Traded To The Lycan King by MG Wattsons

Chapter 18

*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.

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"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.

"No, I mean, I have feelings for you." I reiterate, and he seems skeptical.

weeks." He states, and I

slept next to me, held me when I had a nightmare and have stuck by

your

side."

tomorrow." He murmurs, a smile on his plump lips as he gently brushes them over mine. I gasp, my mouth tumbling open

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 looking from me and then back

it?" Merikh growls,

talking with his eyes and I realize he is resorting to the mindlink. Gone are the whisperings, replaced with a way to hide

to remain in control. Something terrible must have happened for him to lose

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face as he stares down his older brother before he

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ask, standing and reaching out to touch Merikh's arm. His muscles flex as he works his fist open and closed and then

of my head. "Why don't you some dinner with Penny and Percy?" He says, stepping away

in knots, as I think of all the possibilities. The only thing I can think of is they figured out who the

rather eat with you..." I admit, watching him nervously. His anger seems to melt a

a soft smile.

I haven't taken you to

say, but in truth, I would rather remain

mind linked Penny. She will meet you on the trail. Percy will be your shadow," Hayes whispers as I walk past him, and I

"Thank you, Hayes."

shoulder once more as I walk out the door, catching Merikh watching me as I leave. He smiles softly when he realizes he has been caught,

hor

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 without Merikh

my gamma gang.

doesn't take me long to make it to 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 no taking it

to escape when he makes life feel like wanted? What Merikh sees in me I will never understand. I'm

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her the news. She is going to freak out and want to help me pick out a dress and thank the heavens for

spin, looking behind me and in the shadows where Lexpect Percy to be, but again I see nothing. A strange feeling falls over me, and my

with awareness.

Something is wrong