Traded To The Lycan King

Caspian enters the kitchen looking a little better than he had when he arrived. He rummages in the fridge looking for anything he can find to eat as I sit with a cup of warm tea, waiting for Colette to get back.

"How are Hayes and his mate?" He asks as he closes the fridge door.

I shrug. “As good as can be, I suppose we are lucky that Colette and I arrived when we did."

"Did you have as warm of a welcome as I did?" He asks, walking over with a pint of ice cream and a spoon. I arch a brow, watching him with curiosity. "Ice cream?" I ask him skeptically and he just stares at me as he opens it and spoons a bite in.

"There are many things I love about being up here. This is one of those things." He explains as the front door opens. I stand up, waiting anxiously for Colette to walk through, even though I know with every fiber that it is for sure her. But that doesn't matter. There is nothing better than physically being able to have eyes on her.

"We came as fast as we could." She says, a soft exhale when she meets my gaze, her body relaxing as she moves to me as I lift my arms. She melts into me, her embrace feeling like home as I fill my lungs with her scent.

"Are you okay?" Melody asks Caspian as she moves past me.

My lips find the top of Colette's head before I look up to watch Caspian look up from his ice cream with a look of surprise on his face, spoon in his mouth.

“Me?" He asks, removing it and swallowing roughly.

"Yes,"

“Uh, I'm okay. Nothing I couldn't handle." He says, sounding like he is trying to boast. I shoot him an amused look, and he clears his throat. "Elm is here, Colette."

She breaks our embrace too soon, as I slip my arm around her back, seeking her touch at every turn.

“Is he still here? What did he say" She asks, looking around for him.

"He will be back." Caspian says. "Right now, he is with Hayes and Leandra, trying to help them."

"What is wrong with Hayes and Leandra?" Colette breaks in, her eyes wide with concern.

exhale, shooting a

torturing her. Lily still has a fragment of a hold on Leandra and through the mate bond

grows pale and I can feel her worry through the bond as

Percy?" She whispers, as if it is a thought

would be a lie if I

know where Giselle is, and now we know where Lily is and heavens willing, she will

entering the kitchen with a grim look on his face as he meets

remind him. "With you

be rude, but wolves are much easier for her to control and since she has had them under her spell for so long, it

needs to be dead, Elm." I grit out, striding toward him with a glare. Elms scowls at me as he crosses his arms over his chest

throat." He shoots back at me, his eyes filled with annoyance. “There is a process when it comes to magic.” "You all were so fucking opposed to a hybrid existing and yet you can maintain this level of magic and power with no one checking in on your kind?" "Our kind has never been one with temperament issues or

done with the excuses and the blame. This whole fucking war started because of Colette's existence, or so everyone keeps saying, but the truth is his

traitorous-" Colette steps between us, stepping me back away from Elm as she turns and

matters is defeating Giselle and restoring everyone who needs it from

says. "The hold on those under her spell will release, and she will lose the majority of

together as I think and look around the

her." I say after a moment of

says anything, but their eyes skirting around to each other clues me

look for

time to recuperate

the big fight that is inevitable. If releasing Lily can buy us just a few hours, then we need to take what

but he seems less

we can maintain our element of surprise and then, when we are ready, launch our own attack?" “Aren't we better off with her coming to us?" Melody asks. “Isn't the whole plan to make her go berserk and

follow her?" Elm

her go and just allow her to be free. When the moment comes