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.

lie." She says, bracing yourself

up."

with my mate." I call out and her eyes go wide

holding her close. I run my nose along her jawbone, humming in delight as her scent nearly spirals me out of control. "I

"That's not a lie."

And I will never lie

a move

to put her down. My heart is as full as my arms right now and I feel the way her love trickles

to make her doubt a word I say, and I know damn well she isn't done punishing me yet. But

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

you promise you will

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

sorted out." She says. I lunge forward, pressing a kiss to her lips before I tear away and pause at the door, looking back once more

know." She groans as I pull the

cheerfully as she and Percy slide past me. Percy gives me a knowing

damn." He says, reaching out for my neck. "You weren't kidding. Look at the fresh

his hand away, pretending to be mad, but I can't help

gently, "I only wish I could find a mate

find her and she

amazing as I am?" He teases and I

I mumble as we break into a run as we exit

find evidence or anything other than possible magic. Flames are easy for any of the council members here other than Caspian and

my eyes in a nearby tree and I look up, seeing a metallic red canister. I place my hands over my eyes, shielding them from the sun as I move closer and Hayes sighs heavily next

confirms,

"Shit." I grumble.

the fire people like the

no one." I scoff. "You don't leave shit like that behind unless you want it found. And you don't

is the red-eyed wolves. Because they don't give a shit about evidence." He reminds

I exhale. "There is that

moving deeper into the forest, with Hayes right

the red-eyed freaks." He says. "The real question is,