Filed To Story: Traded To The Lycan King Novel (Colette & Merikh) by MG Wattsons
I rush to him, Penny fighting with him as he struggles, tears running down her cheeks. I drop to my knees, hesitating for only a moment before I reach out and grab his face, making sure I meet his eyes. “You will fight this, Percy.” I growl out, putting everything I have into trying to see if I have a voice that can command others like Merikh. His eyes fall closed and they blink back open, his lycan black eyes coming forward before morphing back into their usual color.
“Luna…” He rasps out. “Th-they want to talk to you.”
His throat bobs, his eyes rolling back into his head like he is fainting before they pop back. They don’t change color, nor does he try to fight against Penny, who is quietly crying and holding him.
I stand and take a deep breath, preparing myself for whatever lies these assholes are going to spew through my friend. Then I look at Penny.
“I am listening,” I tell him, squaring my shoulders. “And then kick their asses out of your head. That’s an order,
gamma.”
Penny gets off of him, stepping to me in a protective stance. She is ready for anything, but I can tell that she feels I her twin is strong enough to shake these dicks the second he allows them to deliver their message. If she didn’t, she would have remained where she was.
He pushes himself to his knees, panting as his eyes quivers and go red. He finds me, a creepy emptiness taking over his entire demeanor, as his head falls to the side, taking me in. Then a smile creeps over his lips.
“You are stronger.” Percy says, his voice melding with another that is not his own.
“And you are getting more desperate,” I retort. A cackle breaks from his lips, making Penny shudder. I touch her shoulder, knowing this can’t be easy for her to see.
“Oh, not as desperate as you are about to be, Luna Letty.” He drawls out with the melded voice. My spin tingles, my skin prickling, and I can feel it. The fear that isn’t mind creeping in and up my spine. Merikh was blocking his side of the bond, but I didn’t think to block mine from him.
“Just tell me what you have to say.” I hiss, my patience gone.
“Your mom would love to meet you,” the voice says in a voice too happy to be truthful.
“My mother is dead,” I grit out.
“Is she?” They ask and my blood grows cold. I try to reach out to Merikh, needing to feel him, to verify the emotions I am feeling so strongly are only mine, not his..
“Enough of your games,” Penny hisses.
“This is no game. No, we are too busy playing with your alpha to need any other entertainment.”
“What?” The word falls from my lips, the breath in my lungs whooshing from me. “If you touch him, I will kill you.”
“You have to find us first, Luna. And even your siren father has failed to figure us out yet,” Percy’s possessed mouth says before he gags and crawls to the toilet, vomiting violently.
I spin on my heels, racing for the door, Penny hot on my trail as I break out the bedroom door and down the hall. I can hear voices calling out to me as I sprint out the backdoor, my bare feet padding over the soft grass.
“Colette!” I hear my father screaming my name behind me, but I can’t stop, can’t even pause to beg for help as I follow my heart, hoping it will lead me where I need to go.
-Merikh! I scream through the mindlink, knowing the emotions were his and not just my own. He is in trouble. Every fiber in my body can feel it, my wolf can sense it. But yet, he doesn’t respond. “Luna! Please!” Penny calls out behind me.
I can hear her catching up to me just as I look up and I see it. A large Lycan in the distance racing toward us and my heart skips a beat until I realize it’s smaller than Merikh. Then I feel him, my mind link flooded with love, masking the other emotions as I try to make sense of what the hell is happening.
-Do not come. Stay with your father-He says, but the distress in his voice betrays him, which means I sure as shit don’t have to obey.-Promise me you will stay with Caspian-
-I promise-I shoot back at him and then I slow down, looking for my dad who catches up to me, looking concerned.
“You are coming with me,” I tell him, grabbing his hand and dragging him with me as I run.
“Where are we going?” He asks.
“To save my mate.”
“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.