Page 50 of The Unwanted Mate of the Lycan Kings
“Shadow is a little preoccupied.Lyon called him for breakfast, so how about I feed you yours,” Zeke taunts as he reaches for me.
I grit my teeth, swinging the pillow as hard as I can.It smacks him straight under the chin and across his face.He groans, his head whipping back as he stumbles, not expecting the force, and quite frankly, neither was I.But I don’t waste time gaping at him.No, I jump off the bed and run for the door.
My bare feet slap the hard, cold floors, and I nearly slip on the huge oval rug that takes up most of the room.My shoulder hits the door, and it bursts open.I’m thrown forward, and I grab the doorframe to stop me from sprawling across the hall floor.Just as I twist to head for the doors, I remember the way they locked behind me last night, and in desperation to get away from Zeke, I turn in the opposite direction.I should be in Regan’s room for breakfast soon, and surely he will stop Zeke from whatever brutality he plans to inflict.
Zeke snarl behind me as he realizes where I’m going.
The hair on the back of my neck stands up, but I don’t risk slowing down to glance over my shoulder.Every second wasted makes it easier for him to catch me.Instead, I run for Regan’s bedroom door while praying he left it unlocked.My pounding feet echo so loud in the empty hallway, but with Zeke’s lycan abilities, it will take him no time to catch me.
Halfway to Regan’s room, I hear Zeke burst through my bedroom door and skid across the hall, slamming into the wall with deadly force.He growls furiously, gets to his feet, and chases after me.
The vicious look on his face makes my heart feel like it is about to leap out of my chest.Regan’s door is so close, but just as I lunge for the handle, it flies open.
A gasp escapes me as Regan fills the open door, and I try to stop before crashing into his wide chest, but my feet slide against the slick wood flooring.
Regan’s eyes blaze as he takes me in, and when he sees Zeke barreling after me, an angry growl sharpens his features.
If he’s mad that I’m here too early, he has to know it’s not by choice, but I don’t have a second to explain myself before collidingwith Regan.He’s thrown back with the full force of my weight as I topple into him, and I clench my eyes shut, waiting for the inevitable pain.
Regan gasps as we go down, his hands grabbing my waist as his head bounces off the floor, and he grunts as I knock the air out of him.
Zirah 1!King Regan 0!
I push up off Regan’s chest, and he turns his head, looking out the door.He clenches his teeth, and I move to crawl off him, but his hands remain firm, and he pulls me back to him with a low growl.
“No, please,” I cry, my eyes going wide when he stops me from escaping.After all the fuss over making rules that keep me safe, he is going to hand me over to his brother.Zeke snarls as he comes to a stop just in the doorway, and I freeze in place at the sound of his voice.
“Good catch, brother,” he drawls, leaning against the doorway as he looks at the two of us.I turn my pleading gaze back to Regan.He presses his lips in a line, and his fingers dig into my hips.
Zeke pushes away from the doorframe and leans down, then grabs my arm.My fingers dig into Regan’s shoulder.I’d much rather take my chances with Regan than go with Zeke.
“Zeke, what are you doing?”Regan asks with a sigh, sounding bored.My eyes remain on Regan, and he presses his lips in a line and stares up at the ceiling.
“Well I was going to make her suck my cock, but since she has gone and woken you up, I think it’s only fair you get to join us too.”Zeke grips my face with one hand and tilts my chin up to look at him.I glare at him, and tears burn the backs of my eyes, but I refuse to let him see me cry.This man does not deserve my tears.
“But you did make me chase you,” Zeke muses, sweeping his thumb across my lips.He clicks his tongue and shoves my face away.“But since I’m feeling generous, brother, which do you want, her ass or her mouth?”Zeke asks while yanking my arm.
If he thinks I will go easily, he is sadly mistaken.My hand connects with the side of his face with a loud clap, and his sharp teeth slice into his lip.He growls, letting me go and wiping his lip with his thumb.His blood smears across it, and his eyes turn pitch black.Helicks the blood from his skin and runs his tongue over the small slice.
“Oh, you’ll fucking hurt for that!”Zeke’s threat hangs thickly in the air between us, and I feel that cold fear growing stronger.He leans down and curls his clawed fingers around my ankle, piercing my skin as he tries to tug me from his brother’s hold.I grab Regan’s shoulders in desperation, peering down and meeting his dark eyes.
For just a moment, Regan’s grip eases, and I know he’s going to hand me over, but his eyes darken, and a growl rumbles low in his chest.Regan’s fingers dig into my soft skin harder, holding me in place.
In a battle of dominance, Zeke’s grip grows impossibly tight, and I cry out as pain slices through my ankle.Tears well up in my eyes, but I don’t look away from Regan.When Zeke’s sharp claws scrape bone, the pain suddenly steals my breath.
In a weak attempt to free myself, I kick with my free leg, but Regan moves beneath me, and his feral growl makes Zeke freeze.I look at Regan, but it isn’t him who is growling.
Gnash prowls toward us, each step calculating as he sizes up Zeke.His pure white fur is hackled up, and his shoulders drop as he snarls, snapping his teeth at Zeke.
Chapter 26
Zeke immediately lets me go just as Regan sits up with me inhis lap.I move around and pull my knees closer to look at the wounds on my ankle.
My blood spills onto the floor, and five deep piercing holes ooze bright red blood, staining my foot and the floor.Just moving it makes pain twinge through my ankle and up my leg.
“Fine, I’m going, Gnash.Settle down, boy.I was just mucking around with her,” Zeke snarls, and I feel fur brush my arm as Gnash steps over my other leg and pauses beside me, teeth bared and growling at Zeke.
Zeke reaches for the door handle, giving me one last look of disgust as he strides out.Gnash lunges at him just as he slams the door shut, and the wolf leaps onto his hindlegs, pawing at the door, leaving deep gouges in the thick wood.
