“Does it matter?” I ask and Hayes looks at me in disbelief, giving me his brotherly ‘We don’t keep secrets‘ look.
“It matters to me, in how I treat her. Is she your mate?” Hayes asks.
“She is your Luna. You will treat her how she should be treated.” I say, crossing my arms over my chest.
“Merikh.” He whispers low, his eyes softening and I know where his thoughts are going and I refuse to go down that memory lane with him. I refuse to go down it ever again.
“She is my mate.” I say matter of fact, and he laughs, rolling his eyes.
“Mate, as in you chose her and followed through with the union to the Alpha’s daughter-”
“That’s not the Alpha’s daughter.” Percy says with a knowing smile.
“Then who the fuck is it?”
“That’s Colette,” Percy says, his smile even wider now. I roll my eyes because no one knows shit about what is actually happening. Hell, it was hard enough for me to believe it when I saw her.
“Who the hell is Colette?”
“She is my second chance mate…” I admit with a sigh.
“And you accepted her…” He murmurs, his eyes observing me as though he needs to gauge my reaction.
“Lycan’s can’t reject a second chance mate, Hayes, you know that. There was no leaving without her. I didn’t have a choice,” I mutter, and he nods in understanding, blowing out a puff of air.
“How did she take it?” He asks.
“She isn’t aware of it…” I say with a wince, and Hayes watches me with curiosity.
then…” he
is waking up,” the healer says, looking over his shoulder. “I think it would be best if you are at least
an ultimatum. In some realms of the world, that might be considered kidnapping. Not in ours, though, not when
face is pale as she
feel?” I ask,
fear before she seems to calm and comes to her senses. I press my hand to her
She says softly and my muscles tense, “aside from
get out and head back to her pack and kill anyone who hurt her. But I store those emotions away for a day. I will need that
place is her pack “The healer tries to
and I
going back will just leave us exposed to more attacks. The only safe place
that pack again, I will only kill people. No, we need to
over her skin with green herbs covering the injury. The long makeshift splint frames her leg, making it unbendable, and I find I want to fix it. To fix her, but I know until the mate bond is fully recognizable for her, my presence doesn’t do much to speed her healing. It helps, but
me, her legs swinging to the side. as
you.” I tell her, not giving her the chance to
arm wraps around her back. I tug her close, my heart beating fast as she locks her eyes with mine. There's a hitch in her breathing and I
in your pack?" She
muscles tense and I can sense a shift in her. She seems
surprise attack, the victims are always on high alert. Nah, they will wait for our
helpful, Hayes." I
Hayes to my right, who beams at her, about to open his
idiot younger brother." I sigh and Colette looks mildly
my luxury SUV
is all Colette says. Hayes opens the door and I gingerly slide Colette in. She settles in and I make sure she is comfortable before
"I'll drive." Hayes says.
him. In case
most skilled driver here. If I had been driving, they
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