Found by the Lycan King

Chapter 133
Zenovia
I hesitated. As much as I wanted to hear the story, I was afraid Callahan would drown himself in alcohol. I had never seen him
drink like this. Or so unstable. I had seen his rage and temper...but this...seeing the most fierce king of werewolves look so
helpless and miserable was new to me.
I was not sure if I could handle him if he broke down.
And, I was also dreading to hear the entire truth. My belief system was already shaken. Just how much more could I hear? Was I
ready for it?
He noticed the confusing emotions flash in my eyes and asked, “Are you sure you want to hear the truth, Zee? The complete and
absolute truth? I am still giving you the chance to walk away from this. You don’t have to know or hear anything.”
I gulped nervously and my hold on his hand loosened.
There was no turning back now. I was not sure when he would open up to me again if he had not even shared all of this with his
trusted friends.
“You are not touching another bottle,” I added, trying my best to not let my voice shake, and stepped back as Callahan smiled
and lifted the bottle to put it directly to his lips.
“You know what? Today is not the first day I saw you wandering in the forest all alone.”
I stared at him in confusion.
“No, I only left or tried to run away from you once.”
But Callahan shook his head. “Pretty sure this is the second time. The first time I saw you, just like tonight in the forest,
wandering alone in the night.”
I scratched my head. How could that be possible?
“I don’t remember.”

“I only recalled it now. You did not look hurt to me in any way, so I let it slide, but I should have noticed that something was off
when you did not have an answer to why you had wandered in the forest so late at night all by yourself. I only thought you did
that to piss me off.”
I shook my head again. “No, I still don’t recall that night.”
“Hmm” Callahan had that faraway look in his eyes, as if he was wondering what it could mean.
“I have doubts about how Mirabel found you when she has never shown me her face in all these years, but I will unravel that
mystery later. But there is one thing I am certain of.”
“What?”
After taking one long swig, he spoke, “The memory that you saw... Mirabel showed that to you for a reason.”
He sat on the chair in front of me and took another swig. His eyes were red, and I could see how hard he was fighting to control
his emotions. The bottle was almost empty.
“When I went that night to talk about a truce, Selene was angered by my suggestion. I went to her bearing the news of several
deaths and how our forces were almost defeated. I begged her to reconsider her stance. I even offered to hold a meeting with
Mirabel and maybe work as her slave for eternity, if that meant we could put an end to the war.”
He raised his eyebrow and looked up at me. “Want to guess what must have happened?”
“She...she did not like it?”
“That is putting it mildly. Selene was furious I would even come up with such a suggestion. And to make matters worse, she
found out a secret I was hiding and punished me for it.”
Callahan looked up at me, gauging my reaction. My heart was thudding wildly. I was sure he could hear it pretty clearly as well.
“Wh-what was it?” I asked after taking a few deep breaths to calm my nerves...or at least tried to. However, I failed the task
miserably.
“The moment I spoke about a truce, Selene reprimanded me for becoming weak. Love and compassion were weaknesses to
her, a contagious disease that could kill her army. She cursed me to live a loveless and lonely life, stating that nobody would ever

love me because of my fate. I was condemned to slowly become the monster she made ine, slowly give in to the primal instincts
and go feral.”
A gasp left my mouth.
My Goddess...she was so cruel?
“I fell to her feet, begged and cried her to take her words back...not for myself, obviously. I did not care what happened to me.
But she was a lesser Goddess and the curse came into effect the moment Selene’s words left her mouth. Aisy...or Aislynn was
the girl that you saw dying in the memory. Aisy paid the price for the rivalry between Mirabel and Selene. Her death put an end to
a decade old battle as Mirabel pulled back her forces while Selene received a throne on the moon. And...and I was the one who
lost everything...”
“But why would her death lead to a truce?” I asked, my voice shaking.
I had seen him hold her close and cry bitterly in the memory Mirabel showed me. She must have been someone important
enough for the wa to end..
The memory was vivid and etched in my mind quite clearly of the way he had held onto her, begging Mirabel to help him. But
Mirabel had stood there impassively, only waving her wand at last to help Aislynn’s journey to the afterlife.
“Was she related to Selene?” I asked.
I had never really wondered about Selene’s bloodline, but if she had a father, she might have a sister as well. Aislynn looked
truly beautiful, as if she was a goddess. So, my mind assumed she would be somehow related. to Selene, that maybe she was
Selene’s sister.
Why else would Callahan cry over some unknown girl’s death?
But his reply shocked me once again.
“She was Mirabel’s daughter....”
“What?”
It looked like I was asking that question a lot. How did that make sense? The memory showed me Mirabel standing impassively,
completely unaffected by her daughter’s death.

And Callahan was the one sobbing bitterly. Didn’t being Mirabel’s daughter turn her into Callahan’s enemy?
My brows furrowed as I was trying to put the puzzle pieces together.
Callahan gave me some time to digest this piece of information as he kept staring at the moon as if trying to talk to Selene, or
maybe demand justice from her.
No, justice was the last thing he would ask from her. Maybe, he was just venting out his anger at her.
Of all the times I hoped she was listening to us, now was the time I hoped it the most. I wanted to talk to her, demand an
explanation from her despite being a mere mortal.
My shock and confusion were now slowly turning into something else....into something I never thought I would feel for Selene.
“This...the look on your face. I did not want that.” Callahan said, turning to look at me.
“why not?” I countered.
“Hope and faith are what keep us going, Zee. We are not normal creatures, neither completely human nor animal. We lay
somewhere in the between, dangling in the two worlds while trying to blend in.”
“That doesn’t justify what she did to you,” I replied, and he chuckled, putting the bottle to his lips again, only to realize that it was
empty.
“Not everybody is happy with God and fate. My sole experience should not determine what others think about Selene. As I said,
hope and faith are the two things that keep us going. I did not want to rob them away from anyone...especially Matt, Dru, and
El.”
That made sense somehow. Now that I thought about it, Callahan would not really care about the implications of the curse.
Death was what he was after, but he cared about his pack.
But I had noticed the way he had trailed off when speaking about Aislynn and the way a lump had formed in his throat at the
mention of her name.
The way he trailed off told me there was more to it. He took a long pause and looked away as if what he was about to say would
hurt me as if he did not have the courage to look me in the eye while saying it.
I moved forward a little and coaxed him gently.

“And? Who was Aislynn?” I asked the burning question in my mind. He clenched his fists, the grip on the glass tightening as he
added in a