Sacrificed to the Lycan King

KALIYAH'S POV Edet wasn't blinking, as he slammed me with the hardest truth. “Let’s break up “You…You mean we can’t work out or…” “No ors, Kaliyah” Emilia, his new b***h retorted. “You don’t belong here, and can never be!” The tears that rushed out of my eyes were hot and quick. If I was told the man I thought was my whole world would bring a despicable lady like this to spite me, I would deny it. For five years…. “Five years i’d been in love with you, Edet,” I whispered. “You promised you’d love me!” He got down from the bed, laughing. “An omega like you, mine?” he pulled Emilia’s cheeks. “If I had the chance to be invited to a meeting with the Lycan Kings, are you even presentable enough?” It felt as if my head was blasted with a revolver. Heavy and shattering. “All these while, you didn't think of that?” “I was blind then” he admitted with a cold smile that set my heart even on fire despite being cold. “Emilia is my real mate and I can't leave her for any reason, I’m sorry.” So they’re mated and he never for once thought about the love I had for him. All these years of rejecting more potential suitors, all to this? I couldn't believe that the day I’d always feared had finally come. I laughed delusionally at the perfect five years I just lost to Emilia. “I was really foolish” I laughed again, beating my head madly because that is what it is. “Kaliyah you just failed!” The wave of shock made me fall on my butt, but there was a sofa, which I sank into. Emilia’s hand was on Edet’s chest, rubbing it while he giggled like a kid. I was expecting to see a flicker of guilt or shame in his eyes but there’s none. He was hellbent wicked, not acknowledging my existence. My nails dug into my skin as I forced myself not to cry more. I couldn't stop it. “Baby,” Emili said, loud enough to traumatize my brain. “Can you help me adjust my zipper? It's stuck” She got up and lifted her hair to show me where his bite mark sat in her neck. Jealousy inflamed my body and I became livid with rage. I got up with balled fists as if I could do anything, but in truth, there’s nothing I could do. “Kaliyah….” Kael called out, getting down from the bed after supporting Emilia in oppressing me. “I understand your financial situation and the fact that I was the one supporting you and your family….” This made my blood more hot. Did he have to say this before Emilia? Looking at her, she was laughing. “So you don't have a job yet?” Then she shook her head like a disappointed mother. “Poor omega depending on boys to survive” “I wasn't depending!” I yelled quickly, thankfully, my tears were now dry. “He only gave me money when mum was sick and not always” She didn't stop making fun of me, and with Edet’s derogatory look, I felt like a poor beggar indeed. Begging for love. “The mate bond caused this, i didnt mean to cheat on you, i’m sorry” He apologized with a fake bow. “Perhaps, you could leave here and try dressing more…you know. Stop being boring like you are right now” My gaze fell on my clothes. Compared to Emilia’;s attractive one, I was the opposite. Faded yellow dress with a blue bow on the chest and my hair rough and unpermed unlike Emilia’s shiny golden head. “You used to love me the way I was” I finally found my voice even though words tasted bitter. “You used to tell me i should be myself without comparing myself to others” “Kaliyah…” he whispered, advancing towards me, but I yanked my hands out of his grip. His touch wasn't sweet and reassuring like it used to be, it disgusted me so much right now. “You didn't mark her because of the mate bond. I knew you were cheating on me last year, but I didn't ask because I had no evidence” I revealed slowly, each word piercing my tongue. “But now… you showed me my place.. The trash!” “It’s an irony, baby” Emilia got down, Edet’s hand caught her dilating hips, his eyes hovering over her with lust. It shattered my heart. Those eyes that had hovered over my naked body are now looking at some other treacherous woman as Emilia. “I regret the day i met you” My mouth spoke before my heart decided if it was right to say. “I regret the fact that I once touched you and called you mine” “But, kaliyah…” “Five f*****g years and you forgot everything we shared!” It was now that his face flashed the guilt I was expecting, but it was too late. In this life, I had one policy. Once I love, it's dear and once I hate, it's deadly. I lost my father to the 6th pack war that happened when I was 13. My mother was left crippled in the war and I lost my only sibling. Now I was left with my cripple mother who alway needed hospital care. “And you said I was depending on him?” I faced Emilia. “Ask him how many times have I asked him for money” I lifted my head and glared at her through the tears that had gathered again, my hands tightening into fists. “I don't need to stay here anymore, I shall leave, just like you wanted” Edet was a beta, one of the councilors in the royal court and Emila’s father was a chief too. Getting on each of them’s bad side is not a doom I'd wished upon myself now of all days. “Well, you can’t blame me,” Emilia said, her voice soft. "You're wolfless. I wonder how your fated mate would find you” “That my concern, not yours” I took my bag and turned to the door. Edet pulled my hand before I could pull the door handle. “How will you manage your mum’s bills?" He cared what happened to my mother’s hospital bills. I scoffed and yanked my hand off. “That is none of your f*****g bussiness” “Well if you don't mind. A news reached my ears yesterday at the council meeting that the Lycan Kings are hunting for their fated mate and each attendee shall be paid some certain amount for participation ....” He paused and I stopped. “You mean….” Then he pocketed his hands. “You’e so poor and wolfess so they would never pick you. You can attend for the participation money and…” I angrily opened the door and left the room. His words are now suffocating me and i dont want to hear any more of it.