Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 138

Lily's

pov

The entire ride was filled with silence, tense silence at that it somehow it allowed me to think and my thoughts didn't bring anything but more confusion and many questions.

What did Cade's mother want with me? And from what he had said, it meant that his mother was responsible for breaking the wards. Why would she do that sort of thing as a lycan? Wasn't her loyalty supposed to be to us in Shadow cove and not the humans? "Don't think too much about anything, alright? I'll explain everything soon." Zac whispered, his lips replaceing my ears. I was currently swaddled in his jacket, his arms around me and I realized how tense I was.

Tilting my head a little, I brushed my lips against his and that was all it took to make him grab my chin and kiss me senseless, moaning at my taste as his tongue dipped between my lips and swirled around my mouth.

When he lifted his lips from mine, I was panting hard and clutching his tshirt and my eyes mistakenly caught Cade who was gaping at me like I had sprouted two heads.

"But y- your mate- Isn't Aiden your-"

"Mind your business, Corrigan and face your fucking front." Zac drawled, taking my face again and kissing me even more.

It felt like my body was on fire, but it wasn't from embarrassment. No, a part of me was thrilled that I had an audience and I could feel Aiden's eyes piercing me through the rearview mirror and I caught his eyes, flashing him a grin as Zac lowered me into the seat, his lips never leaving mine as he took my hand and slipped it between us, letting out an animalistic groan when I cupped his erection.

I froze. My heart was pounding in my chest as I looked up at him, biting my lip. Making out with him, with my other boyfriend and my ex boyfriend in the same car with us and definitely watching the show, was one thing. Having s*x with him in the backseat with an eager audience was another.

"Sweetheart," Zac panted against my lips, "unless you want me to fuck you right here, right now, I'd have to pull away for a minute." His voice was tight, strained, as if he was pained.

"Oh!" I floundered, trying to move away. "sorry."

Zac startled, chuckled, kissed me softly, tugging on my bottom lip with his teeth, "so fucking adorable," he teased, before letting me go.

I was blushing to my roots and when I glanced at Aiden, his jaw was tightly set, his grip was hard on the steering wheel, but to his credit, he didn't snap. Maybe this, maybe a relationship with all of them could actually work.

Taking a deep breath, I looked out the window, purposely ignoring Cade's eyes on me and I was suddenly lost in awe as Aiden drove through past the large sign board that symbolized that we were officially now in Poison Fang territory. My mouth dropped open in awe as Aiden drove deeper into the heart of the pack and by the time we got to the large gates that were the entrance into Zac's home, my lips were nearly falling to the ground.

I had been to Ren and Aiden's home but none were as large as this. Zac's home was built like a fortress and was arguably the biggest, strongest house that I had ever seen.

"We're here." Zac announced and there was an expression on his face that I interpreted as nostalgia as Aiden parked beside the large water fountain at the center of the large space leading to the front doors. Ren's car parked some distance from us and they came down and walked towards us.

Just as Zac was helping me out of the car, the formerly empty porch became filled with guards, both male and female dressed in black and armed to the teeth and I opened my mouth to ask Zac about them when the large entrance doors swung open and out from it came a woman that at one glance was the template from which Zac Talaverra was cast.

She had the same dark hair, in a short bob and eyes that were so dark they could be mistaken for obsidian when they were actually dark brown in colour. She was also wearing a black bodysuit, knives and guns strapped to her waist and vest, and heavy combat boots.

Stopping merely inches from us, she surveyed all of us, a frown on her face and when Zac walked up to her, she pulled him into a fierce hug and that was when I realized that she was really petite.

"My son" she said, eyes filled with joy that was brief and Zac smiled bending down to receive kisses on his cheek.

And that was the end of anything emotion coming from this woman because after that, her face went back to a disinterested gaze, one brow tilted up as she looked at me.

"Mum, this is Lily, my bonded." Zac said as he came back to my side and I bowed slightly in greeting.

"Lily, this is my mother, Mariah. Luna of Poison Fang."

The others obviously were well acquainted with her.

Mariah looked like she was about to say something but then her eyes shifted from me and landed on Cade, her disinterested face turning to one of fierce rage.

Glaring at Cade, she pointed a finger at him.

"Seize him, slice his head off and send it as a parcel to his b***h of a mother."

Immediately, two guards grabbed Cade and even though I was glad that Cade was finally getting humiliated just like I had prayed he would while I was trying to deal with my heartbreak, a tiny part of me was worried. Zac, Cade and Aiden spoke at the same time.

"Mum, you have to listen first before taking rash decisions."

"I can explain"

"Let him explain first before you mete out punishment"

"Mariah, please listen to us." Ren added, taking my hand and I realized that I was frozen from the sudden tension.

They looked like they were about to say more but one death glare from Mariah was all it took to make them immediately swallow back their words and if we were not in a life or death situation right now, I would have laughed at how scared they looked. Even though she was probably the smallest person in room when it came to size, she exuded a kind of charm and authority that made it easy to stare down at the boys and it made me like her instantly.

"While I would love to sit here, have a chit chat and listen to you boys defend Corrigan, I need to be out of here in fifteen minutes and join my husband at the wards to try and salvage what is left of the barriers. It's already being contained from reports I've received but I have to see exactly how much damage has been done by the hunters who were only able to penetrate the wards by liaising with the Corrigan family."

My eyes immediately moved to Cade in shock. I had thought that I had misheard when Aiden and Cade were talking about it on the ride here but from the way Mariah looked like she was one minute away from tearing him to pieces while Cade was staring at me from where he was being held by the guards, his eyes begging to be understood, it seemed I hadn't misheard after all.

"How do you know about the Corrigans being involved mother?"

"Victor informed us about her plans, even though by the time he reached out to us the wards were already down and the damage was done."

"That motherfucker is lying!" Aiden snapped and Zac nodded in agreement.

"He's just trying to throw Cade's mother under the bus and absolve himself of his involvement."

Mariah narrowed her eyes at me, her hand clutching the gun strapped to her waist.

"Tell me then, if Victor was lying, why is Night Shade being affected right now? Shouldn't it be relatively untouched the way Gold Crest is if they were allies?"

"What do you mean?" Rhea asked from where she stood between Chase and Chelsea and Mariah laughed but it was short and lacked amusement.

"As we speak, the streets of Night Shade are riddled with ferals and it's now a bloodbath. Victor himself is requesting help and trying to keep the ferals at bay. He requested your presence there, Aiden, knowing I would be the first place you'd come to. Your abilities would be better utilized there right now but I am now having second thoughts about sending you there blindly. Besides, the council has decided that our children must be protected at all costs."

Immediately, I felt a sharp wave of pain and sorrow washing over me violently and immediately I looked to Aiden, his expression stunned and confused and I hated that he looked so confused and frustrated.

Ren stepped forward, eyes locked on Mariah's and looked towards where Cade was.

"We can verify that Víctor has been behind an attack like this before, particularly the m******e that killed Maddox and Elizabeth, he used ferals to do the job. I don't know what has happened now with the partnership between him and Cade's mother but..." "What you speak of is treason, son!" Mariah interjected, her gaze dark and chilling and the entire courtyard went silent as a grave.

"Do you know the gravity of the accusation you are making?"

"Yes. You know what I can do. You know my abilities. I know for certain that my accusation is not false and if you would just listen to what Cade has to say before meting out judgement, you would see that he's telling the truth too."

"I also know that your deductions can be influenced by presumptions. I will not put our community at risks for the likes of traitors like him-"

"No, Mariah. This isn't a presumption. Cade is telling the truth and I vouch for him."

Mariah looked at him for a long time and I had to commend Ren because I would have wilted under such an intense gaze before nodding.

"Fine. Cade will be taken to the cells for now and I will speak to the rest of the council so that we can separate truth from lie but that will be after we get the rest of Shadow cove under control."

"Thank you." Ren answered and I saw Cade heave a sigh of relief.

"Now, my men and I will be on our way, you are safe here, Zac will show you to your rooms" As she kept speaking, I noticed a gardener that I had seen loitering around reach into his pocket and before I could tell Zac that he looked suspicious, he pulled out a pin of a grenade and threw it at us.

In a split second, I saw Aiden react and a blanket of shadow covered us. Cade threw himself over me just as the bomb detonated, scattering silver ashes all over the blanket that protected us.

I was still on the ground with Cade covering me when the blanket vanished and there was a scream. When I looked, I saw Zac in his Lycan form, tearing the gardener to pieces.

The look on Mariah's face was downright murderous as she confirmed what we were all thinking.

"Our home has been infiltrated."