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." I reiterate, and

He states, and I roll my

of those three weeks you have slept next to me, held me when I had a nightmare and have stuck by

your

side."

chuckle, reaching up, only hesitating for a split second before I cup his cheek. "I've lived more in these past three weeks than I ever did in my first twenty-one years." "We will announce you to the pack tomorrow." He murmurs, a smile on

k*ss, much different from the one before. This one is restrained, much more controlled, and "Merikh," he says, out of breath, his eyes looking from me

is it?" Merikh

Hayes is doing a whole lot of talking with his eyes and I realize he is resorting to the

trying to remain in control. Something terrible must have happened for him to lose control like this. I glance at

as he stares down his older brother before

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ask, standing and reaching out to touch Merikh's arm. His muscles flex as

on the top of my head. "Why don't you some dinner with Penny and

the possibilities. The only thing I can think of is they

eat with you..." I admit, watching him nervously. His

a soft smile.

since I haven't taken you to training and

but in truth, I

She will meet you on the trail. Percy will be your

"Thank you, Hayes."

I leave. He smiles softly when

hor

out the side door. Not that it is common to be

my gamma gang.

to the trail once I leave the pack house. The walk through the old town makes me smile, knowing that this is all mine, truly mine, as of tomorrow. There is no

also means there is no escape for me, but why would I want to escape when he makes life feel like wanted? What

is going to freak out

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