Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 57

Ren's POV

"Are you going to follow me everywhere today? Not that I'm complaining." Lily joked as I walked her to her next class and even though I just smiled, I didn't tell her that it was indeed what I had planned. "Maybe," I replied just as we got to the location for her next class and her smile widened when she saw Rhea and Chelsea standing outside the door.

"Wait, you guys have this class now too?" She asked them, looking at me and back at them in disbelief when they nodded but she didn't question it, too excited and relieved that I was leaving her in safe hands.

She turned to look at me with those big, bright hazel green eyes, tugging my sleeve childishly. "I'll see you later?" She asked me, her eyes filled with hope.

She was so adorable, I just wanted to eat her up.

I nodded immediately, reaching out to squeeze her hand.

Chelsea linked her arm through Lily's and walked into the classroom and I shared a look with Rhea after which she nodded and entered the classroom.

I had taken one look at Lily snoozing this morning and known that I wanted to make sure that she was never hurt again. She'd never have a reason to cry again. And that was what had made me create this plan to make sure all of our schedules were changed to match hers so that at least one of us or all of us would be having classes with Lily throughout the day. With this, she would not have to be alone at any moment and would have us looking out for her.

Rhea and Chelsea had been excited to help and thought it was a genius plan thankfully so it had been really easy to have the schedules changed and now I could finally move on to the one thing that I had been dreading all day but knew that I needed to get it over with; replaceing Mauve and ending things with her.

Walking back in the direction from where Lily and I had come from, I ended up replaceing Mauve in the recording studio where the press club members usually sent out information to the entire school.

Mauve was incredibly beautiful in an attractive and confident way. She had come a long way from the scared, naive little girl to this proud, confident vixen. Long red hair spilled over her poreclain white face that could have been carved from marble by an expert sculptor.

She was absentmindedly scrolling through her phone as her friend, Sydney rehearsed the news for the day while Paige held out a bowl of chips to Mauve which she picked from and threw into her mouth.

She was really fitting into this royal status in a way that I would never fit, but unfortunately that was not going to be enough to save us. Our relationship was built on shaky ground from the start. It had just taken me this long to realize that I had to do something about it before it was too late.

Before it hurts Lily.

I entered into the studio and the entire room went silent. Mauve doesn't even look up as she buries her nose in her phone, scrolling through something with a bored look on her face.

It's not possible that she didn't notice me. She's just trying to make a point that I wasn't worth s**t.

I walked up to her, stopping inches from where she was sitting. "We need to talk."

She raised her head up and looked at me like I was a stranger, or worse one of her minions that she could order around

"I'm busy, can you come back later? Or don't, Ren. I'm kinda very busy."

"You're eating chips." I raised an eyebrow at her. "Surely you can spare me a few minutes of your precious time. This is important."

"Ugh!" She groaned. "Just text me, Ren."

"Let's break up." I blurted out in frustration, already tired of her games and that got her attention as well as that of her friends because they snickered and she frowned, her face disbelieving as she rose to her feet and looked at me. "What did you just say?" Her voice was high-pitched, shaky and breathless, daring me to repeat what I just said.

"I'm breaking up with you." I answered.

Her eyes bulged and she grabbed my hand and dragged me out of the studio and into an empty classroom, slamming the door shut before turning around to face me, her face filled with panic.

"What do you mean you're breaking up with me?"

"Exactly what I said, Mauve."

"What is that about?" She responded and when I didn't say anything, she started pacing the room before she snapped her fingers and stopped.

"Wait, that's it. You want to f**k Lily, isn't it? That is what this is about, is it not? You don't want to leave me, you just want her, don't you?" Her dark green eyes were filled with a crazed glint I've never seen before.

"Why did you not just say so in the first place? If this is about f*****g that good for nothing daughter of a traitor, then you can go ahead. You can even have a threesome if you want. I mean we can even have an open relationship, as long as those bitches and side pieces know that I'm your girlfriend and will always be."

I looked at her in disbelief because I could not believe that was what she thought was going on but then again, it was Mauve and even until last night, I was certain that I was not going to leave her.

But I could not stay with her and be true to myself. I needed to let her go.

"I'm serious about the breakup though. I haven't claimed you yet, so the rejection rite won't be too painful. I'll get everything prepared by weekend. Of course, I'll compensate you for the rejection but that's as far as my generosity will allow."

She was speechless. Eyes wide in disbelief, jaw slightly opened.

Sighing, I turned to leave the classroom when she grabbed me and kissed me hard.

"Please don't leave me." She said between kisses, her eyes filled with desperation but I moved away from her and shook my head.

"I know what you did to Lily." I answered and when she froze, guilt immediately appearing on her face, I fisted my hands in disgust. I had hoped that it was not true but seeing her now, with no iota of regret on her face told me that the Mauve I knew, the one that had made me believe that I could actually try to love her was gone.

"And so what?" She yelled.

"And so what?" I asked, frustrated and livid. "You and your goons went to Lily's house and trashed her room. What did she ever do to you? You know what? Don't even answer that. I don't want to know. It's over, Mauve. Have a nice life."

I turned around to leave again when she hissed and threw a shoe at my head.

"Go on then, Ren. Run to your lover. What do you think people will say when they hear about this? Then again, you'll just prove everyone right about how the Hawthorne men cannot keep a mate."

Her words hit their mark like they always did but I was done listening or hearing anything she had to say.

My hand was on the door knob when I heard a sound that made me turn around in horror.

Mauve was holding a small knife to her wrist, tears streaming down her cheeks, her eyes looking crazed as she trembled. From here I could already tell that although the handle was wooden, the blade was silver.

"I'll do it. You know that I will, Ren. We have come too far to stop now. Please don't leave me. I'll die if you do. I can't go back to how I used to live before I met you. Please don't do this to me." She sobbed, falling to the ground. I froze. "Mauve," I said softly.

She shook her head and screamed at me, "tell me you won't leave me! Tell me we'll be mates forever!"

I started approaching her slowly. My healing powers had little effect when it comes to silver. I won't be able to save her on time if she slits her wrist. While I didn't like Mauve, I didn't want her dead either. I reached for her and pulled her into my arms, sliding to the ground with her. Grabbing the knife from her hand, I opened my senses to her emotions and felt sorrow, strong and hard hit me.

She truly thought I was the only lifeline she had.

She was cold and trembling so hard, her teeth were chattering. "What's wrong with us? I- I- I can fix it, Ren. Just tell me what to do and I'll fix it. I promise. Just don't leave me. Please don't leave me."

I wanted to believe her. In the beginning, I had been determined to make it work, to make her fall in love with me so that the bond would be real.

Those times had been good times. I had never sensed true love and affection from her, but at least we had been respectful and kind to each other and the memories would always haunt me, but somewhere along the line, Mauve had changed into a person that I didn't recognize.

She tasted power and wanted more. She got a kick out of seeing me in pain and when she knew she had me, she started lusting after Aiden in her search for more power. She got too comfortable with what she was gaining from this relationship. She had turned from the sweet naive girl that I had honestly believed I could grow to love into something much darker. I had changed too. I was no longer that boy that she had met. We had both changed.

"We are not good for each other, Mauve. You don't think I'm enough for you and I know that you're not good for me either."

"But we can try. I'll change, I swear. I'll do anything to be better. Please just one more chance." She begged and I sighed, feeling exhausted and trapped.

All I could do was continue to rub her arms, realizing that perhaps breaking up with Mauve was not going to be as easy as I thought.