THE LOVE OF A LYCAN

Chapter 1104: Side story: lilac's scent

Tonight, all of the lilac flowers bloomed beautifully under the moonlight and it evoked a strong longing feeling in a certain lycan king's heart, as he stood in the middle of them, hiding under the dark sky and among the strong yet soft scent of the flowers.

Jedrek closed his eyes when the wind caressed his skin gently and fluttered his robe. He could even hear the chirping sounds of the night bird that filled the serene night, as his heart started to bleed again.

Two years had passed since the big war had happened and now his kingdom started to gain their footing again, as the magic that separated their and human's realm started to function and the humans couldn't see them in their beast form anymore.

Yet, though the world had started returning to normal, there was nothing that Jedrek felt right. There would always be a missing part for which he searched in every corner of his day.

Jedrek was not able to show this feeling to anyone else, more so he didn't have someone to talk to about this.

Torak would have his Beta or the people in his pack that would be worried about him, while Kace would have Sterling and many other friends to distract him from his longing feeling upon missing their mate.

However Jedrek…

He was the king and it had been really a long time since he had someone to talk to or told them what he felt.

He was used to giving an order, not to have a deep talk with someone… no, until Lilac came into his life and he started to see life from a different point of view, yet he couldn't rule his people like Torak did. He was used to using fear to rule them…

And now, though he was surrounded by thousands of people and he, literally, despite never been left alone, felt empty…

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He felt the fire Licking his fur as the humidity made it hard to breath for him.

Where was he?

Jedrek didn't know where he was, but he was too afraid to open his eyes and figure out what kind of situation he was in right now.

His heart was beating fast.

'Jedrek.'

It was her voice, calling out his name softly, but full of grief.

'Jedrek, you hurt me…'

The sadness in her voice ripped his heart apart, shredding it into a million pieces. His heart ached so badly that the king grunted and tried to curl his body, so he could protect himself from breaking down.

'Jedrek, you killed me and now you hurt me again and again…'

The beast inside of him whimpered when he felt the snap of the mate bond. The only thing that entangled their fate together, but now it was no longer there.

'You will be fine once the mate bond disappear, you love me because of the mate bond. You feel hurt because of the mate bond that bound us together, but once it is no longer there, you will be all right…'

No. It was a lie. That statement was not right.

Losing the mate bond only added to the excruciating pain that Jedrek was experiencing right now. The feeling couldn't even be described with words.

It felt like he didn't have a past, nor could he see any future. He didn't even feel like he was existing in this current time. This kind of empty feeling tortured him badly.

'You don't love me…'

No, I love you!

Right at that time, Jedrek opened his eyes and watched how Lilac's body was burned before disappearing into the blazing flames, leaving nothing of her.

Yet, the way Lilac looked at him was the most unforgettable thing that haunted him night and day.

The way she looked at him, as if telling him that she had given up. She didn't want to be with him anymore because it was too painful and she didn't want to be in pain any longer.

The pain that Jedrek inflicted on her even before they had met with each other.

She gave up on him.

"AARGH!"

Jedrek woke up with a start, his red eyes scoured the entire room, looking for the fire in his dream or even the sad gaze in Lilac's eyes, or at least her shadow. But there was nothing there, it was only him, alone, engulfed by the darkness until someone opened the door and light poured inside his bedroom instantly.

"My king, is there something wrong?" one of the two guards that entered the room asked him, because they heard Jedrek's high- pitched screams earlier. He approached him carefully, while the other looked around the room, in order to look for any danger.

For a short period of time, Jedrek couldn't say anything, his mind was too occupied with the lucid dream that he just experienced.

That was what he felt after he jumped into the crater of hell when he followed Lilac. When the guardian angels had to sacrifice themselves to stop the war.

"My king?" The guard approached his king, puzzled because Jedrek just shook his head and covered his face. His breathing became uneven.

And maybe this was impossible to say, but at this moment, the guard could see how the mighty king looked very vulnerable and weak.

"Your majesty, are you all right?"

"…Out," Jedrek said in a rough voice. "Get out," he said in a more stern voice.

However, the guard didn't seem to comprehend the order in time, as he stood rooted to his place, not moving even an inch, flabbergasted by the sight that he was seeing now.

Did the king cry?

"SCRAM!" Jedrek growled viciously when his order was being ignored.

Only then did the guards scamper out of the room at lightning speed as they watched how the beast inside the king came to the surface.

Lycan with red eyes was very terrifying to witness, especially when it was the king of the lycans…

And as the room became quite again, Jedrek could smell lilac scent that was brought along by the wind through the opened window.

It was the second time for those flowers to bloom…