The Lykan King Stolen Mate

atted with blood, their snarling mouths now frozen in death. The sounds of the battle still echoed in her mind, the sn

olden eyes glowing in the dim moonlight. His broad chest rose and fell with slow, controlled breaths, but there was a

e. His clothes had been shredded from the shift, leaving only remnants of dark fabric clinging to his muscular fra

forcing herself to loo

Frank murmured, his voic

s burned.

. "Lying already? Not the b

ing the way heat licked through her

g a hand through his

renaline. "You just killed those wolves like they w

eren't wolves, Adele. They were rogu

rified voice in her head that knew he was right. "And

en eyes burning with something

're mine," h

breath

spond, a branch sna

ipped around, h

herself against the tree. "W

scanning the shadows. After a long mo

" he said. "But we

ated. "And

without another word

rasp. "No! Stop grabbing me li

rowl. "Then stop maki

ing anywher

tay here? Where the rogues will ke

falt

"I get it, Adele. You're scared. You don't trust me." His voice softened,

er fists. "I don

itched. "Then l

ld argue, he g

moment their skin touched

t heat-it was

unbreakable, sna

ght. "What...

ed with satisfactio

ll away, but hi

ed. "You can fight it. You can d

ody trembled. "T

rk faded. "

lifted her into his arms and

ycan

rney wa

unnatural speed, his strides smooth and controlled. Adele had given

used on where he

rged with something ancient. The trees were taller, their canopies so dense that ba

they emerged f

breath

s blending seamlessly with the land. Tall stone towers rose above

ng like the

ng older. Some

m," Frank murmure

shiv

rchway, where guards stood at attenti

as Frank

one of th

pulse

ugh the city, past winding streets and curious stares, unti

wung open b

nally setting Adele dow

eath coming in sharp gasp

d. "I did me

were just some... rogue Alpha or s

"Would that have

t just makes this

golden eyes gleaming.

sh

ou time to adjust. But k

belong in Hollowbrook. Not in some

" Frank

owled.

Then tell me something, Adele." His voice was soft but

throat t

t?" she w

gers brushing her wrist-ri

he pull. The fire in your veins t

breath

id fe

always

from hers. "You're one of us, A

ted to

nted t

ul, she knew... He was right. And she didn't

eart pounded as she stared at Frank, his golden eyes unwavering as they studied

, Adele. And you

ad always felt... off. A restlessness, a sense of not belonging. She had never spoken of it, nev

e raw electricity between them, s

ky step backward

hed a bro

sharp despite the tremor beneath it

his voice dropping to a low murmur. "Then explain w

e fr

rom fear, but from something els

, as if listening. Then, he sm

t you're talking

is dark hair. "You can deny it all you

r fists. "And wha

ust human," Frank said. "And wheth

stomach

i

shoved the feeling aside. "I don't belong he

re you were running for your lif

hesi

ued, his voice dark and smooth like silk. "Yo

ed. "What are

burned. "I'm sayin

ine. "That doesn't make s

of who

breath

ing just slightly. "I'll explain eve

ou expect me to sleep here?

er go back outside and take

that he ha

and staircase. "Come on. I

stone archways and intricate carvings that looked centuries old. The deeper they walk

door. He pushed it open, revealing a bedroom

ce casting flickering light against the walls, and large windows overlooking

ide cautiously. "

dded. "F

e him. "And you?

lightly. "Are you wor

scowle

be close. If you

won

s golden eyes gle

, he turned and walked out,

gripping the bedpost as the weigh

. In a Lycan

orst

ure she want

w in th

ke with

sharp and uneven. The room was si

res

straining he

cr

ulse

ndow. The curtains billowed softly, the g

oment she

ure m

, her breath catc

s there. W

ould scream, a dee

't belon

blood

th

gure v

haking. She rushed to the door, wrenchi

glowing in the dim

d. "There was... so

ion darkened in

the window. "T

ooked, the win

g but

ach twisted.

is presence commanding. He inh

meone here,"

stilled. "You c

den eyes burning. "An

, his hands curling in

efore she could think. "W

onto hers. "To find

ammed against he

ch unexpectedly gentle. "I won't let

the night. Adele stood there, trembling. Someone had been watching her. And for the first time since she arrived