Filed To Story: Traded To The Lycan King Novel (Colette & Merikh) by MG Wattsons
“Damn it.” I groan, helping Brent to the nearest chair before I tear from the room, sprinting after Hayes.
I scream after him, only for him to ignore my every attempt, so 1 kick my speed up. I may not know how to fight, but ruming is slowly becoming my thing. Well, hiking was, but stamina is stamina, so I race toward him.
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“Hayes! Stop!” I cry out in my Luna voice, hoping the command is enough to make him stop.
But it’s not. That or he intentionally tuned me out, so he didn’t have to hear my commands. I should stop, and I should reach out to Merikh. He is the only person I know who can get through to Hayes, but he is injured and the second I say something. he will come running. I can’t risk that.
So I instead make the incredibly stupid executive decision to stick with Hayes and ensure he is safe. Two is better than one when it comes to fighting and though I don’t offer much by way of packing a punch, I can turn water on like a spout and blind a bitch if I need to. I hope I can anyway.
I follow his scent until I see him stopped and looking around in the woods, trying to figure out which way to go. He spins in a circle, growling in frustration, before cursing the moon goddess for the shit going wrong in the moment.
“Hayes.” I say, gently.
“You shouldn’t have come out here.” He hisses, stalking toward me. “Are you trying to get yourself killed?”
“Are you?” I spit at him. “Rushing out into the woods with no idea where you are going and who you are looking for? The same words. I remind you, that you were attacked in my spelled giant like things.
“I’m trying to save her. They are hurting her on purpose. He grits out.
“They are trying to lure us out and they are, yet again, winning. You are letting them win, Hayes.” I say, my eyes boring a hole into his.
“You are the one that told me to give her time, Luna. This is me trying to buy her that damn time. Please, I am begging you… help me find this bastard and end them.” His eyes are wild and his voice desperate, and I realize there is no way I can deny his heartfelt plea “Do you have any idea where they might be?” I ask him with a heavy exhale and his eyes water.
“Not yet.” He mutters.
“Then let’s start looking,” I agree. “But no telling Merikh until we are done. Deal?” I ask, and he nods in agreement. Neither of us wants Merikh out here dealing with things in his state.
person Hayes is frantic, not thinking right as he rushes through the woods, his head swinging from side to side. We know the who is controlling them is close. They have to be for Leandra to wake up from her void state. The question is, where is this person now? How close do they have to be?
It feels like an hour has gone by and Hayes is sweating, his hair a mess as he drags his hands through it for the hundredth time. No amount of telling him we will find them or to focus on looking will calm him. The poor man is distraught and crumbling with every passing second.
“Hayes,” I say, trying to get his attention as I step in front of him with my hands out. He scowls, saying nothing as he tries to step around me. I slide to the side. He is moving too, and he growls. “Enough!” he roars. “Go back to the mansion if you want to give up. I didn’t ask you to come with me.”
“I wasn’t going to suggest we stop looking.” I sigh. “I was going to suggest we split up. Cover more ground.”
He thinks about it for a second and then he pinches the bridge of his nose, shaking his head.
“No, not a chance in hell, Luna. I may be falling apart here, but I am not crazy enough to let you leave my side. You are my Luna and Merikh would literally kick my ass.”
I sigh, not really surprised or upset by his answer, but I needed him to relax, come back to his senses instead of storming through the woods like a frantic animal looking for a way out of a forest fire.
“We have been looking for an hour.” I tell him and he groans, throwing his hands up.
“I know, I know.”
“Brent has probably already broken the curse, and Leandra is lonely and terrified. We need to go back.” I say with a sympathetic smile. “Making sure she is okay is more important”
“Or you both could make another lap.” A feminine voice says, sounding amused. “I don’t mind waiting if you want to keep looking for someone you won’t find.”
I spin slowly, my eyes landing on a beautiful woman with deep brown hair and a crown made of pearls and silver. Her arms are crossed over her midnight velvet dress, a smirk on her pink lacquered lips. Her eyes are a stunning shade of orange, accented by dark mascara and eyeliner.
“Oh, I think we have found who we are looking for,” Hayes growls, moving toward her. I stop him by grabbing his arm.
I’m not sure how many strange women there are wandering around the woods out here, but before we go on the attack and kill someone, I want to make sure it’s the right someone.
No more zombie wolves, no more controlling the people we care about and want to protect. If this is Lily, if this is the bitch toying with people’s minds, I will let Hayes end her sorry existence.
“Lily..?” I whisper and she quirks an eyebrow, fear flashing in her eyes.
“I do not want to harm you.” She says and I scoff, watching as Hayes‘ fists clench, his knuckles growing white.
“I am doubtful of that, considering you have already hurt so many people.” I tell her, and she takes a step closer to me. Hayes growls, stepping between us as he glares at her, barely restraining himself and his lycan “All I want is to speak with you.” She insists. “It is urgent.”
*You want to talk to me? Fine, but my time comes at a price,” I say, shrugging and crossing my arms over my chest, taking a similar stance to hers.
“What?” Hayes whips his head to look at me like I am insane.
“Name your price then.” She says, grinning, looking both pleased and relieved at my answer.
“Release the curse on my kind.” I say, matching her grin with a snarky smile. She laughs, the sound much like a song as it echors back off the trees.
“Tam afraid I can’t do that” She shakes her head “Then we have nothing to discuss.” I tell her, “And I can let Hayes kill you to release the others.”
Hayes steps forward, his lycan breaking free before she juts her chin to a tree. A branch cracks, crashing down on Hayes. He tries to dodge it, but he isn’t quick enough as it lands on his legs. He groans in pain and I rush to him, my wolf prickling in my mind, wanting to be let out.