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. An
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 r
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 h
“I enthrall you, hmm?” He stops at the foot of myfy chair.
“It’s a fun word, isn’t it?” I smile up at him innocently and I see him fighting back the yfulness he so rarely lets
loose.
“Tell me, what is it about me enthralls you, my little Luna?” he leans forward, his handsing on either side of my ears, pressing into the back of the ch
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 of his aura and th
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 unab
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.
“It’s been three weeks.” He states, and I roll my eyes.
“And for two of those three weeks you have slept next to me, held me when I had a nightmare and have stuck by my side…” I pause. “I don’t want to lea
He freezes, blinking at me. “You are sure…?”
“Yes,” I chuckle, reaching up, only hesitating for a split second before I cup his cheek. “I’ve lived more in these past three weeks than I ever did in my firs
one years.”
“We will announce you to the pack tomorrow.” He murmurs, a smile on his plump lips as he gently brushes them over mine. I gasp, my mouth tumbling o
“Tomorrow,” I mutter, lost in the warmth of his breath as it teases over my skin.
“And then I will mark you, and make you mine, officially.” He closes the distance, his mouth covering mine in a gentle k*ss, much different from the one b
“Merikh,” he says, out of breath, his eyes looking from me and then back to Merikh in rm.
“What is it?” Merikh growls, standing.
Silence falls over them. Hayes is doing a whole lot of talking with his eyes and I realize he is resorting to the mindlink. Gone are the whisperings, rece
I can feel the anger rolling off him as his skin goosebumps and he cracks his n*ck, trying to remain in control. Something terrible must have happened fo
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look on his face as he stares down his older brother before he drops his chin.
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“What is wrong?” I ask, standing and reaching out to touch Merikh’s arm. His muscles flex as he works his fist open and closed and then slowly looks do
“Nothing you need to worry about,” he mutters, dropping a k*ss on the top of my head. “Why don’t you some dinner with Penny and Percy?” He says, ste
go grab
His change in demeanor has my stomach in knots, as I think of all the possibilities. The only thing I can think of is they figured out who the mole is, and it
is feeling betrayed.
“I would rather eat with you…” I admit, watching him nervously. His anger seems to melt a little as he offers me
a soft smile.
“Maybe a walk then, since I haven’t taken you to training and your leg still needs the exercise.”
“Okay,” I say, but in truth, I would rather remain by his side.
“I’ve mind linked Penny. She will meet you on the trail. Percy will be your shadow,” Hayes whispers as I walk past him, and I nod.
“Thank you, Hayes.”
I look over my 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 caugh
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The walk through the packhouse is eerily quiet, no one enters the halls or even watches me as I slide out the side door. Not that it ismon to be stopp
without Merikh or
my gamma gang.
Thankfully it 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
mine, as of tomorrow. There is no taking it back or kicking me out once Merikh epts me.
It also means there is no escape for me, but why would I want to escape when he makes life feel like wanted? What Merikh sees in me I will never unde
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My excitement swells and I find myself walking faster to get to Penny. I can’t wait to tell her the news. She is going to freak out and want to help me pick
I look around, expecting to
havee across her by now, but I see nothing. I spin, looking behind me and in the shadows where Lexpect Percy to be, but again I see nothing. A stra
with awareness.
Something is wrong
I can feel the way it creeps up my skin, setting off rm bells in my head and I whimper, unsure of what the
hell to do. Percy is supposed to be with me somewhere hidden, and Penny can’t be too far off. f**k, I wish I had that mind link up and running right now.
“Percy?” I call out, spinning as I wring my
hands together. Where the hell is everyone? My wolf whines, making her presence known while we wait for a response. Percy doesn’t make a peep, and
in on me.
“Percy!” I hiss into the shadows of the trees, but if he is there, he doesn’t
answer me. “It’s fine, it’s probably just because I’m not used to being alone anymore… I try to reassure myself.
Then I see it, a figure moving toward me and I breathe a little easier. Until I realize it’s not the redheaded man who is supposed to be protecting me. Nor
“Shit!” I squeal as I turn and sprint up the trail and through the trees, leaping over roots and sidestepping rocks, like I do in my training sessions.
It takes longer than I’d like to admit, but I make it to the clearing at the top of the hill. Twenty more feet. I just need to make it twenty feet further for Merik
I try to crawl away, screaming out for Percy or Penny again, hoping they are close enough to hear me. But again, no onees to aid me. The person o
my arm.
At least I hit the asshole in the face. They groan in pain, falling off me with curse words and I twist, popping up as fast as I can, ready to put up a good da
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“Grady?” I ask, shocked, eyes wide now as I nce around for anyone who mighte after him. If Percy or Penny show up now he is dead man.
“Cole,” he breathes, stumbling forward and cupping my face, a massive smile on his lips like he has never been so happy “I found you,”
“What the hell are you doing here?” I hiss, ushering him as far from the ledge as I can get him..
“I came for you,” he mutters, looking confused as I pull his hand away from my face.
I frown at him, trying to grapple with the fact he is here that he is confessing he came for me. He
clings to my fingers in desperation and I let him as I scan him for injury.
“I came to save you from the alpha of death. Colette, I came to im you as mine.”
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