She Belongs to the Alpha King

Chapter 5

Over the next couple days, Lily began to feel as if she could trust Iris. She would regularly check in on her and make sure that nobody else bothered her. Lily was slowly getting to the point where Iris could walk into the room without freaking out and hiding.

Most of Lily's injuries had healed up and she was feeling better. Physically. However, she found herself waking up screaming in the middle of the nights, plagued with the memories of what she had been through. It always room her a long time to get back to sleep. There was one thought that always seemed to calm her enough to sleep. Those icy blue eyes that had been stuck in her mind since she had seen them.

Lily often found herself thinking of Damon whenever her mind had time to wander. She didn't know why, he intimidated the hell out of her and she knew that he was dangerous. He was just so... big. He towered over her small frame and made her feel so vulnerable. But for some unknown reason, she didn't scare her. Something about the way that he had spoken to her made her crave his attention. She would never admit that though. And while he didn't scare her, she knew better than to trust him. Too many men had abused her in her lifetime and she was not about to let another. But at the same time, she felt a certain feeling that she couldn't quite place.

"Lily?" Iris called softly as she opened the door. Lily jumped and tensed up. Seeing that Lily was awake, Iris walked into the room slowly, never making any sudden movements. "Damon is back." She said quietly, trying to gauge the girls reaction.

Lily tensed up and froze. He was back? What if he came for her? What if he tried to hurt her?

Anxiety began to build up in Lily's chest as she began to think of all the terrible and horrific things that a man of that size could do to her. She thought brought tears to her eyes. She would be completely and utterly at his mercy.

"Oh, Hun, its okay. I promise you, he won't come in here without your permission. He was very sorry for scaring you like he did." Iris cooed softly at the fragile girl in front of her.

That seemed to calm Lily down significantly. "No. No come in. Not alone." Lily shook her head. She didn't want to be alone with him.

"What about if I'm in here with you and he stands very far away?" Iris asked softly. She knew that Damon had been stressed out about the state of his mate and he desperately wanted to see her himself, whatever the circumstances.

Lily seemed to mull it over in her head for a while and eventually nodded hesitantly. Iris nodded and left the room for a few moments before returning with a very worried looking Damon.

Lily tensed up when he entered the room while he seemed to visibly relax. He noticed that the bruises had faded and she looked like she had put on a good amount of weight all things considered.

"Kätzchen." He said softly, adoringly. He had missed his mate like crazy.

Lily on the other hand seemed terrified. She had known that he was huge, but she had forgotten to what extent. Hiwever, as she looked into his eyes, she saw an emotion similar to Iris's whenever she looked at Lily. This calmed her a little bit.

Iris just stood and watched the interaction with a smile. Only a mate could bring a king to his knees so quickly.

Damon held his hands up slowly, remembering what Iris had said about no quick movements. "Kätzchen, can I come closer? You can tell me when to stop." He said softly, as if he was talking to a wounded animal. He was used to being a stern alpha, and even more so since he was king, but his lovely kitten just seemed to bring him to his knees. He found himself wanting to do anything for her. That is why he had left, to hunt down the bastard that had hurt his precious mate.

Lily thought about his question for a moment. Should she let him come closer? Deciding that it was a terrible idea, she shook her head.

Immediately, Damon's hopeful expression was crossed and he slowly dropped his hands and nodded. He started slowly moving towards a chair that was close to him. Seeing Lily tense, he said softly, "I'm just moving to sit, Kätzchen, no need to be tense."

Lily watched him like a hawk as he moved, waiting for him to jump out at her and grab her. Yet, he did no such thing. Instead, he did just as he said that he was going to do. Nevertheless, Lily watched him carefully.

It felt like hours before anyone said anything. It was alternating between a tense and comfortable silence. Any time that Damon would shift in his seat, Lily froze up and sometimes even slightly whimpered.

Damon hated that his soulmate was so scared of him. He hated that she was so terrified of every little thing that moved. He hated the man that had done this to her. That is why he proceeded to hunt him down and make sure that he ripped him apart limb from limb while his wife watched. She was next. He gave her the same exact treatment that he gave her husband. He will never forget the looks of pure terror on their faces as he shifted into his six foot tall midnight black wolf. They would sit in hell for what they did to his innocent little mate.

Damon's eyes went straight to Lily when he heard a little whimper come from her lips.

It took a minute to realize that she had fallen asleep while he was lost in his thoughts. He then realized that his little angel was having a nightmare.

Damon turned to Iris and looked at her with a pained expression. Did he go to her? Did he use his powers to calm her down? He didn't know.

"She has nightmares every night. Every single one. She always wakes up screaming about people touching her and that she didn't want them to." Iris said softly to Damon, knowing that you should never wake someone from a nightmare.

Damon growled. "What?" He spat out. Someone had touched his angel? Someone had taken her innocence? He was seeing red. He stormed out of the room and went downstairs, running out of the castle. He shifted into his wolf and ran. He ran until he no longer felt the anger boiling in his veins. He would kill anyone who had touched his mate.

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