Traded To The Lycan King by MG Wattsons

Chapter 3

I can feel Leslie's heated stare as I blink at Merikh trying to keep my fear at bay. With his lighthearted teasing I had almostten who I mated myself too but I see his true nature in his eyes now. The feral Alpha of

II who commands respect wherever he goes. I understand his reaction to me looking at Grady. I am his Luna, as he keeps saying. Looking at another man longingly is a slap to his face.

"I understand Alpha," I bow my head to him, trying to figure out how to do this Luna thing.

"Alpha Merikh," a man says, stepping up and whispering in his ear. He is slightly shorter than Merikh and his red hair highlights his pale face and little freckles. He looks much friendlier than his alpha.

"Colette, excuse me for just a moment," Merikh whispers in a low voice, stepping a few feet away from me to have a heated conversation with the redhead.

It takes Leslie a whole two seconds before she swoops in for another verbal assault.

"I can't believe you would be such a backstabbing cunt," she hisses, while offering smiles to those who pass and offering congratulations to me.

"I did nothing wrong," I insist, finding a little inner strength when I catch Merikh looking in my direction with curiosity in my eyes.

"If I had known he wasn't an ugly disfigured alpha, I would never have slept around so much." She mutters to herself with an irritated groan. I furrow my brows, trying to process everything she is saying. "I thought you said you were only sleeping with Grady?" I ask, my voice breaking at the mention of his name. Leslie rolls her eyes and scoffs.

"That doesn't matter. What matters is, you stole what was mine the second you found out he was attractive."

"He chose me," I tell her, shocked. Her head falls back as she laughs loudly, her sardonic tune echoing back at us.

"No one would willingly choose you. Are you that idiotic? You are a weak, simpering sorry excuse for a werewolf. You have only successfully shifted like what? Twice in three

years?" She crosses her arms over her chest waiting for an answer and embarrassment stains my face.

Leslie is right. Merikh wouldn't have accepted me if he knew my wolf hardly ever comes forward when

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beckoned. But then again I tried to tell him, so did Alpha Bentley, but he insisted he wanted me.

"Why would you even want him now?" I ask "You are pregnant with Grady's pup. Is he not good enough now?"

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"Of course he isn't." She scoffs, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "I never wanted Grady. I just knew your wanted him, so I figured why not fuck him? It was enough knowing I was destroying your preciou choose someone more powerful? This is about you, Colette, always needing a reminder of where you belong. In the dirt, at my feet," she growls out as she lunges

at

t me.

Her hand tangles in my hair as I gasp and clutch her wrist, trying to keep her from tossing me around. She

grunts in pain, her b*dy going slack and her eyes growing wide as I look up to see Merikh with his hand squeezing her

throat.

"Release my Luna. Now." He whispers menacingly.

does, he steps away from her and moving

and kicks the back of her knees, sending

He growls, squatting beside her,

heat, his hand coming to rest

what?" She shrieks, looking around for someone to save her but the hall

slanderous words than you deserved because of the treaty that was

her," Leslie stutters, her eyes filling with fear as she looks up at me. "Tell them Cole...I call her names all the time. It's our little

over my shoulder at my new mate, pondering what it will be like living with him. He seems so

and volatile the

you going to do with her?"

She has offended you too many times and in

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Where we are from, that is punishable by

my face as I swallow the dryness. Death? He wants to kill her? Leslie sobs, her hands reaching out for

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that is growing inside Leslie's womb. I shake my head, pleading, and he seems to frown. "She is pregnant," I

child?" He asks Leslie, his foot pushing

says on a whimper, a sob breaking

she isn't even sure. I feel my world spin and a hand

to him as he

and keep her and Grady away from the

silence as Merikh spins me to face him. He searches

Colette. This will be the one and only time I will allow

whisper to his chest, my eyes slowly lifting to

and you can move on and find your second chance mate, yes. But

If you wish to cry, do so now or

understand?"

mine and it feels like the air is

fingers tickle the line of my jaw and little sparks blossom on my skin, making me shiver. I

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feast is uneventful as wolves get drunk and dance while others eat their fill and I sit next to Merikh,

looks uncomfortable every time someone asks him to dance with me. After what feels like forever, Merikh stands

to thank you all for coming to celebrate this union and our new treaty, but my new Luna and

again, grow red with the implications behind his words. He pulls me

meaning is there

hands sliding around my waist as he swoops down and steals a chaste k*ss from my. lips. My first k*ss. My eyes nearly pop from my face in shock and he looks satisfied. "Come on Alpha Merikh!" The redhead from earlier hollers, "You can do

scowls at his friend and sighs heavily. I feel sick, like I am some

axis as he brushes the hair gently

cheek and, ever so tenderly, he presses his soft lips to mine. My hands find his chest, pressing gently

before closing and coming back more. forcefully. I hear nothing as I get lost in the k*ss, my b*dy responding in ways it only ever has f Just as quickly as this k*ss came on, he is tearing away from me and raising his arm, cheering like a wild man.

stay trained on me. My mouth goes dry when he undoes the top button, and I

standing, his fingers move deftly down his button-up shirt. I gulp, the mate bond we created drawing me towards him. My

those sparks we

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