Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings – Chapter 126

Lily’s pov

I should use this opportunity to run away was my first thought immediately Maya left and I realized that she had not chained me back to the bed or locked the door.

But all I could think about after she left me in the room was how I wanted to find out if Aiden was okay.

eep heading straight.

is room.

and waited for a response.

y when I remembered that he had definitely not allowed anyone to help him out.

sps of darkness in the shapes of dogs lying down on different surfaces of the room, from his bed to the floor, his desk, armchairs and some were even sitting at the bottom of his bookshelf.

curious while I was mesmerized by the sight of them.

Beautiful.

ous shadow hounds tha

I winced as I watched him pull out a shard slowly and dump it into the bowl on the ground in front of him. He was still wearing the suit pants he had been wearing at dinner but hi

nto the bowl before him.

e…” I whispered and I swallowed nervously as he turned around immediately, his glassy grey eyes widening in shock to see me in

tue, eyes wide and alert, mouth open. “Lily?”

I said, trying to fill the silence that had enveloped the room and he quickly snapped out of his shock, calling his creatures to himself.

is body until we were the only ones in the room. The assimilation had happened so fast, I wondered just how powerful he was to contro

th of him, keeping my eyes on his face instead of feeding my curiosity to check him out.

eep? And who let you out?”

curious as to why I was here and not trying to escape because he looked confused.

oom. “I was worried about you.”

eps back.

must be going mad or Aiden just stuttered.

ugh you were the one that took the brunt of the glass shards when the explos

you used to allow that privilege was Ren.”

both knew what had caused Aiden to react violently and shatter all of the glass windows and ceiling in an unintentional outburst of what I now realized was jealousy.

.

I am fine and once I can get the shards out, it’ll heal. It’s nothing serious. Go back to your room.”

ould get some rest. You were injured too.”

at was at least ten times the size of my room at home.

cted and you won’t be able to heal.”

handle myself, Lily”

lared at him hard, stopping him from speaking.

s shoulders slumping in defeat and I fought the urge to smile triumphantly, walking over to his bed that was so big it felt like I was an ant sitting on the edge and pa

ting and putting the first aid box on the bed.

ghs.

at flew between us.

ntally and finally paid attention to his back.

truggled hard to contain my scream at the sight, re

gh skin and muscle.

wly realizing that I might have been wrong in my assumption that Aiden was the one who had given her those scars. I felt sick, the sight nauseating and threatening to upturn my barely digested dinner. I couldn’t imagine what he must have gone through, who could have been cruel enough to scar him so terribly.

this.

.

e a difficult topic for him.

oved what was left because it had to be very painful to have that amount of glass embedded in your skin and still be able to speak.

was so silent, I thought he would not reply me but just as I was about to tell him not to bother, his body slumped.

e answered in a dead tone and I wished he was facing m

“Why?”

dded with a light chuckle that I guess was meant to soften the atmosphere but I was horrified.

to another person? Wolves healed when th

roaned at my touch.

’m sorry. Does it hurt?”

itted out. “It feels so good.” He admitted.

Oh…

ow? Your uncle.”

e other side of the world. I hope he never comes back.”

m was enveloped in tense silence again as I continued to clean

ill on my lap.

’t mean to hurt you.”

sed you so much pain and I just keep messing up and making things worse. Everything I did… even if I knew the right words to say, there are no words that can absolve what I have done to you and

I can’t believe

the tip of my tongue to ask him to let me go so I could flee but as I was about to say it , I realized that he might misread my fleeing as anger and that was the last thing I wanted.

is wounds.

I found myself nodding.

d. Spending time with him didn’t feel so bad. Infact, I

hen I settled back in,

asleep, his arms wrapped around my waist.

softly in my lap as I stroked him gently and I caught myself imme

ith most of them have their spines falling out.

ing I had never pegged Aiden as, it was a reader. I realized that just as I had accused Aiden of having no idea who I was, I didn’t know a lot about him either.

like a little hound puppy. It was so adorable, with large eyes that resembled a teddy bear’s.

the tiny puppy.

m, tucking itself behind his ear until it

uriously and with eyes that were large pools of darkness.

yes that were large pools of darkness.

creature when it peeked out again to stare at me and it was Aiden that answered, his eyes still closed.

when I don’t want to feel so alone.”

s and see the better in everyone. Perhaps in the same way, Aiden’s powers signify his darkness, his ruthless nature but also his deep need for company, love and

y. Giving in to the curiosity, I patted it’s head and gasped in surprise that my hand didn’t go through it like smoke.

rward and push his messy dark hair out of his face.

atures. Everyone is terrified of them.”

be terrified of such an adorable creature.

oes it have a name

the most vicious of the bunch.”

me of viciousness.” I laughed, not taking him seriously as I tickled the dog’s belly. It wagged it’s tail and licked me again and I

was sudde

you a whole truckload of them.”

up immediately and I shook my head.

Aid

you would use my vulnerability against me if I let you in. Like this was a ploy, a trick to further hurt me. But this, t

ed him. “We can be friends?”

”

hy you do the things you do and I was so wrong. So horribly wrong about each and every one. You’re not what I thought. You’re so terribly human, it’s unnerving.”

iend?” He asked, his voice hopeful. Like nothing else mattered except I confirmed what he just asked.

ed, taking the g

t, Lily. I’d like that very much.”

for something out of his control, just like me. He was treated harshly for things he had had no power over. He was never given a chance to love and be loved, never given the benefit of doubt.

est of us, rage, jealousy, pettiness, vengeance, hunger for acceptance, except he doesn’t know how to e

could do that.

sighed, deciding that my time here

.

night, Aiden.”

rt dropped. Why did it feel like I was expecting him to say something else?

st at the door when he scrambled after me, his large hand clasping around my wrist.

.”

I froze.

ddle.

e bed.”

o run away, especially because it was becoming hard to remember why I even hated Aiden, I walked over to one side of the bed, sliding under the blanket that Aiden offered me and Cerberus morphed back into his pea sized

on the other side and turned to face me, resting his cheek in his folded

hoosing you.”

ng out of my chest.

s looking into those thunderstorm eyes of his.