Bonded to the Pack (Born to be Were) Read Free

entire
life to raise her, but now that he had found his Bond Mate Nina, she hoped her
presence would ease the pain her leaving his home would cause. Besides, once
the Bonding Ceremony was complete, they were all moving back to the little town
they had run from to protect her. In a place that small, she knew they would
see each other all the time.
    Before Lucan could say another word,
headlights illuminated the driveway and Mercy flew off the porch, racing
towards the black Dodge Charger that carried her mate home to her. He watched
as she ran, but instead of seeing the young woman she had become, he saw the
little girl she had been and his heart ached. He would sorely miss having her
in his home, but he knew that she would be well cared for by her future mate.
Alec could do nothing other than love and cherish her for the rest of her
existence; he was her Bond Mate and no other female could ever mean as much to
him as she did. The car slid to a halt and he sighed, resigned to the fact
their conversation was over. With one last sad glance over his shoulder, he walked
back into the house to give them time alone to say the hello to each other.
     
    *****
     
    Alec
saw Mercy running from the porch and hit the brakes, stopping the car in the
middle of the driveway, and parking it, barely getting out of his seat before
Mercy launched herself into his arms. “Hey, Angel,” he said, hugging her close,
his nose filling with her sweet fragrance, as he savored the feel of her in his
arms once again.
    “I missed you,” she said tilting her
face upwards so he could kiss her, frowning when she saw faint bruising across
one of his cheeks. “What happened?”she asked, taking a step back and looking concerned.
    “Pack stuff, it’s not important,” he
said, pulling her back into his arms, his lips finding hers instantly. He had
missed her more than he could have thought possible while he had been gone. His
time away only increased his determination to bond with her as soon as possible,
so she would never again have to be left behind when he dealt with pack
business back home.
    “Alec, you’re hurt, and I want to know
why,” she insisted, breaking off their kiss and trying to pull out of his arms. 
    Alec sighed tiredly. He had hoped the
dark would hide the bruising until they at least had a proper greeting out of
the way, but he should have known better. When it came to him, Mercy didn’t
miss anything. “Mercy, it was a long, lonely weekend without you, can you at
least greet me properly, before giving me a lecture?”
    “Of course,” she murmured, brushing her
lips across his quickly to appease him.
    “I don’t think so,” he chuckled, his own
lips melding to hers in a demanding kiss that left them both breathing heavily
and Mercy clinging to him to keep herself upright. Her cheeks were flushed a
pretty shade of pink, her mouth kiss swollen, and her eyes filled with desire
as he pulled back to look down upon her with a satisfied grin. It did his heart
good to know that only he could make her so flustered with just one kiss, and
he couldn’t help but feel pride that she was well and truly his for eternity. “Now
that we got that out of the way, how have you been?”
    Mercy frowned. He was trying to smoothly
move on to another subject so she wouldn’t question him about the bruising on
his face, but she was having none of it. It was bad enough he left her every
weekend, but now he was coming back with injuries that he refused to explain to
her and that made her angry. “You are not turning this around. I want to know
what happened to your face.” She placed her hands on her hips and glared,
waiting for an answer.  
    Alec shook his head at her persistence. He
had worried about her reaction the entire drive back to the mountains and now
she was doing exactly what he had feared she would do, over react. Not long ago
she would have just accepted his refusal to talk about it, but now that she had
found her werewolf side she