THE LYCAN KING'S REJECT

MATES?? - lily’s pov

Pain. pain everywhere. My head, chest and mainly my left thigh hurt. Oh goddess is this what hell feels like? I thought hell would be a whole lot hotter, but right now I'm freezing. I slowly open my eyes to be welcomed by nothing but utter darkness. And a clock beside my head that read 8:22.

Now my eyes are wide open trying to see my surroundings but failing miserably. Great. So hell isn't hot and over crowded with demons. It is cold, dark, and lonely. I sit up, in what I am going to assume is a bed since it is soft, squishy, and very comfortable, and swing my legs over the edge of the bed. Big mistake.

“Ugh- son of a damn dog that hurt!” I groan out in pain. I take two slow deep breaths and try to get up. As soon as both feet are on the ground I feel my left leg give out, but before I can hit the ground, strong hard arms are wrapped around me. I am slowly and gently placed back on the bed and I feel the stranger cover me with a silk like blanket as I keep my head down. I heard that demons are mean and scarily ugly. Which is not something I wanted to see right now.

“ you okay? I don't think you’re supposed to be out of bed yet.” I hear a deep sexy accented voice speak to me. It was only natural that I looked up. I nervously lifted my head, afraid to see the ugly demon, because apparently there was light now from the bedside lamp so I would be able to see him perfectly.

And perfect he was. My goodness did all demons look this good. Maybe everything I thought I knew about hell was very wrong, because this man was beautiful.

“Goddess you're hot. Is that like a demon thing, are all demons this hot? Oh no wait I've heard of you! Yea you're an incubus, one of those s*x demons. Well news flash gorgeous, I may be dead but there is still no way in hell I am sleeping with a stranger. Even if you are sexy as sin.” I muttered that last part. The beautiful stranger stood up to his full height, which was very tall, and looked at me like I had two heads. Now that he was up I got the chance to see his full body.

Gorgeous doesn't even begin to describe this man's body. He was wearing a light grey t-shirt that did nothing to hide his bulging muscles or all the tattoos he had. He had two full sleeves on his arms and I’m guessing a few on his chest since there was a bit of ink peeking out from behind the collar of his shirt. He wore a pair of black jeans that covered his ridiculously long legs. I mean this guy has to be at least 6’8. He had beautiful dark brown hair that looked like it had been pushed back using his own hands. His forest green eyes complimented his tan skin perfectly. To say I was jealous of his lashes would be considered an understatement. He had such long and thick lashes that slightly curved at the ends. Any girl would kill to have eyelashes like his. He had thick, straight, and clean eyebrows, reminding me I needed to get mine done, that made him look even hotter. Ugh and his lips. His full,soft looking, naturally pink, beautiful lips!!

I was having this very strong urge to kiss this man, and the only reason I didn't was because once I finished staring at this real life Adonis’s lips, I looked back up at his eyes to see he had been watching me stare at him like a creep. I look away and towards the clock again that now reads 8:27. I WAS STARING AT HIM FOR A WHOLE FIVE MINUTES.

“Okay two things” the beautiful man started. “One, i am not a s*x demon nor am i trying to f**k you yet.” i flinched at the way he said ‘f**k’, the was he said it made me feel weird.” and two, you aren't dead, princess.”

My head whipped around to face him again and was caught off guard when I saw him smiling at me. God this man was beautiful.

“What do you mean i'm not dead. I was bleeding out on the forest floor and there was-”i stopped mid sentence remembering the scary shadow beast that was in the forest with me. ``Omg! We have to get out of here. There was this scary shadow thing in the forest he could have followed me. It looked like it wanted to eat me.” I threw the blanket off me completely and grabbed sexy’s hand as I jumped off the bed and made a run for the door. I didn't even take two steps and I was already falling to the floor. Thankfully the stranger caught me again before I hit the floor. The moment I felt his hands I started to feel that scary presence again, only this time I knew exactly who it was coming from. The sexy man is that scary shadow. The second he sets me on the bed again, with my legs hanging over the edge because the bed was too big for me to reach the floor, I pull away from him.

“ It's you. You're the shadow from the forest.” I whispered softly. “ Are you going to hurt me?” As soon as those words were out of my mouth, sexy was on his knees in front of me, situated right in between my legs. It was at that moment I realized I was only in a large t-shirt with only my panties and no bra on. You could see a white bandage wrapped around my mid thigh. I look into his eyes when he looks up at me. I wished my eyes were a beautiful forest green like his.

“I would never ever hurt you.“ he says as he takes my hands in his. He runs his thumbs over the back of my hands giving me goosebumps. I know i didn’t know him but i still found myself saying,

“I believe you” and when I did he looked so happy. He flashed me his pearly whites before looking down at my thigh, and his smile vanished in seconds. He looked hurt?

“Can I check to see how the wound is?” he asked softly. I gave him a small nod to let him know that it was okay. He slowly slid the large t-shirt, which I am only now realizing belongs to him because of his scent, fresh strawberries and vanilla, up past the bandaged area. A few more inches and he would be able to see my clothed core completely. He put his right hand around my ankle and his other just above the bandaged area.” Please let me know if I hurt you.” he says as he lifts my ankle and drapes it over his shoulder.

I sat up so fast at the position and the movement caused me to scoot forward a little, so now his face was right in my area. I let out a small startled squeak and he looked up at me.

“Did I hurt you?” he asked. I scooted back a little and cleared my throat.

“No sorry.” I leaned back a bit to get comfortable as he began taking off the bandage. Once he finished taking it off he gently ran his hand over a big,dark purple bruise that covered up most of my upper thigh. His hands were slightly calloused at his fingertips. With the way his hands were moving against my sensitive skin, he was making my lower region feel tingly. He pulled back his hand and cleared his throat.

“I think you should be completely healed in a few hours. You heal pretty fast.” he said as he stood up.

“ uhm what's your name sir ” i spoke shyly as I played with my fingertips.

“Oh I apologize , I never gave you my name. I’m Lorenzo Savage, but you can call me Enzo.” he said, flashing me his pearly whites once again.

Lorenzo Savage? I swear I've heard that name before.

Lorenzo Sav-

“Oh and you might not be able to speak with your wolf for about two more hours. What we gave you to heal is usually used on lycans so it puts your wolf to sleep. ” he interrupts my train of thought as he goes through a door on the other side of the room.

Lorenzo Savage. I know I have heard his name before. Loren-

Oh god. The moment Lorenzo walks back out the door it hits me like a bullet train. I am on my knees with my head bowed and hands out in .2 seconds.

How could I not have known? KING LORENZO SAVAGE. The lycan king. The king of our kind!! How did I not know?!?

The pain in my leg is nothing compared to what is going to happen to me for being so disrespectful towards our king. And I never got to tell my parents I'm sorry and that I love them. I’m going to die at such a young age. I’ve never even had s*x before, i’m going to die a virgin!!!

“King Lorenzo, I apologize for not recognizing you and for saying such inappropriate things to you sir. I will take any and all punishments you see fit, your highness.” It all came out so fast I doubt he understood a word I said, and now there were silent tears coming down my face and onto his carpet.

I feel the king hush to me and grab my hips. This is it he's going to tear my legs from my body. At the thought, even more tears start falling, and instead of tearing off my legs he gently places me back on the bed. Afraid of being disrespectful towards the king, yet again, I tried getting off the bed to get back on my knees and onto the floor, but the king firmly pushed me back down onto the bed without hurting me.

The king gently pushes a few stray strands of my pitch black hair behind my ear and places his hand on my chin. He lifts my head up so we are now making eye contact.

“I’m sorry I got your carpet wet, your highness.” I whispered , kind of scared to make him mad. “I beg of you, please don't decapitate me.”

The king now has both his hands on my cheeks wiping away my tears.

“I couldn't care less about the damn carpet, princess,” he said softly as he caressed my cheeks.” what's your name beautiful?”

“Lily- Jane Lockwood sir.”

“Is Lily Jane your first and middle name?”

“No Lily-Jane is my first name. Selene is my middle name sir.”

“You can call me Enzo beautiful, ‘sir’ makes me feel old and I'm only 23. You don't have to be afraid I'm not going to hurt you.” I slowly closed my eyes and let out a small sigh of relief. He’s still lightly caressing my cheeks.

“How could you think I would ever hurt my mate. The one I have waited so long for.”

My eyelids flew open. Wait what?

MATE!!

“Uhm your highness i mean absolutely no disrespect when i say this, but there is no way we can be mates. I have already been fated to someone else.” I say slowly, looking down at the ground.

The entire room goes quiet. So quiet you could hear a pin drop. I feel the king’s hand tighten around my jaw, I wince a little at the pain he's causing. I hesitantly look up to see the king.

Red eyes. bright crimson red eyes. Oh goddess, I've upset the king. Now he’s going to kill me for sure. I have made the king so mad that his eyes turned red! I hear low growls come from him as he lowers his head.

He looks like he's in so much pain. I couldn't help but reach my hand out towards his face, but right before I could touch him, the hand that wasn't on my jaw grabbed my wrist tightly.

“ Who is he?” he growls out at me.

“W-what?” he moved so fast I barely had time to register what was happening. King Lorenzo stands both of us up, without putting too much pressure on my legs. He gets really close to my face, our lips only inches apart.

“Who is the one you claim to be your mate? I want a name. NOW!”with the way he's growling at me and the way he's holding my face and wrist I was only seconds away from crying again.

At that moment I knew I wasn't dealing with the king anymore. It was his lycan. I had to play this smart or else a few bruises was the least of my worries.

I took the hand he wasn't holding and reached up to touch him again. He looks at me with even brighter red eyes. I almost removed my hands, afraid of him, but I believed the king when he said he wouldn't hurt me.

“What's your name?” I asked gently so I wouldn't provoke him any further. “I know his highness’s name but not yours. I would like to know you too.”

“You wish to know me when you claim to belong to another?” he says, face void of all emotion, but his body isn't because i feel his hands tighten again. Okay obviously the calm approach isn't working, time for plan B.

“Lorenzo, please let go, you’re hurting me.” I plead to him with tears coming rolling down my face.

He immediately lets go and turns his back to me. He takes two steps forward and starts running his hands through his hair. Okay this is not working he's still wound up tight from the mention of me having a mate, which was true but i was trying to get out of here in one piece, which meant doing anything to keep him calm.

“I want to show you something, your highness, if that’s okay with you.'' I figured sharing a little might calm him down instead of talking about Jackson. He slowly turns around to face me again. I steadily extend my hand out for him to take. He looks down at my hand then back up to me. He finally takes my hand, making me smile a little. His hand was much bigger than mine, almost covering mine up completely.

I led him back to the bed and motioned for him to sit down. Thankfully he complies without any complications. I take my hand out of his and take a few steps back.

“Uhm- this isn't really much of a secret but everyone back home made me feel like a freak for it so i decided it would be best to cover it up for a while.” I was kind of afraid that he would look at me the way my old pack members did. I raised my hands up to my eyes and took out my brown contacts. I blinked a few times to clear up the tears that came when I took off or put on the contacts. I picked my head up to look the king in his eyes. I waited for him to call me a freak like everyone else, or tell me I should leave the contacts in, but it never came. He just..stared. After a few more seconds I started to feel a little self conscious so I directed my gaze to the floor and waited for him to speak.

I heard him get off the bed and walk over to me. He stopped when his shoes kissed the tip of my toes gently. I found all the courage I had left to look up at him. His eyes were back to their beautiful forest green color.

“I’m sorry for what I did to you.” the king said as he lifted my, now bruised, wrist to his lips and placed a soft kiss on the bruise.”I was having a difficult time controlling Ryker.”

“Is that your lycan’s name, Ryker?” He gives me a slight nod and I smile a little. “I like the name Ryker. I think it is very...powerful. A name fit for a king.” I whispered the last part, though I still think he heard me. He brought his hand to my jaw where the other bruise was forming. He lets out a very saddening sigh when he touches the bruise. I jumped a little when he brought his head down and laid a soothing kiss to my jaw. When he pulls back I shiver. The king looks me in the eyes and says,

“You should never have to hide who you are from anyone, love, I think you are very beautiful just the way you are, red, blue eyes and all.”

I don't know what came over me but the next thing I know my arms are around his neck and I’m straddling his lap. Was it really possible for me to have a second chance mate? They were rare but they were also a possibility. I felt the king wrap his arms around my waist and shove his nose in my neck. Maybe it really was possible for me to find a second chance.

I pulled away from the king because there was something I wanted to ask him,so I cleared my throat and looked him in his eyes.

“Uhm- your highness, I-”

“Lorenzo.” he cut me off.

“Oh right. Lorenzo, do you think it would be possible for me to stay with you tonight?” he looked at me as if I had just asked him the most ridiculous question in the universe.” I-I mean you really don't have to let me. I can just go back to my own home. Yea i should do that. It isn’t that dark yet. I’m sorry for asking, that was very weird. You have better things to do.'' I tried to get up off of him but he held me down to his lap.

“I would love for you to stay with me tonight, and any other night you wanted to stay.” he says while placing light kisses to my neck.

Maybe he really is my second chance mate.

My second chance at happiness.