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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findings. Could Brielle be lying about her past? Has she purposely erased herself from the records for a reason that may not bode well for me or my son? “Try reaching out to other packs

I’ll find something.” There’s a promise

chair, letting out a sigh of frustration. As much as I want to gather information on Brielle, there’s

thought. My eyes 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

over her now, I cannot deny the connection I feel towards her. It’s not just physical, it’s something more profound, something

clear my thoughts, I need to stay focused. It’s not fair to compare anyone to my late wife, and it‘ s not wise to trust so blindly, especially when they might

27. 27.

and glance at the clock, I have

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find myself increasingly distracted, my duties as 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, I checked the pharmacy, and went and visited her grandmother, but

her to answer, but I worried I may

I ask.

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

and concerned. “Keep digging, but be

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

there were certain vibes to killers, the point is, we don’t know her,” says Damian,