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.”

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

tears streaming down

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to consciousness, to fight against the

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feel something wet run down the side of my face, my fingers gently prod the slick area and

slick with blood, yet my ear burns the most. My mother shrieks

am forced to look up at him. His

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

feel sickened by his words and 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.

I would let you run off with a king and be

on selling

a woman as payment. I had

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