Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 31

Picking up the phone, I call Damian, my most trusted guard and my mother’s son before she met my father, he is my half brother but not of noble blood since that comes from my father’s side, though she was still part of the royal families, so he is still a noble, he just hates formalities. Though my father likes to threaten to denounce me and replace my title with him, not that Damian ever would, he hates kingdom politics more than I do.

“Did you have a chance to look into Brielle?”

“Yes, all main databases, no hits but that isn’t uncommon for rogues.” He tells me.

“Well, keep digging. I need you to find out more about Brielle, the barista from the café. Discreetly. Surely, there is

something on her. Where are her parents? Which pack did she come from?”

“Understood, Your Highness, though I am not sure of her last name, Marianne did tell me but it doesn’t exist which is worrisome, she should have at least a birth certificate,” Damian responds, his tone serious.

“She gave a fake last name?” I ask curiously.

“Unsure, Marianne didn’t exactly check her credentials, Brielle told her she was a rogue and came back to look after her grandmother. Her grandmother I found records for, but hers are a dead end too, I can’t even find a listing for her daughter, who she is estranged from. I only have what I found out from

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Marianne.”

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Brielle be lying about her past? Has she purposely erased herself from the records for

There’s a promise in Damian’s

a sigh of frustration. As much as I want to gather information on Brielle, there’s also a part of me

roam around the room, falling on a photo of my late wife and our son. The pain still feels fresh, raw. She was taken too soon, and the void she left behind is too gaping to fill. My heart

mysterious barista who has been taking such good care of my son. Despite the cloud of suspicion looming over her now, I cannot deny the connection I feel towards her. It’s not just physical, it’s

head to clear my thoughts, I need to stay focused. It’s not fair to compare anyone to my late wife, and it‘ s not wise

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glance at the clock, I have an appointment

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zoom call.

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king blending into the background of my thoughts. When my phone rings, it’s Damian. “Your Highness, I’ve found some information,” he reports. “She is here looking after her grandmother as she claims,

ask, and he hesitates. “Yes, like she was hiding something. I was going to order her to answer, but I worried I may

I

registered with the council, my king. Now that is making me worry that she may be running from someone, I also put her name in the database, her

but be careful.

“She is no threat, I don’t want her running, I know this is against protocol, but I don’t believe there to be anything sinister about her, she may just be running from an abusive ex, she doesn’t give off killer vibes,” I say. “I have good

realize there were certain vibes to killers, the point