Chapter 38: she is hope

Killian’s P.O.V.

I stared at the scar in my reflection in the mirror blankly, recalling what she said to me last night. She said that this scar always attracted her towards me, and this was the first thing that she noticed on my face when we met for the first time.

The scar, which made me the scariest being in this world, fascinated her, and she wanted to hear the story behind this scar.

I wanted to yell at her for lying, but the sincerity in her voice and admiration in her eyes were genuine. I had seen her glancing at me and my scar from time to time, and every time, she had so many other emotions, but I never saw disgust or fear in her eyes.

“Don’t think too much, human. Our mate doesn’t need to lie to us.” Velan scolded me, but it only made me smile bitterly.

“Didn’t you notice?” he asked me again, and I knitted my brows in confusion.

“Look at the scar carefully. It has shrunk a little.” He asked, and I narrowed my eyes.

“And for your information, there is also a change in the state of our heart.” He added, and I felt my heart skipping a beat.

I leaned towards the mirror to see the scar clearly. I had seen it numerous times, and it had become a part of my personality, but I never saw this attentively. There was nothing to see attentively,, though. It only reminded me of that fateful day and everything that I suffered before and after getting this scar.

“What are you looking at?” Lucifer asked me, walking behind me.

I immediately moved towards him and jerked my face forward towards him.

“Whoa, my king. I am straight, you know.” He immediately jerked his head backward, looking baffled by my sudden action. It was all of a sudden, and I didn’t know at what distance he was standing, so our noses almost touched each other. I ignord his comment, and pointed towards my scar.

“Look at the scar, Lucifer. Did you notice any changes?” I asked him anxiously, still keeping my face right in front of her eyes.

“Changes? What kind of changes?” he asked me, sounding confused.

“If… if I correctly remembered, it stopped right over my upper lip at right side. Why is it in the middle of the cheek?” I told him what I observed.

“Yes… I…. I… need to check it with your previous photos.” He mumbled and I scoffed. I straightened my neck and glared hard at him.

“You forgot that I stopped taking photos ages ago.” He curled up his lip in O shape while looking in the other direction.

He surely knew how to scratch the old wounds in a way that it hurt the most.

“Then let’s take one today. Then, we will take another in a week and will compare them.” He suggested, but it annoyed me again.

“O come on. If there is really any changes, they are so …. So small that one can’t notice them in one look. Let’s take one picture of the scar only, okay?” he sounded annoyed, but he needed to keep his tone down even if he was my good friend.

“Okay…. Then take the photo of the scar only.” I grumbled and took my phone out of my pocket. “About the attack, did Hailey say something?” I asked him while giving my phone to him.

“Not yet…. You know her very well. It’s not easy to make her speak. She is one of the best warriors here.” He replied, aiming the back camera towards my face.

I looked in the other direction to avoid being caught in the frame. There was a time when I was proud of my handsome face. I also won the title of the most handsome man in the world.

I had so many photos, and portraits of mine at that time. I destroyed all of them after that incident.

Now…..

“By the way, why do you think you have these changes in your scar now?” he asked me curiously.

I didn’t want to share my privacy with him. “I don’t know, but I have noticed that after I brought Pearl here, not only my health has improved a lot, but also, this scar has started showing some small changes.” I answered him while shrugging my shoulders.

I walked back to my desk and groaned, seeing the pile of files sitting at the top of my desk.

“But we need to do something about the rogue lycans, and their collaboration with the alpha rogue king, and hunters. According to the last report, the leader of the lycans, Luca, is trying to get a way to reach the royal witch coven and also to reach the vampire king for collaboration. They are planning big, Killian.” Lucifer informed me in a serious tone.

“I need the compilation of all the reports that we have gathered on their activities in the past three months by tomorrow morning, Lucifer. Also, send someone to investigate that new werewolf princess, Emily Winters.” I instructed him calmly while taking a file from the table, sitting on my chair now.

“Werewolf Princess? That fake one?” He asked me, and I raised my brows while moving my gaze to him.

“She has been friends with Pearl for more than four years, but she chose to reveal her identity as their biological daughter when Pearl found her mate. Why did she wait so long?” He explained, and I nodded in agreement before moving my gaze back to the file.

“But why did you want to investigate her suddenly?” he asked again, and I huffed.

I once again looked at him with a flat gaze.

“Do you think that she …. Or anyone who is backing her is behind these attacks?” he asked, cocking his brow, and I shook my head lightly.

“Your skills are getting rusty, Lucifer.” I remarked nonchalantly, moving my gaze back on the file.

He grumbled but didn’t raise his voice. It’s not like I couldn’t hear him, but I chose to ignore him.

We had plenty of work to finish, and also, I needed to ensure the security around Pearl before retiring for the night.

But my mind was still reeling her words about my scar. “You should go for a scan of our heart too, Killian. I don’t know, but I feel some changes in our heart too.” Velan urged but I didn’t listen to him.

Years of disappointment had made me bitter already. I didn’t want to have any hope again.

She was my mate, but it only made the condition worse for her. What if I couldn’t find the cure for my curse?

She would have gone through either the pain of rejection or the pain of my death.

“Don’t ever think about rejecting her, Killian. She is the only good, no, the best thing in our lives. We are dying, but we don’t know how many years we still have. We have managed to come this far, and I am sure that we will be able to go a few more decades. So, you will keep searching for the cure while living a good life with our mate.” Velan threatened me, but it only made me sigh.

“We found two dead bodies outside the border, Killian. They are lycans from another pack.” Lucifer told me while standing up, his tone stiff and serious.

I growled angrily and slammed the file on the table.