The Lycan Series
Bullied By The Lycan King Chapter 97

Axel's

POV

Aunt Emily led me back to my room where I had left Violet and the baby -our baby.

My heart doubted that Violet would ever forgive me after everything I did to her, but Aunt Emily was optimistic. She held my arm like a little child and as we got to the door, she knocked first before clicking it open.

My heart was in my stomach as I held my-breath, too scared to breathe as her broken face came into view but to my dismay, the bed was empty -and cleaned.

There was no one except Scarlett glaring back at me.

One look at her and I knew that she was already aware of the situation. Shame washed over me, and my eyes lowered to the ground.

"Scarlett," Aunt Emily called as she moved towards her. She embraced her and placed a perk on her cheek. "How are you?"

"I am fine, Aunt Emily," she whispered in that gentle voice of hers, but I could feel her eyes on me as she spoke, and I dared not raise mine to meet hers.

"Where is Violet, did you meet her here?" Aunt Emily asked her and that was when Al raised my eyes.

Scarlett moved her burning gaze to me before letting out a sign. "I asked Hilda and Skylar to move her to her original room..." she sat on the bed and looked at me once again, "Why did you do all this to her when you were the one who took her virginity? How could you think that she had cheated? Did you even imagine for once that there could have been a chance that the child might have been yours?" Her questions bore through my soul, and I felt deflated

"I mean... I understand that it's normal to have doubts... but smart people keep the woman in question in good condition until the baby is born and a DNA test can be performed."

"Well, Scarlett it's a good thing that you are now here with us. At least I won't be the only person explaining how dumb Axel fucking is," Aunt Emily hissed.

"Violet is an orphan. She has no one as a family. She has always thought of you as her family, her hero, her savior but you turned out to be a monster -the very one her parents warned her against, why?"

My vision became blurry, and I turned my eyes away to keep the tears from falling.

I couldn't even explain. There were no words to justify what I had done. They were right, I was an idiot. The greatest of them all.

"Scarlett, I am going to leave you with your brother. Insult him and put him in his fucking place. I need to speak to Violet... there is something she needs to know about her heritage and besides, Axel isn't the only family she has now," Aunt Emily said before she left the room.

Silence fell over us and a void filled my soul. I didn't deserve their sympathy.

Scarlett was right, I became the monster Violet was warned against.

"I should leave," I mumbled turning to the door but just as my fingers brushed the doorknob her calm voice stopped me.

"Leave and go where?" she whispered but they sounded like arrows into my heart.

"Violet tried to kill herself and her baby. Are you going to leave them behind too?"

Blood exploded within me, and I turned to her at once. "She did what?"

"Yes, Axel. She tried to end their lives because she was hurt. You have hurt her, and she doesn't want her child to hurt like she did..." She left the bed and started coming towards me. "I am trying to understand what is going on in your head. How did things get here? Didn't your wolf tell you?"

My teeth clenched and I tried to be the alpha that I was, but I failed. It was dark. It was cold and I couldn't hold myself anymore.

"It told me!" I yelled. "I told me everything. It warned me but I didn't listen..." My body began to vibrate as the pain started growing once again within me. But Scarlett held me, and it stopped. She led me to the bed and sat me down.

"I felt the pull of our bond. I still feel it... but I thought it was a charm; a curse that I had to keep fighting. I was scared that I would fall too deep and then my heart would be abandoned..."

I slapped my hands to my face and the tears grew stronger. My heart was bleeding, and my pain was taking over me. but I couldn't blame anyone. It was all my fault, and I deserved every ounce of pain i felt.

"My heart kept beating for her, Scarlett but I thought it was not real. I thought it was just in my head... I thought I was going to be letting my guard down... And now look at what I have done... it's all over..." Scarlett's hands wrapped around mine and she shook her head. "It's not over, Axel. I might not know a lot about love, but I know that it's scary. It's okay to feel this way...but it isn't a reason to give up now," she said but I shook my head refusing her words.

"I have no right to be with her, Scarlett. Not after everything I did..." to think that she even tried to kill herself due to the pain I brought to her. "No, Scarlett, I don't deserve her kindness. I don't deserve her patience..."

"Oh, Axel, you do. You might have hurt her, but you will be breaking her apart if

"What else can I do? Will she take me back? Can I look into that child's face and not see all the cruel things I did to its mother?" The tension in the room increased as we stared at each other.

I understood Scarlett's line of thought but I also knew that I had broken Violet too much to try and crawl back to her.

Scarlett let out a deep sigh and then pulled her hands off mine. She got to her feet and looked back at me; "Axel, you are being stubborn again. You are now letting your fears think for you. Violet loves you and if you feel the same, you will fight for her." She walked to the door and stopped. "By the way, Uncle Greg told me about the proposal from the forgotten lands..."

My heart skipped a beat as I brutally remembered the issue with Asher. "I am not forcing you into any sort of union, Scarlett," I said, making it just as clear as I made it to Greg.

Scarlett turned to look at me and then she tucked her hair behind her ears before offering me a small smile. "Uncle Greg explained everything to me... but I want you to know that I will do anything for this family. If Asher is going to be patient with me, then I will be more than happy to accept the union, but I won't leave until you and Violet make up..."

Her eyes returned to the door, and she proceeded to leave the room, leaving me with my broken soul and guilt-stricken mind. I fell flat on the bed and closed my eyes, letting my tears trickle down my chin.

They said, crying made things less painful. They said crying eased the pain clustered in one's heart but it did nothing but worsen the storm in my chest.

I brought myself to this point. Time had pushed me to the edge, but the jump was my decision. I had leaped and I decided to punish Violet even when my wolf constantly warned me against it.

Cold crept up into my bones and I wanted to go to Violet. I wanted to hold her skin and beg her for my sins, but I knew I had no right. I had no right to anything that had to do with her.

Night came, meeting me right there. Sleep was a luxury I couldn't even imagine. By the time, the first rays of the sun appeared, I remembered the number of times I had woken up determined to end this madness, but my stubbornness always won the battle, but not today.

She might not forgive me, but I was going to try.

I washed my face and not even bothering to change into proper clothing, I walked out of the room, to speak to her but as soon as I stepped into the corridor, heavy boots echoed into my ears and I turned to find Nathan, marching down towards me. "Nathan," I whispered as I looked in his direction.

"Good morning, King Axel -as much as I don't want to engage with you- I have no choice. The king of the forgotten lands is here, and he is waiting to join the family for breakfast. Everyone is waiting for you," he said.

"Thank you," I whispered absentmindedly. "T'll join you shortly."

Following my eye movement to the door, he understood what I wanted to do; "If it's Violet you want, she has kitchen duties, like you wanted," he said.