Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 147

Lily's POV

"We're not going to wait around for her to come here and take Lily right from under us."

Aiden spoke, his voice breaking the tense silence in the room after the unanimous realization that Cynthia knew about me and was coming for me. Zac's response to Aiden's words was a harsh growl and he looked like he was physically in pain as his jaw hardened and he began to pace the room.

Ren, on the other hand was the only one of the three of them that bothered to portray a semblance of calm and if it wasn't for the bond that we shared and his quiet rage filtering through our connection, I wouldn't have been able to know that beneath that calm was rage as cold as ice, simmering and threatening to make it up to the surface.

"I can't believe this. We brought you here... we thought it was safe and I swore to protect you, that someone would do something like this... That one of my own people would attempt to...”

He couldn't finish his words, his eyes filled with agony and I understood how he must be feeling that it wasn't even a human but one of our own who had tried to poison me.

I rose to my feet, Aiden rising beside me and walked forward to take Zac's hand.

"This is not your fault, okay? Its not Ren or Aiden's either." I said, hoping that the others were also not beating themselves up about the wolfsbane coffee attempt.

Zac cupped my cheek with his hand, his eyes softening for a moment as he spoke.

"Maybe not. Maybe it isn't my fault that my very home is filled with rebellion sympathizers. But you know what will be my fault? It will be if I don't replace out if there are more this minute and kill them where they stand."

"I'll help you." Ren answered, walking up to give me a kiss on my temple before going to stand beside Aiden who nodded.

"I'll do the same" Aiden added and Zac nodded at the two of them right before turning around and heading to stand by the door.

"Elias, as leader of the troops present right now, I have an assignment for you. You may come in."

The man walked in, also dressed exactly like how Mariah was dressed before she had left for the borders and he inclined his head slightly in greeting just as Zac voiced his instructions.

"Gather everyone and assemble them on courtyard immediately, werewolf or not," Zac said, his hands tightened into fists.

Elias eyes widened in shock at the request and he started to shake his head as he replied.

"I think that it might be best if we wait for the madam to return back home before we do something drastic..." His words immediately died in his throat because there was a sharp look from Zac, silencing him off immediately and my entire body froze over at the cold hard glare that Zac was giving Elias.

It was such a sharp contrast from how joking and nonchalant Zac's exterior could be that his words sent a chill down my spine after he replied Elias. It was a harsh reminder that despite all of his playfulness, he was an Alpha wolf and so was Ren and Aiden. And the fact that they were all mine made me bite my lip in glee. Dahlia preened, loving this side of Zac, loving that my mates will kill for her.

"Do you wish to lose your head, Elias?"

Elias startled, bowed his head. "N-no, sir."

Zac walked closer to him, leveling a withering gaze on him and forcing the man to take a few steps back.

"Unless you want to join those against us in death, do as I fucking say."

Elias immediately nodded and got to work, the rest of the men who had been waiting outside followed after him and my stomach swelled with pride and contentment as Zac looked back at me. The burst of pride in my chest told me that Dahlia approved of my mate, that she was happy enough to just watch from the sidelines, absolutely content that her mates were going to do everything to protect her and even kill for her sake.

Aiden was the most reluctant of the three to leave me but when I assured them that I was okay, Ren ordered that the body of the maid be removed from my room and stationed guards outside my door.

"Let us know the minute you feel something going wrong." He whispered in my mind, his words leaving a mental kiss that I responded to.

I changed into something more presentable besides the duvet I was currently wrapped in.

I was slowly learning to trust Dahlia, learning to believe that she only wanted what was best for me, but I needed her to communicate with me or at least give me a heads-up before rendering someone braindead.

We're a team. You can't act out on your own without informing me first. I'll have to answer for your actions and I want to be sure we're on the same page.

Silence. Startling silence that screamed volumes; Dahlia didn't want to talk to me. For whatever reason, she seemed to be in a pissy mood.

Sighing, I let it go until she was ready to talk

I knew when the boys had the traitors assembled outside on the courtyard. I knew because that was when the screams began.

I had no idea what they were doing to them, but the anguished cries became louder and louder with each passion second.

I couldn't ignore the cries and screams anymore, so I headed down to the courtyard after the boys and was met with a blood bath outside and stopped in my tracks, my blood running cold.

Blood. There was so much blood, I couldn't see past it.

Cerberus ripped a guy's arm off his socket, Zac sliced through another with his claws and all Ren had to do was look his victim in the eyes and stop their hearts from beating.

The fact that the three of them didn't waste time handing out their judgment the moment they found any sympathizers made my entire body shake as I watched Zac kill the next person after one of them didn't pass the vibe check.

All I could feel as Dahlia finally deigned to reappear was a satisfaction that she seemed to gain from the terror and agony of the injured and dead people in the courtyard.

The environment a poster colour that seemed to be filled with blood plastered everywhere on the walls and even though a part of me was also very much happy that they found some of the sympathisers, what frustrated me the most was the silent treatment I was receiving on the wait whenever I tried to reach out to Dahlia. It seemed like I was talking to a wall because she seemed to ignore my very existence.

As I heard another scream that forced my attention back to what was happening in the courtyard, I knew that time was ticking for me because of Dahlia's outburst. Today, I couldn't control her and it was only a matter of time before Dahlia would be the one controlling me.

I remembered the way she seemed to be nonchalant and proud the first time she revealed herself to me in a coma and the way she seemed certain that no matter what I did, her time would come and I wouldn't be able to stop it. Back then, I had thought that as long as I remained myself, then she was stuck inside me, unable to do anything but how wrong I was. She was the one calling the shots and I was a puppet.

I knew that I needed to figure out a way to at least control Dahlia and stop her from killing anyone else but I didn't even have the slightest clue on how to transform into an actual werewolf, not to talk about the knowledge that would come in handy if I wanted to know how to control a powerful goddess wolf.

I wanted to become stronger and now more than ever, with the war breaking out and people needing to look out for themselves, the last thing I needed was to be a liability. I wanted to have the backs of my mates the same way they had mine. Unable to keep watching the purging exercise that Zac was leading as he, Ren and Aiden along with some of the guards fished out those that they believed were allied to the Rebellion, I decided to go and pay Cade a visit.

Just the thought of Cade Corrigan seemed to stir up different emotions in me as I headed towards the improved holding cell that I was told he was being kept in now. I hadn't thought that Zac wouldn't have listened to me when I had asked for him to be moved somewhere more comfortable and make sure he was no longer in chains but learning that he had made me grateful.

I didn't even know why I still cared. I thought I was over and done with him, considering our bond was broken before I could even feel the bond between us.

He had come out against his mother and stood against her ploy to harm me but I couldn't help but remember how he had hurt me in the past and maybe it was because of everything I had survived but I wasn't ready to trust him again just yet. Not even the way he looked at me which made my heart still seem to skip like it did in the past could change that. If he wanted my trust, he needed to earn it.

Right now, I wanted to know more about Dahlia and it seemed like he knew a lot more than the rest of us thanks to his mother.

When I got to the holding cell which was practically an entire wing of the house dedicated to him, I greeted the guards that were still placed at the doors and they nodded respectfully, opening the doors for me.

Maybe I should have announced that I was entering because the last thing that I expected to see was Cade leaning against the wall, his hand stroking his d**k hard as he moaned and whispered a name over and over.

Mine.