Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 225

“If you’re hoping for Alaric’s attention, Soren, you sure will have it now,” Clyde taunts and Damian snarls, taking a few steps where Clyde is restrained and kicking him straight in the face, knocking him out cold.

Staring out at the hundreds of faces jammed in the back of these trucks like sardines in a can, I am horrified. This is bigger than we thought, we knew it was bad, the majority of these people are children and women. Only one truck held men, the other four all women and children.

“We’re gonna need some buses, we aren’t putting them back in those trucks,” I tell Damian and I see Keiren glance at us. In his arms a little boy no older than two, thumb in his mouth.

“You wanna organize it fast, we spoke to one of the driver’s, that first truck has another pick up in 30 minutes, he doesn’t arrive in time they’ll send someone looking he said.” Kieren points to the driver and I wander over to him. Stopping near him, he is drenched in blood and riddled with bullets healing slowly so I know he is a vampire by the simple fact he is still alive. “Where were you dropping your shipment?” I ask him. He laughs then chokes on his blood and I crouch down, glaring at the man before punching my claws into his chest. He gasps, eyes going wide as my claws slice through his ribs and sternum like a hot knife on butter until I find his heart. His breath starts slowing as my fingers graze it and one wrong move and he dies. He gapes down at my hand in chest.

“Answer and I may let you live?” I tell him. He sways slightly and leans heavily against the truck tire. “The Army barracks.”

1293 Voucher

he coughs out.

“What Army barracks?” I ask.

it’s not far

were you delivering there?” he wheezes, one hand moving

here to grab a few women to entertain the men,” he manages to spit

as he struggles to breathe with my

building an army; I deliver the

“And the women?”

he coughs but I’ve heard enough now and if he can deliver these people to their

GPS. “I’ve got the location here, this is in the industrial area north of the docks.” Knowing we have the location my fingers squeeze around his heart and his eyes bulge from his head as he clutches my hand,

-Aubrey-

night, so

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Chapter 225

with Soren only makes it worse. I can feel his emotions–determination, exhaustion, a hint of satisfaction–but there’s also something