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.

feelings for you."

three weeks." He states, and I roll my

three weeks you have slept next to me, held me when I had a nightmare and have stuck by my side..." I

your

side."

than I ever did in my 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

and make 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 more controlled, and "Merikh," he says, out of breath, his eyes

it?" Merikh growls,

doing 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 not a fan

as his 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.

his face as he stares down his

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muscles flex as he works his

about," he mutters, dropping a k*ss on the top of my head. "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

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

a soft smile.

then, since I haven't taken you to

in truth, I would

meet you on the trail. Percy will

"Thank you, Hayes."

watching me as I leave. He smiles softly

hor

packhouse is eerily quiet, no one enters the halls or even watches me as I slide out the side door. Not that it is common to be stopped or acknowledged but it's strange doing these things

my gamma gang.

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

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

to get to Penny. I can't wait to tell her the news. She is going to freak out and want to help me pick out a dress

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