Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Bonus Chapter 5

Aiden's

pov

The last f*****g thing that I wanted to do on a day like this was to be standing by the entrance to this apartment that was reeking of alcohol and probably dried c*m and weed, but since Sebastian had decided to be a thorn in my flesh, the only option left was to get rid of him. Nothing about this was amusing in the slightest. I'll much rather be with Lily, preferably buried between her legs, exploring every inch of her with my tongue.

The thought of going back to Lily made me antsy and excited. I didn't want to waste any more time with this bastard than he was worth. Sebastian...

It was so disappointing that after being my minion for years, he had not learnt a f*****g thing. He was not exactly the sharpest tool in the toolbox, but how could he think for even a second that he'd be safe when he oh so wisely choose a hotel affiliated with the Vanderbilt corporation as the base of his operations? Granted, Châteaux was operated under an alias but the i***t should have done his f*****g homework before lodging in his one of our establishments. He had not even bothered to check in with a fake name and had kept incurring bills that were so large, he was already in debt.

To think that this i***1 thought he could hurt my mate was baffling. Perhaps after taking care of this loose end, I will begin creating a name and reputation for our family so that nobody tries to mess with us ever again.

The most annoying part of it all was that I had been willing to let bygones be bygones and not hunt him down even after knowing he was the one behind the arrow shooting that had been meant for me and almost killed Cade, and it had made the buffoon mistake my mercy for stupidity. For weakness.

Sidestepping the dead body on the ground at the entrance, I walked into the apartment and before I could even get a word out, a red head walked up to me, a patronizing smile on her face that made me realize that she probably recognized me and attended our school and had deemed that I would not harm her, given the confidence in her steps as she placed a hand on my shoulder.

I glanced at the hand on my shoulder, shocked for the umpteenth time about the audacity of most people.

Something about her reminded me of Mauve and I felt ants crawling up and down my body as I took in her appearance.⚫

"Hello Aiden" she drawled and on a closer look, I realized that she was trembling and not as fearless as I had initially thought. I didn't know what exactly she hoped to achieve with this but all I could feel as her hand rubbed my shoulder was the visceral urge to vomit.

My entire body froze in revulsion from just looking at her because all I could see was how much she resembled

Mauve. I could see her mouth moving but all I could hear was Mauve's voice and her cackle as I laid in bed, paralyzed and unable to stop her from touching me.

My pupils dilated as I struggled to force myself back to the present and my head snapped in the direction of Sebastian's voice as he yelled for her to get away from me. Oh look.

At least one person recognized how deadly I

was.

Oblivious to my inner turmoil, the girl took my silence as a good sign to continue and when she leaned in, one of the guards behind me moved forward to stop her but I shook my head, raising a hand to half him.

"Get away from him, bltch. You don't know what you're playing with, Samantha" Sebastian growled. Her name was Samantha, a far cry from Mauve. I decided to focus on that, to remind myself that this was someone else and not the monster that appeared in my nightmares once in a while.

Mauve was dead and gone. I needed to believe that.

"You know, Aiden, I only joined these losers because they were offering me a place to stay. Not once did I ever support what they were doing. If you let me live, I can show you exactly how useful I can be. Let me help you."

She emphasized the word help, to make sure that I made no mistakes about what she was offering and when I said nothing, she proceeded to trail her red tipped fingers down my chest.

I had to stop myself from rushing out of there to hurl my guts out, taking a deep breath and reminding myself one more time that was no longer in that facility. That I was no longer at the mercy of Mauve.

Recalling a similar scene from my past and relishing her impending realization that she had f****d up, I grabbed Samanthas hand as it reached my belt and crushed it in my fist, the sound of her breaking bones echoing round the room and her screams filled the entire space as she fell to the ground, holding her wrist, sobbing and looking up at me as if she had really anticipated a much different outcome.

"Don't ever lay a finger on me again." I deadpanned and deciding that I had wasted enough time, especially because my mate was probably going to be worried once she realized that Zac and I were not already at school.

Giving Angelo's men the signal, they marched in armed to the teeth and shot down every last one of Sebastian's cohorts until he was the only one left.

Sebastian's eyes widened in horror but I had to give him credit for his strong will because instead of kneeling and begging for his life, he remained standing, a defiant look on his face as he spat on the ground.

"Just kill me already, bastard. What the fuck are you waiting for?" He growled and I had to admit that his arrogance was amusing. Letting out a chuckle, I folded my arms.

"Oh, Seb my boy, I'm not going to kill you immediately. For old times sake of course. I intend to keep you as a toy. Your cage is already waiting for you. I think my mate will appreciate the gesture. I promised to give her the world you see, and have her enemies thrown at her feet."

Gesturing for the men to grab Sebastian, I turned and started heading out when I heard an enraged growl and I turned just in time to see Sebastian lunge for me, transforming mid air into a giant russet brown wolf, his eyes filled with murderous intent. Turning wholly to face him, I caught him by the throat and slammed him into the ground

Rising up, I replaced my hand on his throat with my feet, crushing his windpipe and I watched as he struggled for air, forced to turn back to his human form and even weak and almost dying, he kept struggling, clawing at my boots.

If I wasn't so interested in killing Sebastian, I might have applauded him for his resilience.

Crouching until I was at eye level with him, I slapped him hard when he growled in my face.

"I'm sure you know this, but perhaps you need to be reminded of who you are speaking to. If I want, I could squash you like a bug in an instant." I took one of his fingers and snapped it in two. His harsh screaming almost drowned out the sound of murderous rage roaring in my head.

"The only reason I left you alive after the foolish stunt you pulled was because some part of me believed that you would use that time to reflect and come to your senses.

Call it a moment of weakness or perhaps my attempt to do a good deed, but I was hoping that I would not have to spend my energy to teach you a lesson but it has became painfully obvious that you are not going to lay low like the worm that you are. So perhaps let me show you exactly what happens to worms. Kind of like how salt makes them twist up and die."

As I spoke, I broke one finger after the other, his screams touching absolutely no one, because I certainly didn't care if he screamed the whole building down. I crushed his leg under my foot, loving the sound of it crunching and breaking under my feet. "You will never be able to do anything to hurt Lily and those she cares about and if I have to break all the bones in your body to make sure of it, then I will."

Sebastian's cackle filled the room as he coughed up blood, making me stare at him in confusion.

"Do you think that if you kill me you will finally get peace?

Always so short sighted. If you kill me now, there will be another person to take my place, someone who has a score to settle with you and I can bet that there are so many. Maybe they will not be as kind as I was with my plan to kill you immediately with that bomb. Maybe they will want to kill you slowly. And maybe they will start by taking that precious little mate of yours and making you watch as they make her c*m over and over again, like a little w***e that she is."

I snapped.

One minute, Sebastian was laughing as he spoke and the next, I was punching him over and over and over again, my claws ripping off his skin when punches did not feel enough and even though his blood started to splash all over my face, even though his organs started to spill to the ground, I did not stop. I would not. Not until I could feel his vile heart cold in my arms.

There was no sound, just the ripping of flesh as I continued to tear Sebastian apart and it was not until Zac pulled me away from his body before I realized that there was practically nothing left of Sebastian. His torn remains looked like it had been mauled and ripped apart by a beast.

I felt nothing at all. Not even triumph that he was dead. I felt only fear, because the bastard was right. I had enemies.

"I leave you for five f*****g minutes to take care of the stragglers, Aiden. Five minutes and now you've ruined your tuxedo. You look like you bathed in blood." Zac growled, his face livid and he pinched the bridge of nose.

I looked down at my suit and before I could grasp just how much damage I had done, Zac's phone vibrated in his pockets and when he looked at the caller ID, he looked back up at me.

"We need to go now. It's Cade."

"I fvcked up" I replied quietly as I looked at the remains of Sebastian. The plan had been to keep him alive so that he could lead us to the rest of the members of the rebellion who were not here, to compare information with what my spies had shared with me. I could feel my head spinning over and over again as I remembered his final words and that laughter of his that assured me that he truly believed everything he was saying.

“I f****d up, Zac. I ruined the plan. I can't let anything happen to Lily. I can't let anything happen to you guys. I can't..."

I rubbed at my heart and took deep breaths, realizing that I was having a panic attack. Zac's eyes widened and he placed both hands on my shoulders.

"Hey. Hey, hey, breathe. Breathe with me," He gripped my shoulders gently, "In through your mouth and out through your nose. Again. Again. Count backwards from ten. Count with me."

I did as he instructed and by the time we arrived at one, the tightening in my chest had subsided and Zac patted my back, his eyes softening.

"You don't have to do this alone anymore, Aiden. Ren and I know how much you have worked to protect us our entire lives, to the point that you hid what was happening to you at home. Lily is ours too. Cade has shown that he would lay down his life for her and for any of us. Lily has proved that she can take care of herself too. She'll rip this earth apart if any of us got hurt. We are a team. A family and we will all work together to protect ourselves, okay?"

I nodded, my throat thick as I blinked back tears and gave him a grateful smile.

"Now let's get you another tuxedo. Hey, at least your jacket doesn't look too bad."

By the time we arrived back at school, Lily was waiting in the parking lot, her brows creased in worry as she stared at the gates, and her smile widened as she took in the car entering the garage, making the tension in my chest dissolve completely. She wasn't alone, of course but all | could see was her. She looked ethereal in her white dress, like a goddess and I chuckled at how stupid Zac and Cade would feel when they realized that she was not wearing green like they thought she would but white which coincidentally matched with the color of Ren's blazer.

The bastard had known. Of course.

Even though I had cleaned myself up the best I could, it was like she could see through me because she paused for a moment to take me in before she spoke.

"What happened? Why are there blood stains here?"

She was here, right in front of me, dark green eyes gazing up at me with worry and confusion. My hand clasped around her soft cheek, my thumb circling her smooth skin.

She's here. She's safe. I felt like I could finally breathe properly for the first time since I returned from dealing with Sebastian.

"Aiden?" She prompted, inclining her head into my palm, lush dark hair spilling down her creamy neck.

"Just needed to tie up some loose ends, princess."

I cupped her face with both my hands and pressed kisses all over her face until she started giggling.

"Don't worry about it, okay?" I pressed one last kiss to the corner of her lips, "You look divine."

She held me on to me, her fists tightening around the lapels of my jacket and my heart clenched with so much love for her.

I knew without a doubt that when it came to Llly, I would ill anyone to protect her, man or monster and I'd keep that promise with my dying breath.