Bullied Mate Of The Lycan Kings
Chapter 89

Ren's

POV

I could feel my mother itching to say something as we walked out of my bedroom after I quickly changed into a more formal wear and started heading downstairs for the living room.

"You can say what you want to, Mother." I said and she nodded, heaving a sigh of relief as she stopped us from moving and turned to face me, taking my hand gently and wearing a worried frown on her face "I know that since you came to me with this, I've asked you a million times but I want to ask you again, Ren. Are you sure about this? I don't mean to question your choice because you are old enough to know what you're doing but rejecting your mate is a very big thing, son. It is something that most werewolves never recover from? Are you sure that this is the only way out? Are you sure that you can bear the consequences of causing your mate a lifetime of pain for something that might just be fleeting romance with another shewolf?"

If I didn't know my mother was coming from a place of genuine worry, I would have been upset that she termed what I felt for Lily as fleeting but I understood why she was very worried and skeptical, because even though she would support whatever decision I made now, she didn't want to see me break a mating bond.

She and Irwin had been through the worst and managed to come out together on the other side, but that was because they had something Mauve and I didn't even have. They loved each other. They had been lovers when they were teenagers and discovered they were mates when they turned eighteen.

Young and in love, they had thought that nothing could shake them. Until tragedy had struck. The wedge between them started when Ariel lost her first and only son. Both she and Irwin, in an attempt to avoid feeling the pain of losing a child, had become depressed and thrown themselves into their jobs and positions as alpha and luna. It had only grown worse with time as they both started resenting each other and turned to other lovers with the intent to hurt each other.

I was a result of one of Irwin's many escapades with his lovers and I knew that not once had Ariel resented me for not being her biological son, a gift that I treasured forever.

Their marriage had nearly crumbled until they decided to try to save it and with these past few weeks and how much they've put into making their marriage work, including seeking therapy, no one would believe there was ever a time they had been unhappy spouses, least of all Rhea and I who had witnessed them at their worst for a time.

I knew that Ariel was using her relationship with Irwin as an example of how bad a mating bond could get when it was not cultivated, but she didn't understand that Mauve and I were not like them. Mauve would never love me and only saw me as a tool and I was not prepared to tie myself to someone like that for the rest of my life, especially when I had found someone that I was in love with and wanted to try a future with.

"Yes, mother. I'm sure. Thank you for supporting me regardless." I answered and she stared at me for a while before she nodded and took my hand, leading me downstairs to where the elders were gathered.

The doorbell rang and my shoulders tensed as I headed to open it, sure that my mate had arrived. True to her words, Mauve was the one behind the door, looking beautiful and radiant as always with a bouquet of roses and a bottle of red wine I guessed was a gift. "Hello, Ren."

"Mauv-"

She cut me off, walking ahead of me and into my home. "Do you like the roses? They compliment my hair, don't you think?"

Stepping aside, I walked after her, listening to her explain why she bought the roses.

"It's good you asked me out to make up for leaving me stranded at the restaurant the other day. I knew you'd finally come back to your senses." She beamed proudly, walking into the living room and stopping in her tracks when she saw the people gathered there. W... what's going on, Ren" she asked, even though I knew that she knew what was about to happen.

"Tonight is our separation ceremony." I answered and her mouth fell open, speechless as I took the wine from her and took her hand, dropping the bottle on the table and led her to the middle o the living room where the elders were already waiting to commence. The entire room was silent and I saw that Mauve was still in shock as the elders recited a speech in Latin before tying our joined hands with a white rope that signified the mating bond.

"I must remind you that once this bond is broken, it can never be repaired. Do you still wish to continue with the ceremony, "the chief elder asked.

"Yes." I answered and Mauve looked like she was about to collapse, her face pale. It made me want to stop, but I knew that if I did, Mauve would never let me go. "Then you may recite the rite, Ren Hawthorne."

I had just started to recite when Mauve closed her eyes and let out an ear splitting scream.

"Shut up! Shut the f**k up!" She yelled, her eyes filled with murderous rage, snapping out of her shock as she untied the rope and pushed against my chest.

"If you really think that I will allow myself to be rejected by the illegitimate son of a weak alpha stupid enough to knock up his lover, then you have got something coming!"

Ariel rose from her seat, teal blue eyes crackling with rage. "You will not come to my home and insult my son and husband like that, do you understand me, child?"

"Then teach your son some motherfucking decency to stick with the one meant for him, goddamnit!"

Ariel's eyes narrowed to slits. "I see now why Ren wishes to reject you. You are not worthy enough for my son."

Mauve scoffed, a manic look in her eyes as she shook her head wildly.

"You know what? f**k you! f**k all of you!" Mauve screamed, picking up the bottle of wine and hurling it directly at my mother.

I didn't think. My wolf surged forward in rage at seeing my mother potentially hurt and I blasted Mauve with my powers into a wall, her bones crunching against the wall before she tumbled into the ground. "Not another word!" My wolf, Aira growled at her and she flinched, rising to her feet.

She wiped the blood dripping down her lips, her face twisting into something almost demonic.

"Know this. If you want to get out of this relationship, you will have to f*****g kill me!"

And with that, she turned and left, leaving everyone present in a state of shock and confusion.

Ignoring how angry and trapped I felt at Mauve's words, I rushed to see if Ariel was hurt but she looked fine physically, her entire body brimming with restrained rage.

"Are you okay?" I whispered, kneeling in front of her and even though she nodded, a tear slipped down her cheek as she cupped my face.

"I didn't know that this is what you have been dealing with in the relationship and I am so sorry for even suggesting that you maintain the bond."

Rising to sit beside her, I kissed her temple and pulled her in for a hug, my mind running a mile a minute as I wondered what I'd do to get rid of Mauve.