Traded To The Lycan King by MG Wattsons

Chapter 24

"Merikh POV

I lounge back in the chair on the deck, taking in the clear sky above me, showcasing the stars and the waning moon. My whole body feels like it's vibrating with every emotion. Rage, guilt, betrayal. All of them meld together, ripping through my mental state like nothing I've felt before.

"So you did it, huh?" Hayes says, approaching me from behind. I roll my eyes, knowing I should have expected him and his usual confrontations. It's what makes him such a great beta. That and I can't kill him off for his honesty,

"Hello to you too, brother." I grumble.

I ignore him as he takes a seat next to me, sighing heavily, keeping my eyes trained on the sky.

"So how did she take it?" he asks, and I scoff.

How did she take it? Not fucking well. That's for sure. Hell, the more I think about it, the more I try to convince myself I didn't see how hurt she was. How betrayed she was. But I need to get used to that look, and the feeling it carves into my s

"I think.. I exhale, looking over at him finally, "I think I broke her heart."

"Of course you did, Merikh. You took her options away." He says like she ever actually had any.

"What option? Could you explain what exactly I took from her?"

"Well, her choice, for starters.

"We both know that the blood oath is entirely reversible." I grumble. "I took nothing from her, I just delayed it."

"We know that, but she doesn't. How can she when you refuse to tell her you guys are second chance mates?"

"Colette agreed to this. Okay? She agreed to being Luna and take my mark one day." I say, sitting up and swinging to face him.

soul.

"Yes, but she meant being marked. Not the blood oath that you use on a top warrior or someone you have to keep close."

"Damn it, Hayes" I growl. "Without this oath blocking the pull to her, I will lose control! It's intoxicating, SHE is intoxicating. I want to claim her. Shit, more than I wanted to claim Lauren. It's like a festering inside my chest, like a fucking infection that keeps growing. There is no antidote or cutting it out. But this oath, it's a bandaid. It buys me time, it's to keep me sane,"

"Buys you

time for what?" He scoffs.

"To figure out what the hell to do next!" I stand abruptly.

You should have just told her you are second chance mates, so that she knows the oath can be broken when you mark her."

"I want a mate I can trust!" I roar, my chest pinching at the memory of Colette kissing Grady. The moment my trust for her shattered. "How does telling her prove this I can trust her?"

"Forcing that trust isn't real trust." Hayes says softly and I chuckle dryly

choosers," I mutter, annoyed, looking

You don't have to

shouldn't have to

having a pity party yet?" Hayes says, his voice firm, like he is fed up

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away before turning and grabbing him by the collar. "Hayes, it is my job to take care of this pack My job to finish what father tried to fix before MY MATE fucking killed him with her vampire lover." I release him, but I stay in his face, making sure he understands the shit

bitch who had told me the night before she wanted to carry my pups. It wasn't Hayes who had to step up and keep his shit together

this. Lauren had planted seeds, and they bloomed into black blossoms of doubt overnight after being watered with our father's blood. "Merikh, dad's death is not on

have ever been, and the werewolves exposed to the fucking other supernatural asstards that can use them how they please. This isn't a pity party.

her into an oath where she can't backstab you, while you use her to get your way with the committee, is going to

"I need

disappointed in me. "You wanted her to be forced to stay by your

her wouldn't have the same effect?" 1

his hand over

big brother, truly. And you have done so much for our pack and you are sacrificing so much to do what you think is best..But you are on the path to messing this up beyond repair" I

mutter and

smooth this over before your committee meeting" He says,

do you suppose I do

tell Colette you are second chance mates. Go tell her why she is so important. Tell the

knowing her past." I bite out. "We need

need is a unified front, not one that is fake. You don't want to tell her all of that yet? Fine. But the oath is already in

more of dad in him every day. Hayes has the heart of our mother and the wise words of our father. The combination always brings me comfort after pissing me off first. So instead of taking his advice into

in my pocket. "Okay, I will tell her what she is

eye grow wide and then he

a chat when you are done. I have to know how she responds. Do you think she will slap you?" He teases and I frown. From a wise father like figure to idiot brother in ten

back to the room is anxiety ridden, my lycan pouting in my mind, still angry with me for doing what I did.

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ache in my chest to hold her. Such conflicting emotions are becoming

door open. Colette looks up at me from her spot on the ground, sitting with her back against the bed and her eyes red and raw. There are no tears anymore, only the residue from the ones that

speak with you." I swallow,

a choice?" She

nod, giving her the ability to push me the way

she asks, her

you. If you want me to mark you."

a maid, but I know things.

there are loopholes," I remind her

my second chance mate, and I can't do that with the oath

can find you." I swallow, my

suppose. She

felt the pull, didn't you?