Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 15

My mind instantly goes to thinking Rhett has caught me for half a second. I tense up as I’m forcefully pulled into a nearby alleyway. I let out a shaky breath when I realize it is not him, but someone else. However, that relief is short–lived when I see the angry look on his face.

The man’s appearance is intimidating–tall, broad, and covered in tattoos–and he’s accompanied by a group of equally scary–looking men, all dressed in black with strange emblems on their shirts. I swear I’ve seen those symbols before, but I can’t place them. Their auras are stronger than I would have expected, even for warriors, and it’s odd, given that I have alpha blood running through my veins.

The man’s grip on my arm tightens as he leans in and sniffs me, his hot breath sending shivers down my spine. I stare at him with wide eyes. “Who are you?” he demands, his voice low and dangerous. Goosebumps instantly rise on my body as his aura washes over me.

“I–I’m just passing through,” I stutter, trying to pull away from him. But his hold only tightens, making it clear that he has no intention of letting me go anytime soon.

“Passing through? To where?” the man growls. “What brings you to our town?”

“I… I have family here,” I reply, hoping that will satisfy him and make him release me.

But the man doesn’t seem convinced.

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with his companions before turning back. to me. “We don’t take kindly to outsiders here.

giving him my grandmother’s last name instead. “My name is Brielle,” I lie, trying to keep my voice steady.

he asks, his eyes

part of any pack,”

believe me.

can see his mind working, trying to decide whether to trust me. “You’ve trespassed on our territory,” he growls but the other men behind him are stepping closer and I feel the air in my lungs freeze.

explain, my heart pounding in my chest. “I just

to breathe. One of them, a woman with

this one with a shaved head and a silver hoop earring, chimes

know the name of the pack in this territory. Tell us.”

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from a pack. I don’t even know what pack I’ve stumbled into,” and I didn’t. As far as I knew, Grandma lived in no–man’s–land, rogue territory that is owned by the King but no packs reside here; she never

Whispering Pines, you’re in the Lycan King’s kingdom, only those council approved are allowed here, no pack occupants only the King’s pack,” he answers, still watching me closely.

I ask, I didn’t realize he had a pack I thought

different species but we still live

that far removed from ours. We are mutts compared to them but also similar in some sense since werewolves muddied the blood of Lycans. But now I recognize those patches on their uniforms, they are the same as the badges on the men in suits when I ran into Soren and Max