MATED TO THE MONSTROUS CURSED LYCAN
pte
y's
.a sharp, echoing slap. Derek groaned, doubling
ohc
asp
use everything was so wildly absurd. Was I... enjoying this? Watching
d. "Tell me, what do you want me to do to him?" His head ti
g this? I wasn'
eard my thou
aid, stepping closer, his voice dropping to a wh
h
k what he meant, guard
away!" he
is head lolled to the side, his body weak and limp.
a flame, the masked Lycan turned towa
" he growled. He gripped my
breath caugh
mmered, my feet instinc
dn't
wasn't just cold now. It was... wounde
d, words stru
. Emm
through me beneath the mask. "Don
t like that, something in me shifted. My heart ached a
d me blurred. My stomach lurched. My
ceilings. Shadows. We wer
chest heaved. "I hate this,"
ur home," he said,
ispered, bli
wered simply.
, I saw his eyes beneath the mask...stormy silver,
st," he sa
o...I'm not!" I snapped and spun away, but then paused. "Stop
et used to it. I'll do
ched. I wante
oice low, warning. "Don't try anything stu
gainst the wall, one hand beside
heart beati
me," he said, echoing the thought
his wa
gerously close. "But don't fall for me. You have one
h my hair. I stilled completely
can king I'd imagined. This was something e
he sudde
woman r
repared room. She'
, almost shri
unreadable behind the mask. "Yo
the bride. So now, you
lked away, his dark cloak s
Maid? Again? A
mentioned my
he f
oice echoed be
unished later for
ed. He was right in
appear like that," I mu
amazing." He t
k. That's her punishment for today.
oke, he van
id, eyeing me with a sligh
whispered. "Nic
Come. We've g
tly, my stomach sin
s to wash those plate
ed. "Are you
diculous, never-ending
suicide!
ey," she s
e heard a ho
ushe
, faces down. One was l
were soa
t for a second, what he re
re me again, eye
east. Block your heart. Obey or
eyes as he dis
tered like lea
ne said, her voice
nk, my hands trembling as
ice... asking him to hel
d after Selene
asked, gl
the bride removes th
pa
removed... he dies.
at
odded. "Comp
ving that revelatio
ape, I just need to remove thos
o kill me," a voice
ate, but strong arms caught m
His eyes burn
orry
thoughts are loud. You're disturbing
ff from me like some
ice called f
ood there,
t?" the ki
ner... he'
pered, my thro
... es
red so hard it felt like it might crack m
sliced throu
nning toward the guards. "
mmediately like
m!" one shouted o
n, my fists trem
. "Did you ever actually plan to help me?
sti
you would've secured him properly! You le
epped closer, and the air
he asked, his voice low
wn. "I know you
strils
his eyes burning red. Claws slipped from his fingertips. "I pro
. this is
..he
nd my neck. My back slammed into the cold wa
d on his lips as his
laced with dark curiosity. "Loo
nd I gasped, fingers
imself, almost amused. "What do I care?"
..I'm done putt
squeeze
ing to my eyes. My legs kicked against the grou
..." I c