Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 134

My phone buzzes in my pocket, and I pull it out to find Soren’s name on the screen. I answer quickly, needing to hear his voice. “Bree?” he says, concern lacing his tone.

“My dad is in an induced coma,” I reply, trying to keep my voice steady.

“What hospital?” he asks, urgency creeping into his voice.

“Blackwood Hospital.”

“I will head there straight after my meeting tomorrow,” he tells me. I sigh.

“No, I will be back in a few days,” I say, the weariness of the day creeping into my voice. “Then we need to talk, Soren. I have to tell you something.”

“Okay, and yes we do,” he replies, his voice calming me even amidst the chaos.

As I hang up, I know I can’t keep my secrets hidden for much longer. But for now, I focus on my father, hoping for a sign of life, a sign that he’ll pull through.

of the television casting shadows in the dim room. The living room is filled with familiar yet distant memories, the worn–out floral wallpaper

so long feels surreal, like stepping

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place that once held warmth and comfort now feels foreign and distant, as if it belongs to someone else’s past, not my own; for so

lap. “Thank you,” I tell her as she falls onto the

eat the dinner she made me. It used to be one of my favorite dishes, but now it tastes bland. Isn’t it strange how something can lose its taste when the memory of it changes or becomes tainted? In the background, the news anchor’s voice drones on, a constant hum in the background, until

just say Aubrey of Blackwood Pack?” I whisper, turning to my mother, my fork frozen mid–air. She frowns, glancing at the television.

be,” she mutters, but the news anchor continues, “King Soren is not only engaged to Aubrey but she is believed to be the fated mate of Rhett Miles.” My pulse quickens as I try to process what I am seeing.

happening,” I breathe, feeling a wave of dizziness wash over me. My mother places

appears on the screen,

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my real name.