Chapter 123
Zephyrine
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When I walked back into the bath chamber, I stood still before the water, staring into its stillness. The cold chill crept over me, and I swallowed hard.
I felt… bitter. Sad. Pained. All because he seemed to believe so strongly that some demons were good. Yet… maybe he was right. Maybe there was truth in what he said. Just as there are good and evil among us, perhaps the same exists in the Demon Realm.
But their aura… it had always been so dark. They had slaughtered my warriors mercilessly.
It was only by the grace of the Moon Goddess that I had survived. If it hadn’t been for Moon, who knocked me off my horse to save me, or Jurrek, who rode up to seize me onto his saddle and galloped us away… I would not be here today.
I would have died in the hands of that war general, Xyrrha.
A chill ran down my spine again, and for a fleeting moment, I hated myself. If only I had killed her in battle… if only I had slit her throat and dragged her body down in defeat, she wouldn’t have lived to reach this Kingdom. She wouldn’t have lived to share any part of Lycannar’s life.
I closed my eyes, steadying myself against the hatred that brewed inside me, the regret that gnawed at me when I heard footsteps.
The door opened softly, and the steps paused before they approached. His hand slid over my hips, pulling me into a tender embrace.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered against my neck, lips brushing my skin. “I’m sorry, Zephyrine. Forgive me for everything.”
I swallowed hard at his plea. Slowly, I turned to face him, my heart clenching at the thought of him touching her as he touched me.
I tried to move away, but his hands held me firm, his eyes pleading.
“She’s in the past, Zephyrine. You know how much you mean to me now. Don’t be like this.”
“Like how?” I whispered. He searched my eyes. “Like a crazy woman? An unsteady Alpha? A jealous lover?”
Before he could answer, my chest tightened and the tears I had kept sealed for so long broke free. They spilled hot down my cheeks, burning my pride as they fell. I choked, breathless, then crumbled.
He stood frozen, stunned as I broke before him. My knees gave out, and I sank to the floor, sobbing. It felt like a blade had been thrust into my chest.
I knew it was his past. I knew. But it hurt worse than Nyroth’s betrayal.
The chamber echoed with the sound of my sobs until, at last, he knelt before me, watching me as though I were something beyond his understanding.
“Zephyrine…”
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Chapter 123
“I hate you.” I glared up at him through tears. “I hate you so much for doing this to me.”
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“My gods,” he breathed, shaken. As if he couldn’t believe this was what his past meant to me. “You know she’s no longer in my life.”
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