[Zeph's POV]

“I first met her…a century ago,” he said, beginning the story of this mysterious love of his life. “As Lana had been struggling with her inner demons for years. Well before I met her. And it wasn’t the first time she’d gone feral. I knew that it wouldn’t be the last.”

“So, then why did you choose her?” I asked an honest and sincere question.

He smirked. “Because I loved her,” he said. “More than…than I’d ever loved anyone or anything in my entire ...