Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings – Chapter 84

Ren’s POV

My entire body still hummed from the euphoria that I had felt after kissing Lily as I drove out of the lands beyond the borders of Shadow cove and back into the barrier that separated our world from theirs.

My smile was still very bright even as I passed through the borders of the one pack that I hardly visited because the one person I always wanted to see preferred to come hang with me; Aiden Vanderbilt. The first son of Maddox and Elizabeth Vanderbilt and the only surviving heir to Night Shade pack.

friend called home.

he darkness and despair emanating from the estate tried to cling to my body, sensing my empathetic pow

se gates alone made me accept that the Night Shade pack was entirely different from what I remembered i

f Shadow cove. As if that was not enough, they were the only pack that were not afraid to use dark magic and call on those powers to aid them in battles.

as what made them the most powerful pack in the entire realm.

ngth. All I felt was misery in the air. Sour and pungent like the stench of rotting eggs.

it.

lakes that looked like the glittering milky way. Everything about Night Shade was rare, beautiful and magical.

Cove.

small blessing since no one ever wanted the man around, especially Aiden.

ly more relaxed when he was not in the pack and took their orders from Aiden… At least, what little orders he was allowed to give since his uncle made sure that he knew his place as a subordinate.

permeated from Aiden’s mansion and it had nothing to do with the obsidian black walls, ivory pillars and marble statues of terrifying archangels.

the young prince that lived ther

there was darkness that lived in my best friend, even from when we were younger. I watched him descend even further when

ut me anymore and there was no coming back from that.

to do this. I didn’t want to give up on my best friend.

as an adopted royal, Aiden had been the one that took me by the hand and showed me the ropes.

n up to being an impulsive, posse

I say, because there was nothing more despicable than a king who couldn’t keep his word.

. He loved his books and I loved my art and it wasn’t so hard to find that quietness and solitude with each other.

r the stars at night, or Aiden would sit quietly in my studio, reading his favourite book while I painted or sketched, stopping once in a while to make an offhanded comment about how whatever current artwork I was working on was his favourite piece yet.

t me like him and I thought it was the same for him but it hurt that it felt

r, stepping out and slamming the door a little too hard.

started walking towards the mansion.

fore it swung open immediately, Aiden’s signature smirk greeting me.

I frowned.

rs,” he tilted his head so that midnight black hair fell against porcelain white skin, eyes like worn tombstones, boring into me. “You took your sweet time.”

, her hurt cat, her devastated face. He caused that.

bright with affection and warmth.

w-“

r.

urned into a malicious smirk told me everything I needed to know.

me.

abuse and some vandalism here and there.”

feet before turning to hold him against the wall.

he actua

re enraged.

g right now? You really think this is funny? She was devastated, Aiden. And you’re laughing? You are laughing? Are you f*****g kidding me?”

y anger, but he laughed even harder.

bad?” He wheezed. “I should do something bigger next time.”

urt a single hair on her head. I’ll make sure of that.”

of a protective mate so that she doesn’t see the pathetic excuse of a man you are.”

that I had not even sensed that Zac was in the house.

that he was stopping me from beating the s**t out of Aiden since it looked like it was

he said. He has gone absolutely crazy!”

e and hurt her mum and cat. No, he didn’t send anyone else either.

hts either. It was like slamming into a brick wall.

asked Zac.

ghed and released my hand, pinching the br

e charade he’s currently playing.”

that was around his throat like he was too weak to retaliate.

a part of his shirt soaked in blood, around his abdomen. Quickly raising up the shirt with my free hand, I gasped in shock when I saw that the wound looked infected.

fell on my shoulders and he would have hit the

anic.

“What happened to hi

holding and realized that it was a replica which means someone did this and knew Aiden would take the credit for it being the big bad villain that he is.”

s like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I frowned at Aiden who grinned a

room.” Zac said

e found it funny if I wasn’t worried sick for my best friend, my mind running a mile a minute.

then?” I asked Zac as I followed his lead, holding Aiden tightly to my side and worrying that he was losing too much blood because he was leaving a trail as we advanced and was barely even conscious, his entire body burning

a*****e.

e could not see me, because it was a good question. No one knew why he does what he does. It’s like Aiden’s brain works on a differe

have healed by now.

leeding profusely.

had stabbed him right.

e should have healed up if it was that sta

opped for one terrifying moment

n want to think about it.

sible, right?

e delivered Ashley, Aiden took his sweet time coming out and he was delivered two whole days after his twin sister.

een terrified by this and had Aiden protected by a lot of dark magic at a young age.

elieve that was the only thing that kept him alive after the m******e even though he was practically ripped to shreds by ferals that had been let loose when Edgar let down the barriers around the haunted forest.

to stop them from wandering out of the woods, the same barrier that had protected Shadow Cove from the outside world and made it the safest place on earth for werewolves for over fifty years.

m******e. Aiden’s family had been the first to be attacked, the first to die. Aiden had watched his entire

ss of course, it was inflicted by his mate.

s. Trying to calm my racing heart as I pushed open the door to his room.

food and cannot survive on bourbon and whiskey alone, he was probably lacking a lot of important nutrients that was f*****g up his body metabolism.

efinitely it.

Aiden and Aiden loathed her. He didn’t have any sentiment towards her like Zac who seemed to be drawn to her because she looks like his ex lover.

ause he could. Something I wouldn’t put past him at this point.

nd I couldn’t imagine how much worse it would be with his mate.

ould not give Lily up. No matter the cost.

y best friend.