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 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: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 that
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
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,
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:~ “You may not realize it yet…but maybe you’ve found me already?”That familiar, soft, sad voice resonated deeply in my head, making me blink open my eyes with a sudden flinch. It was as if I was stuck in a time loop of repeating events. When I opened my eyes this time, I realized I had transitioned back to my reality rather than being stuck in my yearning lost dream. I lost her once again…in my life…and now…in my dream too. My heart felt a void deep inside as I blankly stared at the ceiling of my room, filling me up with an emptiness that choked my breath. Despite I acted like a pathetic moron and vented out my frustrations on the woman I had been dying to see one more time, her warm soothing hug seemed to absorb a bit of the despair I have been carrying alone inside my heart all this time. Like always, I remember, even in my dream, Sophia smelled like the soft green grasses after a fresh rain shower, one of my favorite scents since I have always liked the scent of flo
Zeus’s POV:While I was momentarily lost in admiring how delicately beautiful Ethan looked under the morning sunrays, I smiled at myself, watching how much he had drooled while sleeping peacefully in my arms. Knowing his panicky nature, I found myself being keen to watch his reaction once he realized he was cuddling with me on my bed… But watching him from close, I also observed that his face looked a little pale, as if he wasn’t getting proper rest lately, I intended to let him sleep for some more time.However, since I couldn’t recall how much time had passed or for how long I had been unconscious on my bed, my throat strangely felt parched and dry from thirst. Without intending to wake up Ethan, I tried gently placing his head on the pillow by drawing away my arm. But his grip on my arm quickly tightened from my slight movement, and he flickered his long lashes to open those beautiful ocean eyes, blinking at me in a drowsy murmur, “Why…are…you…moving so much, idiot? L-Let me slee
Zeus’s POV:Honestly, I struggled to suppress my chuckle from blurting out while Ethan held such a worrisome face, but it was absolutely endearing to me to observe him. I retained a calm gesture while meeting his round, ocean eyes that were fixated on me before I charged back, “I don’t know what you must have been thinking inside that round, pretty head of yours, but I do not have any immoral relationship with Anna. “To be precise, she is dear to me as my own sibling, even though we do not share the same blood. That’s why, in the past whenever I was injured a few times, Anna has always helped with taking showers and even devoted herself solely to take care of me—”“But that was before when I came in the picture!” Before I could finish, Ethan’s sulky murmur paused my words for a second as I curiously tilted my head while trying to observe him. His facial appearance looked fidgety and fiddling with his fingertips, he seemed oddly on edge while answering me, “I mean…I wasn’t doubting y
Zeus’s POV:For the very first time in my long, bleak life in this human world that felt like a never-ending darkness, Ethan’s words felt like the gush of warm rain after a long, cold winter to my heart, giving me the momentary bliss I must have sought inside me unknowingly after all this time. Having my hands soaked from the blood of countless human sinners, being forced against my will by my cruel fate to consume their blood and flesh so that I would keep going through this goddamn painful life…for the first time I felt quite emotional. I flinched a little hard to realize how I was so moved by those gentle appreciative words that Ethan spoke for me. But while staring into his tender ocean eyes, which were glistening from tears, it came along with the realization that maybe all this time, I just truly wanted someone to see me through my core, along with all those scars I had carefully suppressed within my heart until now. After going through this never-ending phase of darkness in t
Zeus’s POV:Blinking his lashes at me a few times, I saw a flustered hue tainting Ethan’s puffy cheeks, and from his facial expression, it was easy to define that he must’ve been really pleased with my answer. His ocean eyes were glimmering in bliss, and I saw him struggling to hide his jovial expression from me beneath a straight face, but undoubtedly, his efforts made me appear adorable in my eyes. Indeed, before I had realized it, I had already put my faith in a human who had witnessed my cursed dark secret with his own eyes. Honestly, it was something that I had never imagined feeling towards anyone else in this human realm. The possibility of him exposing my dark secret to others on the campus indeed crossed my mind a few times. But every time my gaze met those tender, glistening ocean eyes smiling at me, unknowingly, I kept reminding myself that if I gathered my courage to trust this person…he would never betray me. Isn’t it funny that before I knew, you had already become my
Zeus’s POV:No matter how much I tried to get an answer to those dubious questions that had bothered my peace of mind since the first day I crossed paths with Ethan, I never obtained one, leaving me perplexed as always. Since the first day I laid my eyes on this beautiful boy on that snowy Christmas Eve night, despite repeating it to myself countless times, I couldn’t stop myself from being drawn towards him. The iron walls I had spent years building around my heart had lowered around him already, which I had never vowed to do for a human who wasn’t Sophia. And for a man…it was completely out of question! But…what the hell is wrong with me? Why did I become so maddeningly protective to the extent that I almost tried to kill my own pack members, fearing they might try to inflict any harm on Ethan? I know since I had never formed a divine pact with anyone before, not even with Sophia…I wasn’t aware of the consequences when I suddenly kissed Ethan that night, forming the divine pact w
Zeus’s POV:Ethan’s nervous shaky voice left me in disarray for a brief moment. As I stayed numb, I found myself strangely conflicted about answering his plea. His rolled ocean eyes seemed a bit uneasy as if he was quite unsure about the request he made to me out of the blue. But even at that moment, I didn’t overlook the dim ray of hope glistening in those orbs towards me which implied, maybe for a brief moment, he wanted to believe he might succeed in convincing me to follow his lead. But how should I let this innocent naive human have a glimpse of the dark scars of my wretched past I have harbored all this time in my existence? I have already exposed him to the world of dangers since the moment I decided to form a pact with him, which might turn out to be one of my foolish choices. But now…if I disclose all the incorrigible sins I have committed until now, how would I bear it if he turns out to detest me even more? After all this time, I am still confused at the realization…why
Zeus’s POV:When I finished the bowl of meat dumpling soup, sensing Ethan’s pleased gaze glued on my face all this time. The second after I lifted my gaze, bearing a big satisfactory grin, all of a sudden Ethan tenderly wiped the corner of my mouth with the cuff of his shirt, startling me a little as I hadn’t expected his kind gesture right then. When he finished wiping my lips, he took the bowl away from my hands and tossed a soft grin, which reminded me of the gentle spring breeze that holds the power to soothe our hearts after a long, weary day. He broke the amicable silence between us at first, handing me a glass of water, “I hadn’t cooked for someone for a really long time, so I was worried how the soup would turn out to be…whether it would suit your palate. But if you liked it so much, I would prepare it for you often. But you don’t have to eat it like this next time…as if you were starving for days. Or…were you really that hungry after suffering from this injury?” I couldn’t
Zeus’s POV:I was already spacing out momentarily, staring at Ethan’s face shimmering under the morning sunrays as I heard his mumble. For a second, my current scenario felt a little too nostalgic for me, as I immediately recalled whenever I used to be injured in the past, Sophia would wake me up the next morning serving herbal soup that was too bitter to take a sip. No matter how hard I tried to resist her approach, ultimately, I was the one who always surrendered before her. Watching her smile holding endless affection in her gleaming ocean eyes while I drank that awful soup seemed more like an important task to me, as gradually I stopped opposing her at all. Not only the soup, Sophia was terrible at cooking…but I never once wasted a grain of meal she cooked for me, savoring every little taste while I wove the dreams of my happily ever after with my only mate…But now…after a long wait of eternity, I was startled to find myself relieving tha exact moment together with Ethan, who ha
Zeus’s POV:Never had I imagined seeing this day in my life where I would watch Anna finally soften against a human, considering the deep scars she had always harbored inside her cold heart. She was meant to despise humans from her core, and I never questioned her choices since the day she willingly decided to follow me. But after spending quite an amount of time, I have come to realize there is something so enchanting yet painfully innocent about Ethan that forces us cold hearted beasts to come out of the shell and expose our real nature. We couldn’t pretend to hurt him or push him away, and ultimately would end up succumbing to his persistent generosity, which was so different from all the humans I came across here. And that’s exactly how Anna flinched from shock, hearing the mention of an ‘elder sister’ from Ethan’s mouth, which unknowingly spread a flustered hue across her porcelain white cheeks. She fidgeted and even fumbled before speaking, deliberately trying to mask her shy
Zeus’s POV:As expected of Anna’s blunt comment, an impish smirk curved my lips when I realized Anna must have used her super senses to hear what was happening inside this room since I regained my consciousness. It wasn’t unusual for me to apprehend that werewolves tend to use their supersenses in need, and she was born with excellent audible senses which could come great handy in terms of pack wars. Just like her…I also possessed a strong supernatural ability as the Supreme Dominant Alpha, but while living in this human realm, showcasing my ability never felt necessary. And I wasn’t flirting with Ethan, I was rather happy to see him by my side after waking up. I had honestly assumed to wake up in my cold, bleak room, just like how I had woken up when I faced certain attacks like this in the past. But now, starting the day with the first sight of watching him cuddle in my arms like an innocent little lamb, it rather left me brimming with this overwhelming bliss deep inside my hea