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.”

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

choke out, tears streaming down my face. “Why are you doing this?”

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to cling to consciousness, to

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side of my face, my fingers gently prod the slick area

yet my ear burns the most.

so that I am forced to look up at him. His eyes bore into mine with such intensity that it takes all of my willpower not to

he still answers to someone; you can love him all you want; think you can claim

try to pull away from him, but his grip only tightens, my hair pulling from my scalp painfully. My mother whimpers and 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

not to.

you

seemed hellbent on selling me to him

“He didn’t want you! He told me to find the money and that he wouldn’t take a woman as payment. I had other plans,

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