Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 118

Rhett grabs me by the arm and shoves me into a nearby corridor, his grip tight, his voice low and dangerous. “You’re coming home with me. You’re my mate, Bree. I won’t have you playing pretend with a king.”

Fear lances through me. “Rhett, let go.”

“You belong with me,” he growls, stepping closer, his breath hot on my face. “Not him. Is that where you’ve been hiding all this time with him, pretending to be your dead sister?”

“What did you expect after what you did?” I snap at him. “To watch you with Bianca? Fucking hurts, doesn’t it?” Rhett growls, and I try to jerk my arm from his grip.

Before I can push him away, Damian, walks in. “Everything alright here?”

Rhett loosens his grip, his expression smooths over into something resembling calm. “Yes. Bree was lost. I was just showing her her way back.”

Damian narrows his eyes, but gestures for me to come to him. “I’ll take her from here.”

back, his eyes burning into me as I walk past him, my heart racing. Damian doesn’t ask me any more questions as we

asks quietly as we

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head quickly, lying through my teeth. “No. He was

return, Soren is wraps up the conversation with Rhett. The tension in the room has lessened slightly, but I can still feel the heaviness lingering between them. Max looks up at me with his big, innocent eyes, a bright smile on his face as if the world isn’t falling apart around us.

says softly, his eyes flicking to mine, searching for something.

The last thing I need is for him to start asking questions, especially not here. Not with Rhett sitting across from us, pretending like nothing is wrong, like he hasn’t just been plotting my

“Alright. Let’s get out of here, then. Max, ready to

he jumps out of his seat, grabbing Soren’s hand. “Popcorn time!” he announces, and for a split second, his

is dimming, and the city’s lights flicker to life around us as we head toward the theater. Max is practically bouncing beside us, chatting away about the movie, his small hands gesturing excitedly as