Traded To The Lycan King by MG Wattsons

Chapter 27

Colette POV

The second the door opens, the air in the room changes. It grows cold and Merikh's tension is palpable on my tongue. I move closer, catching a set of crimson eyes with a dangerous glint of amusement. His tongue darts out, licking his lips after he mutters something to Merikh, and I watch his knuckles grow white as he crushes the door handle.

Pushing my anger aside, I move over to Merikh, taking his hand in mine, and sliding my other up his arm to press my body close to his while looking at his perfectly angled face. Then the man clears his throat, vying for my attention, but I refuse to give him a single moment more when Merikh is barely holding on. Instead, I press up onto my toes and drop a kiss on his

cheek.

"Come, let's rest while we can." My heart is thudding and I am certain the man staring at us can hear it, but I don't care. I can feel not only his danger but Merikh's just beneath the surface and I know he needs this save. Our pack needs him to calm himself.

"You must be the New Luna?" the person says and I glance at him briefly, taking in his appearance.

He is thinner than Merikh, and though he is tall by most standards, he is not Merikh's level of tall. His shoulders are slender and his face is thin but attractive. Again, he has nothing on the specimen of a man I am clinging to.

"I am. Is there something we can assist you with...?" I ask, leading him so I get a name.

"Johannes," He says with a slight accent and a grin on his pale lips. I listen as best I can, trying to determine what he is without needing to be told. Then he shows me his fangs and I realize he is a vampire. "Prince Royale of the Vampire clans!

“Ah, I see.” I murmur, pressing my lips into a flat, unimpressed line. "I am Colette, Luna of the Lycans and werewolves"

Merikh twitches, his hand releasing the doorknob and taking mine in his and I can feel his eyes on me as I stand tall and introduce myself.

"Mmm, you don't look like much." He says, glancing at Merikh waiting for him to take the bait, but he doesn't.

"Did you get what you needed?" Merikh asks, seeming to finally snap out of his daze. He stares Johannes down, squaring his shoulder, and I can feel the way his muscles twitch

"Your reaction was a little underwhelming, I must admit. I really hoped you would be more excited to see me❞

"Are you two friends?" I ask, trying to get a sight into what the hell this hostile energy is.

"Friends?" Johannes tastes the word, seeming to swish it around in his mouth before he gives me a devious smile. "Depends on your definition. We shared a woman, so to some that would be friendly, no?" Merikh scoffs, taking a step forward but I cling to him with every ounce of me and he clears his throat sliding me a grateful

look.

lover, whilst she was supposed to be my luna," he informs me in

Merikh. Did you really think my

coven? No. The council I

to me

fun is

council?" Merikh asks him and Johannes shakes

don't seem to take hints very well, so I will be candid with you. The council will never you let you back on it. You

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WAIT to swoop in and take your

front of Merikh in a last-ditch attempt to keep him from attacking this asshole. “You may have been able to sway a weak, unworthy woman with promises of immortality,

asshole for suggesting we would ever be as weak as Lauren. We aren't her. We aren't some weak, traitorous asshole who thinks only of herself.

Johannes. Now if you don't mind, kindly fuck right off," he says, sounding amused before he slams the

thing I know I am pinned against the closed door, Merikh looming over me with his arms on either side of my head as he

this heavy moment, but so much is said in the way he stares into my eyes, and the way my heart seems to match his beat after skipping a few. Then

more genuine emotions than I have seen from

so upset about seeing the man who made his life a living hell. I hate knowing that these emotions, his need to

He whispers, his voice

what?" I

standing up straight. His emerald eyes search me, looking into the depths of my soul,

"Mean what?"

his mom to say yes over some huge gift he asked for and I tilt my

matter how angry I am with you, Merikh, you

at that moment, the way his eyes soften and

choosing us." He whispers, his hand covering my and dragging it away

want to tell him it's fine and that I forgive him, but the truth is. I have changed since coming to our pack, since choosing this as my path. The

OVLT INC.

am the Lycan Queen and it's about damn

"His eyes...

changing the

vampire royals all have crimson red

the woods, trying to pinpoint the color of red in their hollow