Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings – Chapter 124

Aiden’s pov

My heart nearly stopped in my chest when the doors to the dining room opened and Lily walked in after the maid that I had assigned to her. She was wearing one of my mother’s reconstructed dresses of all the things that I had selected specifically for her in her closet.

I hoped she would like her new things, as fun as it was putting it together for her, I wanted to see the delight on her face when she wore them.

he world had slowed down, and she was the only thing that mattered in that moment.

g her stand out in the entire room like a beacon and as she moved, the fabric flared out around her knees, adding a touch of elegance to her every step. It was like watching a real-life mermaid gracefully navigating the

in awe, I felt starstruck.

eautiful?

t inadequate to describe the beauty before me. I couldn’t help but feel a mix of awe and nervousness, as if I was in the presence of someone extraordinary.

less I have of her.

be in her orbit.

However, it seemed that she didn’t share the same excitement that I did to see her and up until when she sat beside me, I had to hold myself back to not say anything that I thought would set her off but she had been picking at her food fo

to glare at me.

is. It’s just

ght leash on my anger and hurt from being so blatantly rejected in order to avoid looking my

t you do like the food, so eat and no it’s not a request.”

arted eating bit by bit.

dn’t even bother to hide her disappointment anymore.

g this time. Was asking her to eat so bad? And would there ever even come a time when I would do something that was right in the eyes of everyone else for once in my life?

did, it was somehow bad and yet doing the right things seemed to come easy to everyone else?

hing to say to me but was the least afraid, I felt annoyed and decided to send everyone else away except Lily.

veryone. Leave us. Lily, st

ve? Don’t you love me in chains.

he was.

ring box in my pocket burned a hole through my slacks as I suddenly became lost for words.

on of hope.

be this was a start.

Lily, I

f. They belong to Ren and I want to keep them with me.”

in my heart shattered like a tumbler and the small smile that was forming on my lips cracked.

have that one.”

Aiden-“

ectly well.”

e it to me-“

my shadows blasted out of me with a force that shattered the windows and glass ceiling.

ext, heavy shards of glass were raining down on us. Thick, heavy pieces that could hurt her.

just as the glass shards descended on us and I gasped as the shards pierced through my suit, burying directly into my skin.

er.

g as Lily was safe.

sure that nothing else was going to fall, I let go of her slowly, kneeling in front of her, my heart stuttering in my chest when I saw a tiny s***h on her forehead and terror in

oh no.

or the first time in a long time, I felt tears well up in my eyes when she moved away from me as I tried to touch her. She looked at me like I was a monster and this was the first time since my parents died that I wanted desperately for someone to believe that I wasn’t.

ing up and drenched in shame, I slow

one will come for you.”

a heart that bled with sorrow.