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: Hearing what Chris had to say left me baffled for a while, as I stood numb, unable to hide my scowled face from him. Despite his continued mumble on his own, my concentration had completely drifted off from Chris, and standing there, I could only reminisce about Zeus’s face over and over again before he walked away from me back there. Before he turned those big shoulders at me, I wasn’t mistaken to see his rolled onyx eyes grimacing from pain with deep angst hidden in them. He was making such a sad face as if my outburst must have truly hurt Zeus, and he was suppressing himself from reverting back at me. But now that I am awkwardly realizing my mistake…I hate to admit it but his absence is haunting me!Since the morning after we left his mansion we had been having a good time, and when things were starting to be comfortable between us, just like Zeus said before…why does everything have to go wrong in the wrong direction when we are together? Besides if I consider Chr
Ethan's POV:There he goes again…asking me that one question that has strangely ticked off my nerves quite a bit. Just like Lena’s texts, I saw earlier, as my friend shouldn’t Hermes be worried about knowing if I was doing okay after disappearing for an entire night? But why does he keep emphasizing on the part whether I stayed with Zeus or not? What does he have to do with that information anyway? At first, I thought of ignoring the question when I saw his text earlier, but now facing his cryptic eyes observing me intently, I retorted in a stiff voice, “Why do you keep asking me that, Hermes? I saw your text earlier…asking me this same question. And now…what makes you assume that I would have been together with Zeus until now?” As if Hermes could accurately sense the agitation in my tone, he exhaled a long sigh, while frowning his brows at me as his voice turned hoarse, “Of course I would be curious about it, because you two were the only students missing from the party last night
Ethan's POV:“Don’t forget the group project I assigned to you all in my next class. Then, that’s all for now, folks. Have a good day ahead.” The lady professor ended the class in a humble tone and as expected, I couldn’t concentrate on one fuckin’ topic taught today. As an honor student, I had vowed to myself to take my studies seriously but now, my own actions were already making me guilty inside. I was already too embarrassed by suddenly blurting out an absurd name before Hermes and his disgruntled look which came as the aftermath was quite expected. For instance, he felt a bit irked at me, thinking that I was messing with him by randomly putting out any name of the individual. But how would I have made him understand that I am deliberately trying to keep my relationship with Zeus under wraps here… and the reason was of course, I don’t wish to be targeted by his fandom of girls here! By now, I have already understood, that handsome jerk is too popular to be true on campus. For t
Ethan’s POV:“Are you freakin’ kidding me, Sir? This is the 9th hill road we have crossed, yet still, you can’t recognize your way? Are you intentionally getting me riled up or is this some new scam pulled by youngsters like you nowadays?” As expected, the young cab driver yelled at me at the top of his lungs the moment I failed to recognize the hill road we took me in. But that wasn’t my fault in the first place! How would I be aware of this place when I am completely new to this town? All the hilly roads look kinda similar to me…and besides, Zeus should have been here to show me the way so I could reach his damn mansion located at some hill point of this town! That’s his fault…why did he have to leave me all alone on my own? I get it that he was pissed with me, but we should have resolved it with a proper discussion at least!But as far I learned from the map of this town, there were more than 15 small hills surrounding this town, so if I asked the driver to change direction again,
Ethan’s POV:I couldn’t understand why, but hearing my mother’s concerned soft voice echoing through my ears suddenly formed a teary lump deep down my throat, as if it was my breaking point. Until now, after enduring all the turbulent events one after another, I was still doing a better job of keeping a relaxed facade before everyone to make sure no one would notice the burden of chaos I was born inside. But now, her genuine concern for me made me realize I was already at my wit’s end…to the point that for a second, I wanted to drop everything else here and run back to my hometown…to my Mom who was the only safe place remaining for me in the world. While my facial expression was twitching and grimacing as I was trying to hold myself from sobbing, it made me realize once again why I begged Zeus to spare my life last night…because I truly wanted to give my Mom a life of comfort that she could never attain while raising me as a widowed mother. I wanted to live for her sake… And it did
Ethan’s POV:Panic-stricken, while I was fleeing for my life and crying out Zeus’s name, suddenly, I sensed the cryptic figure that was following next to me until now rushed forward, blocking my way ahead on the giant highway. Startled by its frightening speed I thought it was finally about to pounce on me, out of panic my feet stumbled, making me fall to the ground. Unable to counter the devastating consequences awaiting me, I hurriedly closed my eyes. Folding my arms, I couldn’t help but whimper from fear, “P-Please don’t kill me…(hic)...I…I won’t taste good either…I have several diseases…so please have mercy—”“If this was truly a wild animal, do you think your begging would’ve actually worked, you fool?” The insulting voice was very familiar, and even though I initially considered that irritating, right now in this absurd situation, the voice sounded like a wave of relief that washed over me. With a quick jolt I opened my tearful eyes and saw Anna was standing right before me w
Ethan’s POV:Despite my startled question, Anna calmly stretched her arms and shoulder, looking quite serious from her appearance which made me instantly realize that she wasn’t joking at all. But hearing a petite woman like her was asking to carry a big man like myself on our way back home…it was normal to be shocked, right?When a brief pause fell between us, Anna rolled her brown eyes while looking a little annoyed from her glare, “I don’t like repeating my words. Didn’t I say…to come over here?” “Y-You…are seriously going to carry me? Why…I-I can walk on my—”“I don’t have the leisure to indulge in your bluff. We need to return to the mansion as soon as possible because Master might have already reached there.” This time Anna didn’t wait for my permission and marched close to me, sounding very rigid in her tone. “Besides, with your pace of walking…it would take us a long time to reach and I don’t have that kind of patience with me. So, will you excuse me?” “Hey, b-but…a woman is
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