Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 117

Aiden's pov

You have a nasty temper, Aiden.

A king will never let his emotions get the better of him.

Your temper is going to be your undoing.

You never think about the consequences of your actions and that is why people around you always suffer.

You hurt everything you touch.

Your rage could raze down an entire city.

My mother, my father, my best friends; their warnings filled my head all of a sudden and honestly, they were the only things that stopped me from charging forward with my shadows the moment I saw Ren and Lily kissing.

I could feel darkness lick around my fingers, my power curdled with pain burned in me, waiting for release and I ground my teeth as I approached them, hoping to the goddess that there was a perfect explanation for all of this. I had known Ren had feelings for Lily. But that they were already a couple? How far have they gone? Did Lily accept to be with him just to spite me? Just to hurt me?

He was kissing my mate like she was his, for f***s sakes.

That was reason enough to make a man mad.

Be reasonable, Aiden. You don't get to explode with rage after everything you did to Lily. After everything you put her through, at least you owe her the chance to have a rational conversation.

I pinched the bridge of my nose and exhaled, trying my hardest to relax, hurt and pain squeezing my chest as I closed the distance from my car to where Ren's was parked. Ren noticed me first.

His entire body tensed up as if bracing for impact and his arm tightened around Lily. She stopped smiling immediately, noticing me.

About to make a joke about why they should be happy to see me, I opened my mouth to speak but stopped short as I inhaled and found Lily's scent to be tangled with Ren's.

And no, it was not because she was holding his sweater in her hand. It was like she had bathed in his scent and just as I wondered why, her collar slipped off her shoulder and I got my answer, a glaring mark on my mate's neck. Ren had marked Lily. He had marked my mate!

To hell with not trying to have a nasty temper. I was going to destroy him.

An enraged roar erupted out of me, the ground shaking with the force of the sound and I shoved Ren, sending him staggering back.

"What the f**k did you do? How could you do this to me?!"

I grabbed his shirt, shaking him hard, "You know what she is to me for f u c k sake and you fucked her? Try to lay claim to her? Are you fucking kidding me? You are supposed to be my friend, my brother and yet here you are, sniffing around what is mine because you couldn't have the luck of having a decent human being for a mate!"

Granted, that was low but it was the truth and I was done being nice. This was who I was. I ruined things whenever I opened my mouth, whenever I balled my fists, but this time, Ren had to at least accept the role he had played in this.

Ren shoved me back, his stance defensive as he pushed Lily behind him as if to shield her from my wrath and I hated how she went smoothly behind him, like I was some monster that she needed protecting from.

Always the perfect knight. Always the charming prince.

It just keeps getting worse and worse.

"I didn't steal anything from you. You treated her like s**t and now you want to act like you were not the one that pushed her away from you with your own hands. It may shock you to hear but Lily has a mind of her own and she can make her own choices. She is not one of your toys that you can possess whenever you like. You don't deserve to even kiss the ground that she walks on."

"Lily can talk for herself, damnit!" I yelled, shoving him aside and moving to grab Lily's hand, hoping to salvage something, anything from her expression but her eyes said it all.

She wanted nothing to do with me. Hate, revulsion, but most of all, terror swam in her dark green depths, nearly crippling me on the spot.

"Get away from her, you're scaring the shit out of her." Ren said, stepping in front of her and blocking her withering gaze from me.

"Oh, you want to fight me, don't you? Let's fight then, bastard!" I snarled and was about to lunge for him but Rhea appeared from nowhere and stepped into our middle. "Please don't do this, Aiden. You should listen first and try to..."

"Get out of my way, Rhea and mind your damn business." I growled and shoved her away.

My push was harder than intended because Rhea went flying and she fell face first, hurting herself.

Ren looked at his sister on the ground as Chelsea and Chase rushed to her side and his roar as he punched me hard in the face was filled with rage.

I stumbled back a few steps, my teeth chattering from the impact, blood rushing down my nose as pain exploded on the side of my face.

"If you have a problem with me, then clear it with me, a*****e. Don't ever lay a hand on my sister again."

Spitting blood to the floor, I grinned, relieved that he was ready to fight me because this would have been harder if he was the same peace loving insufferable Ren. "Fine then. Let's settle this."

And I punched him hard. Lily's pov

The last thing I would have ever expected after the lovely morning that I had was to watch Ren and Aiden deal blows at each other but that was my reality and I could only look on, helpless as Ren and Aiden fought each other, their snarls and growls, raised hairs and flashing eyes letting me know that their wolves had joined in on the fight and when I tried to move, Chase gave me a warning look.

"You could get hurt." He mouthed but I could not take it anymore.

When Aiden hit Ren again, sending him back, I ran into the space between them, my heart in my mouth and faced Aiden, raising my hands as he rushed forward only to freeze when he registered that I had entered their middle.

His glowing eyes were filled with hurt and he took a step back as if I had pushed him. He was panting hard, his usual impeccable uniform askew.

"Please don't hurt him." I whispered, shaking with my hands raised and I watched as the hurt in his eyes turned to anger again.

"Step aside, princess. I'm trying to kill my best friend because he dared to covet you. And to do that, I need you out of my way so that when I kill him, you will finally perhaps see reason and choose to be with me."

If any other person had said that, I would have thought they were bluffing but Aiden never bluffed. His words, while calm, were filled with nothing but strong conviction and I knew that if I stepped away, something terrible might happen.

I had heard what he did to Mauve, had seen what he had done to other students without even having to lift a finger so I knew better than to underestimate him, especially when his eyes were filled with murderous intent. Darkness swirled around his hands and I wondered if rejecting him right here would make him leave me alone.

"I don't want anything to do with you. Infact, let's end this right here and now." I answered, about to reject him but he grabbed my arm, c*****g his head to the side in a death glare as he muffled my words with his hands.

"Let. her. go." Ren warned but Aiden turned me to face Ren, pressing me close to him so that my back pressed into his front, his arm latched around my waist and I watched in horror as tendrils of shadows wrapped around Ren, holding him in place. "Let him go. Please, let him go," I whispered and Aiden scoffed.

"I won't do anything to your beloved but that depends on how well you behave. You're coming with me, princess." And before I could object, he dragged me away from the parking lot.

Even though I tried to struggle, his grip was hard as steel.

"I will throw you over my shoulder if you don't come willingly but whether you like it or not, you WILL come with me." He warned and I was about to retort that he could kill me if he liked but he pushed open the door to an empty classroom, shoved me in and walked in, locking the two of us in.