Chapter 174
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I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I couldn’t look at anyone else. As I stared, it felt like everything was crashing down on me
all at once.
An ache rose from deep within, spreading through my chest, and before I could stop myself, my eyes grew watery. A moment later, tears slipped down my cheeks, and the urge to run to him, to throw my arms around him, burned deep inside me.
After so many centuries, we were finally together.
In this life too, I had been born as his mate, chosen once again by the goddess to be bound to him.
A small laugh escaped me, my whole body shaking as my vision blurred.
No matter what happened, it seemed we were destined to find each other, after all.
The room fell into silence. I could feel Zayn and Cassian’s stunned gazes fixed on me as they watched me cry, and when I lifted my eyes to the emotionless man before me, I caught it–a flicker, just for a moment, a flash of relief in his gaze as he looked down at me.
Darius… how much he had changed. He was like an entirely different man. The fire in him had dimmed, the smile I once loved erased, and the eyes that once shone so brightly when he spoke to me were gone. In their place was only the hollow
shell of who he used to be.
But now… now I could understand him. I could see why he had become this way, unlike before.
He had lost everyone and carried the weight of it alone for so many years, watching those around him die and be replaced
again and again.
Maybe that was why he never let himself grow close to anyone because deep down, he knew he would only end up
watching them die too.
How could anyone live like that? How cruel of the goddess to curse him so? No wonder he longed for death, no wonder he wished for peace.
He had truly suffered… but things would be different now.
I remembered him. And if he knew I was Liana, I was certain he would be happy. Things could return to the way they once
were.
“Are you okay?” Zayn’s voice broke through my thoughts, snapping me out of my daze as I turned my head to look at him.
“How are you feeling? You fainted earlier and didn’t wake up for a while. Your pulse was almost gone too,” he explained, and for a moment, I caught a flicker of worry in his eyes. “You were really at the brink of death, you know.”
I blinked at his words, swallowing hard,
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I wasn’t surprised. I had felt it myself in that moment when Liana entered me, when my memories came rushing back, I had been standing on the edge of death.
But that wasn’t important right now. I didn’t care about it. Instead, I turned back to Darius, my lips stretching into a trembling smile as I gazed up at him, my voice breaking as I called his name, hurriedly.
“D–Darius.”
The moment his name left my lips, I heard a sharp gasp from both Zayn and Cassian. Darius’s brow lifted, a small frown
curving his mouth as his eyes narrowed at me.
I knew why.
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Because I had dared to call him by his name. The only times I had ever done so before were when we were having sex, and he hadn’t seemed to mind then but this was different. Normally, I only called him by his name when I was Liana; most of the time, I had addressed him as King.
“Darius… it’s been so long, hasn’t it? You don’t have to worry anymore, you don’t have to be sad. I’m right here. I remember now, I remember who you are to me, Darius.”
My voice cracked as my eyes stung and turned watery.
I could feel everyone’s confused gazes on me, and even Darius looked slightly taken aback. But just as I was about to continue, to tell him who I was, his voice cut through mine. Cold. So cold it sent a shiver racing down my spine.
“Is she out of danger now?”
His eyes were fixed on me, but he wasn’t speaking to me. He was speaking to Zayn.
Zayn seemed to realize this too, because he cleared his throat before answering.
“Yes, my king. It seems the lady is out of danger for now.” He pressed his thumb against my wrist, checking my pulse. “Her pulse is stable too, but I will still need to-”
“Get out.”
Darius hissed out before Zayn could finish.
– 1 stiffened instantly, every hair on my body rising as his aura surged, heavy and suffocating, stealing the breath from my
lungs. He seemed pissed, furious and something told me that anger was directed at me.
Cassian and Zayn must have sensed it too; their gazes flickered to me in unison, both of them swallowing hard.
“M–my king,” Cassian stammered, his vojce trembling as he turned his gaze back to Darius. “I apologize for overstepping my boundaries, but please, forgive-
Before he could finish, he suddenly grunted, collapsing to the ground. To my horror, blood spilled from his lips as he doubled over
My eyes widened and I screamed his name.
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“Cassian?!”
“You heard me, didn’t you?” Darius continued coldly, not even sparing Cassian a glance as he groaned in pain. “Out. Both of you. Now.”
Zayn rose immediately, calm and collected despite the thick tension. He bowed his head low.
“Understood, my king. We will do as you wish.”
Without another word, he moved to Cassian, lifting him carefully from the ground and helping him out of the room.
The moment they left, silence fell–thick, suffocating, and heavy with tension. I didn’t take my eyes off Darius.
I could feel it–the killing intent in the air, sharp and suffocating, directed straight at me. Even though i should scared out of my mind, I forced myself to smile.
He was angry. I didn’t know why, but once he realized I was Liana, he would forgive me. He had to.
So, I parted my lips, ready to speak. But before I could get a word out, his voice lashed out first.
“Why did you do it?” he hissed, his tone dripping with venom. For a brief moment, his cold mask cracked, revealing his
fury.
1 blinked in confusion, my brows furrowing.
What did I do? What was he talking about?
“D–Darius, what are you saying? What did I do? Why are you angry-
My words faltered, cut off by a sharp intake of breath as the next instant he moved, so fast my eyes barely registered it.
A startled gasp escaped me when he suddenly appeared right in front of me, inches away. His icy gaze bored into mine as his hand shot out, gripping my wrist and yanking me toward him.
“Why did you enter that room?! How dare you, she–wolf?”
