The sense of loss from losing one's parents felt incredibly empty. It made him feel like he had no direction or drive in his life. So he channeled all of it into protecting the clan from predatory wolves and getting revenge on the traitorous Consort Min.
'I was planning on being by myself until the end.'
The fierce rain washed away the blood from his wounds.
The cold rain drenched his entire body, but the emotions filling him up inside were boiling over.
Until now, he'd only had one objective.
And for the first time in his life, someone shook him from his path. Although he tried to get back on track multiple times, the woman approached him and asked to be together. She grabbed onto him no matter how many times he pushed her away.
"Can I do it with you?"
Ethan frowned at the thought. The intensity of these thoughts did not die down.
It wasn't that Adelina didn't have her faults or that he was completely satisfied with her.