Traded To The Lycan King

*Colette POV

I watch Merikh as he works in his office, his head down and a frown on his lips. He has been like this since the night we k*ssed in the healing waters. And that was just over two weeks ago.

He snaps at everyone, especially Hayes, the two of them bickering back and forth under their breath

as I try to tune them out and not listen. That would be an easy feat, a maid pretending not to hear what they hear, but I'm not a maid like Merikh likes to remind me almost every day. I'm his Luna. So I listen. "No luck finding the mole yet?" I ask, arching a brow. His eyes snap up, the speck of surprise melting away into an amused smile.

"And here I thought you were so enthralled in your books that you weren't listening."

"You enthrall me," I mutter, chewing the inside of my cheek shyly. He pushes away from his desk, then stands, all the while pinning me with his eyes as he stalks me down like prey. I remain still, like a deer in th "I enthrall you, hmm?" He stops at the foot of my comfy chair.

"It's a fun word, isn't it?" I smile up at him innocently and I see him fighting back the playfulness he so rarely lets

loose.

“Tell me, what is it about me enthralls you, my little Luna?" he leans forward, his hands coming on either side of my ears, pressing into the back of the chair as his nose dances dangerously close to mine.. It's already getting harder to breathe in his presence. Just being near him brings me a calm, and a storm rolled into one. The safety net of his aura and the danger of my attraction to him.

I'm falling hard and I have not the damnedest clue how to tell him I am ready for the next step without sounding like a wanton woman. I find myself unable to speak as he closes the distance and brushes his no

My mouth runs dry and my eyes flutter closed, begging him to k*ss me again like he did when we were in the healing water. Two

weeks of pining for that touch, that passion, only to suffocate in this S*xual tension that could easily snuff out the sun.

"I like you, Merikh." I rasp out and he tilts his head, surprised.

"You...like me?" he asks.

"I do." Ladmit.

"You mean you feel safe with me," He says as I watch him with a critical eye.

for you."

states, and

me, held me when I had a nightmare and have stuck by my side..." I pause. "I don't want to leave He freezes,

your

side."

first twenty-one years." "We will announce you to the pack tomorrow." He murmurs, a smile on his plump lips as he gently brushes them over mine. I gasp, my mouth tumbling open in hopes of a k*ss. "Tomorrow," I mutter, lost in the warmth of his breath as it teases over my

you mine, officially." He closes the distance, his mouth covering mine in a gentle k*ss, much different from the one before. This one is restrained, much

is it?" Merikh

a whole lot of talking with his eyes and I realize he is resorting to the mindlink. Gone are the whisperings, replaced with a way to hide things from me. I'm

skin goosebumps and he cracks his n*ck, trying to remain in control. Something terrible must have happened for him to lose control like this. I glance at Hayes,

stares down his older brother before he

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muscles flex as he works his fist open and

"Why don't you some dinner with Penny and Percy?" He says,

change in demeanor has my stomach in knots, as I think of all the possibilities. The only thing I can think of is they

would rather eat with you..." I admit, watching him nervously. His anger seems to melt a little as he

a soft smile.

I haven't taken you to training and your leg

but in truth, I would rather remain by his

on the trail. Percy will be your

"Thank you, Hayes."

He smiles softly when he realizes

hor

me as I slide out the side door. Not that it is common

my gamma gang.

town makes me smile, knowing that this is all mine, truly mine, as of tomorrow. There is no taking it back

life feel like wanted? What Merikh sees in me I will never understand. I'm just glad he sees more than anyone else ever

to tell her the news. She is going to freak out and want to help me pick out a dress and thank the heavens for that, because I ha I look

across her by now, but I see nothing. I spin, looking behind me and in the shadows where Lexpect Percy to be, but again I see nothing. A strange feeling falls