, despite knowing my real truth. I knew Ethan had labeled me as a monster, but his kind actions wavered me to give in a fleeting hope, and before I knew…I was already comfortable with his presence next to me. He was a kind boy, and due to his kind and affectionate nature, he gave into my s
Ethan's POV:“What’s wrong?”It seemed Zeus had quickly noticed my sudden halt, while my sad eyes were fixed in the direction of that elderly man, seated dejected, all alone with a photograph and a half-eaten sandwich on the other hand. Hearing his curious low voice snapped me back to reality from my thoughts but I couldn’t hold back those detestable feelings growing inside me towards Zeus. Upon shuffling my gaze back on him, I saw his big pitch-black eyes were fixated on me, while I could see concern written all over his face. He seemed anxious from my sudden change of expression, but my feet unknowingly parted a few steps away from him as we were walking closely next to each other. “Are you feeling sick again? Want me to drive back to the mansion?” While I bore a fidgety silence between us, Zeus’s concerned voice made me feel more restless as if all of my emotions were a jumbled mess inside me. His eyes and voice clearly expressed his concern for me, but even looking at that ma
Ethan's POV: Struggling to contain my perplexed feelings at that moment as I was barely holding myself from starting a fight with all those women scornfully gawking at our table, when I let out a big exhale, Zeus finally lifted his gaze towards me. Until now, he was still happily chomping on his meat dumplings, like an adorable squirrel stuffing its cheeks with a bunch of peanuts. But meeting my orbs, he quickly asked me, “Do you feel sick from eating that spicy stuff? If you feel unwell, let me know but don’t suddenly collapse like last night.” For a second, it baffled me to realize that Zeus’s entire focus was fixated on me as if I was the only one in this world who mattered to him at that moment. Given that, he was completely oblivious to the surroundings who only harshly condemned him, but all those bullshit rubbish about this person had started to irk me badly. So, I let out another heavy huff of breath, lowering my spoon as I met his curious gaze before speaking, “Zeus…I am
Ethan's POV:The touch of his cool palm brushing against my warm skin winced me a little, but what startled me the most was that even though I was fumed from hearing all those people cussing at him nonsensically, Zeus seemed very calm, catering his whole attention to me instead. His serene onyx eyes curved into a soft smile, when he slightly nudged his finger against my palm as he uttered, “Do not let these humans bother your sanity, Ethan. Look at me here instead, and try to be a bit calm.” “How can you be so calm when your dignity is tarnished?” I frowned my brows a little hard, asking him in a stiff low pitch to which Zeus only let out a warm snicker, “Honestly, I don’t care whatever they talk about me or what they intend to label me…but I am glad nonetheless.” “Glad? About what?” “You’re the reason, Ethan.” Once again, startling me with his soft gaze and a tender press on my hand on the table, Zeus seemed much more sincere from his tone as I could read his facial expression see
Ethan's POV:It seemed like her plan succeeded when that bratty high schooler managed to gain the crowd’s attention with her loud pitch. Just a second ago the eyes of all those women passionately gawking at Zeus without fail, now were filled with despise and strong contempt which I vividly noticed this time. Strangely in contrast to my vexed mood, Zeus stayed very calm, folding his arms over his chest before he answered that girl in a cordial tone, “For being together here with a man if I am labeled as a gay man, I don’t have any objection to your allegation. You could say to me whatever you intend to, but don’t include him in this mess.” I was awestruck by his answer for a brief moment, unable to process that even when his dignity was hurt in front of so many watching eyes, Zeus still firmly took the stand for not letting me be involved in any kind of malicious rumors. Like a giant shield, he was prepared to bear everything alone, enduring all those scornful gazes fixated on him.