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.

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

after so long feels surreal, like stepping

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stranger in her own childhood home, a 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 long, I craved coming home, and now it’s like it was never my home, to begin with. I don’t belong here; this is no longer home; home wasn’t with Rhett

on my lap. “Thank you,” I tell her as she falls onto the couch beside me and flicks on

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 suddenly, my heart drops when I hear King

I whisper, turning to my mother, my fork frozen

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

me. My mother places a reassuring hand on my arm, her

the screen, framed

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real name.