Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 147

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“Oh yes,” Rhett says gleefully, reveling in my distress.

“Even if they did put a bounty on me, I know Soren won’t allow it.”

Rhett’s eyes darken, a storm brewing in their depths. His jaw tightens, and I see something dangerous flash across his face. In an instant, he steps forward, closing the distance between

US.

I barely have time to register his movement before his hand connects sharply with my face. The impact is jarring, making my ears ring and sending shockwaves through my skull. Pain explodes behind my eyes, and the world tilts violently.

My legs give way beneath me, and I crumple to the ground. The cold linoleum rushes up to meet me, but I barely feel it. My vision swims, dark spots dancing at the edges.

The pain is blinding, and I can feel my eye starting to swell shut. Bianca’s cackles echo in my ears, her voice taunting me.

“Did you really think Soren would protect a traitor like you? He’s nothing but a weak king, easily swayed by the council’s wishes.”

her words, but the pain and confusion are overwhelming. Rhett stands over me, his hand still raised

streaming down my face. “Why are you

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to cling to consciousness, to fight against

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down the side of my face, my fingers

the most. My mother shrieks when I realize he has sliced my face and ear open.

and grabs me by the hair, yanking my head back so that I am forced to look up at him. His eyes bore into mine with such intensity

you want; think you can claim him?” he hisses in my ear. “I’ll kill you before I let another man have you.”

moves, but Bianca makes her freeze quickly. “Ah ah, I wouldn’t,” Bianca taunts. My mother looks at me but I shake my head the best I can,

not to.

I would let you run off with a

seemed hellbent on selling me to

a woman as payment. I had other plans, and now the only way I can go through with it

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