Chapter 47
“Merikh”
“I don’t like this,” Colette says, her tongue running over her teeth as she drills me with her angry
eyes.
“Are you worried about me?” I tease her and she crosses her arms over her chest.
“Of course I am! Don’t pretend like you can’t feel it through the bond.” She growls.
She is right. I feel her fear and the way she doesn’t want me to leave her side. The way she wants
to just wrap her arms around me and keep me here. It’s damn adorable and so fucking refreshing to
know it rather than hope.
“Letty,” I say in a gentle voice, stalking toward her. She rolls her eyes, trying to be mad. “Penny and
Percy will both be here with you.”
“You stupid fool.” She sniffles. “DO you really think I care about me? It’s you that I am worried
about.”
“Am I not the Alpha of Death?” I ask her, arching a brow, and she scoffs. Her indignation only
feeding the yful side of me. “Am I not the Lycan king?”
“You are my mate above all those things.” She says and her words spear me right in the chest. Her
words surprising me as I blink at her, dumbfounded.
“Am I that important to you?” I ask her and her shoulders drop, her eyes going sad.
“Do you need me to say it as well as feel it for you to believe it?” She asks me and I nod
emphatically.
“Every day. I need you to tell me every day.”
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“I love you, and I hate you.” She says like the smart ass she is.
“Oh? and what is it you love about me?” I ask, walking toward her and rubbing up and down her
arms as she looks up at me.
“You mean what is it I hate about you?” She rivals and I smirk.
“Oh, I know why you hate me. A little all too well. What I don’t know is why you love me.”
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“Because of the mate bond,” she says, but I feel the lie, all the while watching her lip twitch.
“Interesting.” I mutter. “Do you want to see if the lie detector works for me, too?” I ask, arching a
brow, and she fights back a smile.
“Hit me with your best lie.” She says, bracing yourself as a knock sounds in the door.
“Brother, open up.” Hayes calls.
“Hold on, I’m having sex with my mate.” I call out and her eyes go wide with embarrassment.
“No, he is not!” She squeals as Iugh, scooping her up and holding her close. I run my nose along
her jawbone, humming in delight as her scent nearly spirals me out of control.
“I want to be,” I murmur and she scoffs.
“That’s not a lie.”
“No, it is not. And I will never lie to you again.” I tell her sincerely.
“Merikh, we need to get a move on. We should have left hours ago.”
I hesitate to put her down. My heart is as full as my arms right now and I feel the way her love
trickles through to me even as she tries to hold it back as best she can.
“You promise never to lie to me again?” She whispers, her eyes full of worry, and my heart seizes. I
never want to make her doubt a word I say, and I know damn well she isn’t done punishing me yet.
But I’ve learned my lesson. No more lies, not for any reason ever.
“I swear.” I tell her as she slides out of my arms, pressing her nose to mine.
“Good, and you promise you wille back?”
“Easiest promise ever.” I say, sounding cocky, but it’s damn true. I alwayse back. Fighting is
my specialty and there is no being better than me at it. She nods, stepping back and sighs.
“Good, because I have some fun punishment in mind for you once everything is all sorted out.” She
says. I lunge forward, pressing a kiss to her lips before I tear away and pause at the door, looking
back once more and give her a gentle smile. “Stay with Penny and Percy.”
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“I know, I know.” She groans as I pull the door open.
“Hey Alpha!” Penny says cheerfully as she and Percy slide past me. Percy gives me a knowing nod
and I leave them behind, finding Hayes leaning on the back wall.
“Well, damn.” He says, reaching out for my neck. “You weren’t kidding. Look at the fresh mark.”
I p his hand away, pretending to be mad, but I can’t help the huge grin on my face.
“You look happy, brother.” He says gently, “I only wish I could find a mate to make me as happy as
you are.”
“One day, Hayes. I have a feeling you will find her and she will be a bigger handful than you are.”
“You mean she will be as amazing as I am?” He teases and I snort.
“If you say so.” I mumble as we break into a run as we exit the building.
We head for where the trees were zing earlier, sniffing around and trying to find evidence or
anything other than possible magic. mes are easy for any of the council members here other
than Caspian and vampires who avoid mes.
I glint in the sun catches my eyes in a nearby tree and I look up, seeing a metallic red canister. I
ce my hands over my eyes, shielding them from the sun as I move closer and Hayes sighs
heavily next to me.
“Gas canister.” He confirms, and my stomach falls.
“Shit.” I grumble.
“Guess that rules out all the fire people like the Dragons, wizards and fae kind.”
“It rules out no one.” I scoff. “You don’t leave shit like that behind unless you want it found. And you
don’t want evidence found unless you are trying to aim people in the other direction.”
“Unless it is the red–eyed wolves. Because they don’t give a shit about evidence.” He reminds me.
“Yeah,” I exhale. “There is that option, too.”
I look around, moving deeper into the forest, with Hayes right behind me.
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“I am leaning toward it being the red–eyed freaks.” He says. “The real question is, who controlling
them?”
“That is the question of the year, Hayes.” I murmur a strange scent, catching my attention as I move
further. My lycan goes on high alert sensing something and I can sense Hayes‘ lycaning
forward as well.
“What the fuck is that smell?” he asks. I notice my vision going blurry and I realize toote we are
waltzing straight into a trap.
“Hayes, I need you to force you lycan back,” I say, doing the same to my own. He relents to me
easily as my
visiones back in full force.
“I can’t,” He growls, his head shaking from side to side as he tries to control himself. I spin on my
heels, grabbing him as his skin grows fury and I force him to look into my eyes.
“You may note out. Stay in human form,” I use my alpha voice and his lycan retreats, Hayes
gasping for air.
“What the fuck is going on?” he asks, beads of sweat on his brow.
“We are about to be attacked, and we can not use our lycans.” I whisper low enough no other ears,
but his can hear me.
“Fuck.” He mutters, dragging his hands over his face. “Lets do this shit.”
I turn slowly, trying to see deeper into the trees. But no one is there.
“You cane out.” I call out, waiting for a response but finding none. An eerie feelinges over
me, and I can feel the magic creeping up through the grass. There is no fucking way I am ying in
a magdmine without my lycan.
“We should turn around.” Hayes hisses and I nod in agreement.
“Yeah, I don’t like this.”
We turn and walk casually away from the enchanted area, my lycan growing stronger with every
step we take. I can see where the trees burned and I turn to look at Hayes, only to find he is
missing.
“Hayes,” I call out, keeping the panic from my voice as I search for him.
“Merikh!” I hear his call out, pain in his voice as I charge forward. A hand grabs my wrist and yanks
me to the
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side, and I nearly collide with him as he covers my mouth.
“They are ying tricks,” He whispers.
“Merikh!” His voice sounds again, the agony in his voice no longer hidden as I stare at my brother
and watch him shiver in fear.
“What the fuck are we dealing with exactly?” he hisses.
“Hell if I know.” I grumble, crouching down.
Then I see it. A werewolf wandering aimlessly, her mouth wide open as my name screeched from it
like a recording. My blood goes cold and Hayes grips my arm. I can sense his fear as well as I can
feel my own.
“We need to get out of here.” Hayes says firmly.
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