Traded To The Lycan King by MG Wattsons

"Hayes!" I call out, running toward him. "Where is he?"

He shifts back into his human form, looking past me to Penny as he waves to her to come to him.

"I have to get back to him. Where is Percy? I need both he and Penny." He rushes out. There is a frantic nature to the way he searches for the two of them, as he tries to be respectful of me while trying to get around me.

"Percy isn't well enough to go anywhere." I tell him, not really wanting to get into the details right now.

"Fuck." He growls both hands in his head as panic overwhelms him.

"I will go in his place," I offer and he shakes his head like it's the craziest thing he has ever heard in his life.

"No. You have to go back and-"

"And what? Cower and wait in the room and hope nothing terrible happens? No!" I growl, cutting him off. "I will absolutely NOT be doing that. There is no stopping me. You are taking my protection, besides I will only follow you if you try to leave me."

Hayes frowns and drags a hand down his face before he nods.

"I don't have time to argue," he grits out as Penny rushes toward him. "But I am begging you to stay, Luna. Please." he says, looking at me.

"Not a chance in hell." I tell him.

I know I am being difficult, but damn it, if the jerk controlling all these wolves wants me, they can have me as long as they don't hurt Merikh. Whoever this is, whatever they want to do with me, I know Merikh can figure out a way to fix it, but only if he is alive and safe.

"Colette..." Caspian's voice is wary as he looks at me and I push past Hayes, running in the direction he came from.

"This way, right?" I ask, breaking into a run and I hear them arguing behind me, then I hear them running. Penny and Hayes break into their Lycan form. I shift into my wolf and my father...well hopeful he left his sea legs in the mansion because he is going to have to keep up.

The entire time I run, my heart is in my throat, every stride feels too short and every second too long. What happened? What can I expect to walk into? I have nothing and know nothing about what I am walking into. There wasn't any time to waste. Merikh needs help now, not after a quick debrief or an argument where I would just end up coming, anyway.

I glance over my shoulder, shocked that my dad, though always behind us, is maintaining a decent pace and keeping us in view. I don't know how long we run. It feels like hours until my wolf suddenly whimpers and I trip, tumbling over as I turn into my human form. I look to the side, seeing Penny, who looks at herself in shock and meets my eyes.

she...retreated." she says, looking at Hayes in

alert. He scans the woods,

Penny. And a pair of shorts at Hayes. Not that I care about my naked state right now. I have more pressing issues. Like a Lycan

are we looking for?" Penny whispers and Hayes takes a step

I strain my ears, trying to hear

it as it trickles through the roots of the trees and feeds the leaves. The water

feeling like it's

my hand, keeping me steady.

ask

that all I can do is think about fucking water. Where it's at, where it's going. Then I feel the water quiver. Like a ripple in a calm lake. I freeze, my head snapping to my right

tells Hayes and Penny,

were heading this way when I left him." Hayes says, looking

it too. Something big is

is." Hayes straightens his shoulders and looks at

follow suit,

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my frantic heartbeat. My stomach falls and I come to an abrupt halt when see the massive thing throw an enormous balled up fist, striking Merikh across the face. He flies into a tree, his

launches himself onto the back of one, trying to stomp on his brother, and Penny distracts the other. Merikh

are those?" I ask Caspian, who gapes

admits. "They kind of look like

and he frowns. "Those are real

deep thought. "No, I've never known those to be a real

He looks up at me, but quickly stands rushing back in as my eyes find Merikh, frozen in place, as he blinks at me in utter shock. He looks awful. Blood is dripping from his hairline

feels light, like I'm in a dream that none of this is real. How can it be? These beasts aren't supposed to exist and Merikh is

Merikh is lifted and hammered into the ground like a rag doll. I gasp when

and my body grows warm, a flame of anger raging inside me as I

is bent awkwardly and I can see how his leg seems to look segmented, like the only thing holding it together is the muscles and flesh that could tear at

growl, my chest aching in fear as I

determined look, like he is trying to tell me he's got this, but I am sick of sitting around and waiting to be rescued. I am tired of constantly hiding who I am, who I have always been.