Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 95

Lily's pov:

Wake up, Lily.

An annoying, incessant voice.

Wake

up, child.

WAKE UP!

I forced my eyes open and my head throbbed in protest at the way I had woken up.

Where was I?

And why did keeping my eyes open feel like a struggle?

I felt so lightheaded and tired as I took in the surroundings around me. I was lying on a plush queen sized bed with pink and silver sheets that were very unfamiliar. This was not a house that I had been in before, I noted and just as I made that realization, everything started to come back to me.

How I had found out that I was Aiden's mate and how he had vowed that he was not going to let me live peacefully on my own anymore... And Mauve.

"Get me her phone. Let's make sure no one's looking for her until it's too late." That witch!

Yes, Mauve was the last person that I had seen before I passed out. Or was knocked out. Quickly rising from the bed, I looked down at myself and saw that someone had swapped out my uniform for clothes that were not mine, but the Louboutins that I had been wearing, which was Chelsea's gift to me, were still intact, sitting by the bed.

If Mauve had really wanted to have a conversation with me like a normal person without any ill intentions then I was sure that she would not have resorted to knocking me out and bringing me to this unfamiliar place and it would be foolish of me to still hang around here and hope that somehow she had changed and was just trying to get my attention.

I needed to leave here right now, but first I needed to replace my phone.

I wondered if anyone had even figured out that I was missing and how long ago it was now since Mauve kidnapped me. There was no clock in sight but from the window, it was pitch black and I thought about how late it was in the evening. The party was going to be starting any minute now and I was sure that everyone would be anxious about where I was.

I was supposed to go shopping with the girls and arrive at the party after having my hair and makeup done but I had sent a text to Rhea right after I fled from Aiden that I was going to be getting a ride with Ren and before I could replace Ren, Mauve had intercepted me so now while Rhea thought I was with Ren, Ren thought I was with the girls which meant that it was going to be a while before any of them noticed what was wrong.

Searching everywhere and not replaceing my phone, I decided to give up and leave here before Mauve got back. I was not interested in sticking around to replace out what she had planned for me.

I rushed towards the window, about to try and climb out when the door opened.

I froze.

"Oh, don't let me stop you. You can try all you want but know that you stand a better chance in here with me than out there." Mauve's voice, still sounding as confident and sultry as the first time I heard it hit me and I slowly turned around to look at her. Dressed in a black body suit that highlighted her curves, she was holding a red plastic cup I could tell contained alcohol and there was a sweet smile on her face that I was now starting to understand was completely fake. An act that she had perfected to lure her enemies.

"What do you want from me, Mauve?" I asked, knowing that it was already too late to escape.

"You surprise me, Lily. Today is your birthday, sweetheart and I threw you a party to celebrate. In Fact you are missing everything."

And before I could refuse, she dug her claws into my arm and dragged me downstairs to the center of the living room that was packed with people that I did not recognize.

They all seemed familiar. Random faces of students I have seen at school. But there was not one single person that I recognized and it made my anxiety even far worse because it meant that something sinister was afoot. The music suddenly stopped and with fake cheer, Mauve stepped forward.

"Why do you look so glum, princess? Everyone has gathered here to wish you a happy f*****g birthday. The least you can do is act excited to see us."

"Mauve," my heart was pounding with fear and dread. "stop this!"

"Happy birthday, Lily." She whispered and dumped the cup of beer that she had been holding over my head, causing the entire crowd to laugh at me.

I flinched, cold beer dribbling down my hair and back. I pushed her away and growled but she grabbed me by the shoulder in a side hug like we were best friends and kept talking, addressing the crowd.

"I wanted to do this for Lily and it made me so sad that she could not even afford a party or even decent clothes so I gave her some of mine. Now that she is officially an adult, how about she shows us what is so special about her, yes?"

The crowd answered with a cheer and to my horror, she ripped off the clothes on my body to pieces, stripping me in front of so many laughing schoolmates who were videoing the whole thing. I tried to hang on to the straps left on my body as she pulled it apart, hot tears streaming down my face.

"Please Mauve. Please don't do this."

"But I have to, dearest. So that everyone can see you for what you are. A worthless w***e who seduced my mate and made him cheat on me. As if that was not enough, she decided to steal him."

My eyes widened in shock and I shook my head immediately, holding on to the tattered blouse that barely managed to cover my bra.

"That's a lie, Mauve. You know that it is..."

Before I could finish, she slapped me hard, knocking me into a table. Pain exploded on my forehead as it hit the edge of the table and I tasted blood in my mouth from the force of her slap. This literal bitch-

My eyes spun and I screamed as somebody picked me up by my hair to face him. It was Sebastian and he grinned, his hand pulling at my roots. I winced in, tears spilling down my cheeks as I struggled to get out of his grasp.

"Sorry, babe. This is going to hurt like a b***h," he said, with a sickening grin on his lips and for a moment, I wondered why. Why he hates me so much, what I ever did to him, to them, to be treated in this manner, right before he punched me in the gut. Hard. I cried out, my lungs collapsing, fighting for my breath as he flung me, knocking me into a nearby bar.

"What?!" I spat, "what did I ever do to you?! What did I ever do to any of you?"

Every single day since my dad died has been hell for me. I thought... I really thought that if I lived peacefully, if I minded my own business and squeeze myself into the tiniest hole as possible, let people walk all over me, never talk back, never fight back, they would leave me and let me be. I really thought that I could graduate from the academy peacefully without gathering attention to myself.

I thought wrong. Obviously.

"You? You exist, Lily, that's what's so wrong with you. We lost our loved ones to the massacre and yet, the traitor's beloved daughter gets to live her life to the fullest." He grabbed my head and knocked me against the surface so hard, my vision blurred. Pain thundered in my head, splitting my skull. "Too bad Aiden is late to the party. He'd love to see this."

I froze.

What? Aiden... he was in on this too? It shouldn't shock me, shouldn't surprise me... but why did it hurt so much?

"He's on our side, you know? He said he'd be here to have a front row seat of your misery. He lost the most out of what happened. His entire family completely wiped out, save for an uncle. He's acting weird these days. You must have casted a spell on him like that sorcerer father of yours. Maybe killing you will bring him back to his senses."

My breath caught in my throat. It suddenly felt so evident. So clear.

They're going to kill me.

"You know what to do, Seb!" Mauve hollered and I winced as he picked me up by my hair again, fighting to set myself free.

They're going to kill me. They're really going to kill me if I don't get help in time. I need to get out of here. I need Ren... heck, even Zac, if he doesn't already hate me after I rejected his confession in the music room.

Everyone just kept laughing and making videos as Sebastian practically beat me to a pulp and dragged my carcass outside the house, dropping me in front of a cage filled with menacing looking dogs.

They were almost as big as regular wolves and my heart beat faster in my chest as they snarled at me.

Shaggy black fur, bigger than the average wolf, razor sharp teeth, a crazed glint in their blood red eyes.

Blood hounds. Native dogs that thrived only in Night Shade pack. They were a luxury kept and reared by the royals in the pack. I was in Night Shade. Aiden's pack.

My heart broke even more.

Mauve walked to stand in front of me, Paige beside her and identical vicious smiles on their faces as Sebastian walked over to the cage.

"You better start running if you want to get a headstart." Sebastian said with a smirk and I picked myself up immediately, not needing to be told twice and started sprinting for my life as I heard him open the cage and release those monsters on me. They caught up to me in no time, snarling and snapping at my ankles, surrounding me on all sides as I ran for my life to get away from them.

I ran hard and long, my lungs almost giving out on me, ignoring a signboard that I probably should have stopped to read because by the time I ran into the pitch black forest, I didn't hear their snarls anymore.

But I kept running, going deeper into the forest until I realized that I could no longer hear anything at all. Not a single bird, a single insect. Only one forest could be this dead and silent and that was when I realized why there had been a sign board. This was the forbidden woods where Ferals lived. And like a fool I had walked right into the thick of it.