Bullied Once, Loved Twice

Chapter 2 - Past wounds

"Is that you, Lili?"

She couldn't believe her eyes. This definitely was little Lili from her childhood. She could never forget that orange hair, but he was no longer little.

She took a step back to look at him directly. Her heart skipped a beat as their eyes met.

MATE!

Her inner wolf screamed as her jaw dropped, thoughs now empty as she lost herself in the emeralds that made his eyes.

"Narcia..." He let out in disgust, causing her heart to sting. Did he have to make her name sound like such a displeasure to say.

"Lili... It's been so long, you've changed a lot." She said as her insides tingled, she needed to touch him. She reached out to his arm only for him to flinch back violently.

"I don't go by that anymore, I am not the boy you bullied all your life." He said with venom as his eyes pierced holes through her. She couldn't help but take a step back in shame.

Of course, he'd be mad at her. The one thing she always wanted to avoid was him being close to her. As the furture alpha of her pack, she simply couldn't have a human as her mate.

She remembered the first time she saw the weak little boy that he was, cute and so kind... She had immediately liked him.

- 14 years ago -

"Hi there! You're so small, what's your name?" The little girl asked to the smaller boy. The boy sniffled and looked away, seemingly scared.

"I won't hurt you. What's your name?" She asked again, more softly as she looked to the boy that was curled in a ball bellow her.

"Li-Liam..." He said in a small voice that came out almost like a whisper.

"Liam? That's cute, but you're so small and delicate. Like a Lili! I'll call you Lili." She said with a smile as she helped the boy up, his green eyes nearly cutting her breath.

"Whoa! Your eyes, they're so beautiful!" She says as the boy giggled, causing her to smile.

The little girl was eager to have a new friend. She got closer to his ear and whispered a question that would haunt poor Liam for years.

"What pack are you from?"

- Present -

Liam looked down at her with disgust. How dare she use that nickname! She had no right to even speak to him.

"Get out of my way, Narcia. I won't tolerate you like I did in the past." He said angrily, not wanting to feel the weird tingles his body was creating. Perhaps his body had tried to warn him earlier that she would be there. He always did shiver around her. He believed that it was fear before, but he knew now that it wasn't because of fear as he was still shivering near her despite not being afraid.

She moved to the side, a hurt expression on her face. He did not care. She could rot in hell if need be. He wouldn't give her the attention she always seeked. Liam walked past her with a huff as some of the girls giggled, causing him to smirk.

I could get used to this attention.

He thought to himself. He sat down the row closest to the teacher's desk. He needed to make sure he would be able to hear properly and not get distracted by anything.

Narcia sighed as she watched her mate sit at the front. Her heart was aching from the words her spoke. Why should she care? Why did she care, actually? She needed to reject him as soon as she could. She couldn't let the bond get any deeper than it already was, not with a human at least. She walked down the seats, settling herself one row behind Liam. She groaned to herself as she realized where she sat, why was she making everything so difficult to herself. Why did the Goddess decide to give her a human mate? Why torture her? She had tried so hard to make Liam hate her to avoid this kind of situation.