Traded To The Lycan King

"Merikh❞

"I don't like this," Colette says, her tongue running over her teeth as she drills me with her angry eyes.

"Are you worried about me?" I tease her and she crosses her arms over her chest.

"Of course I am! Don't pretend like you can't feel it through the bond." She growls.

She is right. I feel her fear and the way she doesn't want me to leave her side. The way she wants to just wrap her arms around me and keep me here. It's damn adorable and so fucking refreshing to know it rather than hope.

"Letty," I say in a gentle voice, stalking toward her. She rolls her eyes, trying to be mad. "Penny and Percy will both be here with you."

"You stupid fool." She sniffles. "DO you really think I care about me? It's you that I am worried about."

"Am I not the Alpha of Death?" I ask her, arching a brow, and she scoffs. Her indignation only feeding the playful side of me. "Am I not the Lycan king?"

"You are my mate above all those things." She says and her words spear me right in the chest. Her words surprising me as I blink at her, dumbfounded.

"Am I that important to you?" I ask her and her shoulders drop, her eyes going sad.

"Do you need me to say it as well as feel it for you to believe it?" She asks me and I nod emphatically.

"Every day. I need you to tell me every day."

"I love you, and I hate you." She says like the smart ass she is.

"Oh? and what is it you love about me?" I ask, walking toward her and rubbing up and down her arms as she looks up at me.

"You mean what is it I hate about you?" She rivals and I smirk.

"Oh, I know why you hate me. A little all too well. What I don't know is why you love me."

"Because of the mate bond," she says, but I feel the lie, all the while watching her lip twitch.

"Interesting." I mutter. "Do you want to see if the lie detector works for me, too?" I ask, arching a brow, and she fights back a smile.

best lie." She says, bracing yourself as a knock sounds

up." Hayes

I'm having sex with my mate." I

She squeals as I laugh, scooping her up and holding her close. I run my nose along her jawbone, humming in delight as her scent nearly spirals me out of control. "I want to be," I

"That's not a lie."

not. And I will never lie to you again."

we need to get a move on. We should have left hours

arms right now and I feel the way her love trickles through to me even as she tries to hold it back as best

of worry, and my heart seizes. I never want to make her doubt a word I say, and I know damn well she

I tell her as she slides out of my arms, pressing

you promise you will come

I say, sounding cocky, but it's damn true. I always come back. Fighting is my specialty and there is no being better than me at it. She nods, stepping back

lunge forward, pressing a kiss to her lips before I tear away and pause at the door, looking back once more and give her

I know." She groans as I pull the

me. Percy gives me a knowing

reaching out for my neck. "You weren't kidding. Look at

pretending to be mad, but I can't help the huge grin on my

brother." He says gently, "I only wish I could find a mate to make me as happy as

will find her and she will be a bigger handful

amazing as I am?" He teases and I

so." I mumble as we break

other than possible magic. Flames are easy for any of the council members here other than Caspian

canister. I place my hands over my eyes, shielding

confirms, and my

"Shit." I grumble.

out all the fire people like the Dragons, wizards and

rules out no one." I scoff. "You don't leave shit like that behind unless you want it found. And you don't want evidence found unless you are trying to aim people in the other

wolves. Because they don't give

I exhale. "There

the forest,

toward it being the red-eyed freaks."