Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 6

Quietly sneaking up the side of the house, I stop at my sister’s bedroom window. Looking in, I see her asleep in her bed. I tap on the window before I see movement; she flicks her lamp on, squinting around the room before looking at the window. Waving at her, my sister’s mouth opens, and she becomes immediately alert before she rushes over. Ava throws her window open, and I pass her my bag, which she places on the floor before taking Valarian from me, so I can climb through the window.

“Sis!” she cries, hugging me. I inhale her scent, tears flowing down my cheeks, before pulling back to look at her. She clutches her mouth before a sob escapes her. “I was hoping you would come back.” She looks at the baby. “He’s beautiful,” she chokes out.

I gently close the window, and she hugs Valarian close, smelling his tiny head. I am soaked, my hair dripping from ne rain.

“Gosh, I have missed you. Dad wouldn’t let me look for you; he has me on a tight leash,” she says, tears streaking down her

cheeks.

“Grab some dry clothes, take whatever you want,” she whispers while pointing at her dresser, and I rummage through her drawers. I find some warm clothes trying to be quiet, so I don’t wake my parents down the hall. Putting on

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some of her pajamas, I have to roll the pants to hold them up. My sister watches me before she breaks down again.

“You’re so skinny,” she sobs, sitting on her bed and looking at my body. She is right. You could see most of my ribs, my hip bones jutting out, I had lost so much weight, and this is the smallest I have ever been.

“I’m fine, Ava. I’m okay,” I try to reassure her. But she shakes her head, looking at my son rocking him. Rummaging through my bag, I retrieve him a diaper. Thankfully, between my shirt and the blanket that’s wrapped around him, he was able to stay dry.

She moves over, leaning on the wall, and watches my son fáll asleep in her arms. I sit next to her, laying my head down on her shoulder before breaking down. Ava tries to soothe me, and I can feel her crying silently beside me. How things had changed, Ava was my best friend, and I loved being her sister. It is almost impossible to beat a sister bond, someone who knows your hardships, knows what it is like to grow up wit! the parents you have, someone who shares every milestone with you and every heartbreak.

I missed having someone to talk to. The only interaction I’d had were judgmental glares or a few words to show their disgust of me. Nobody asked anymore how I was, nobody cared, and I was stupid enough to believe Beta Marcus would be able to help, stupid enough to think my mate would accept

me.

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I ask her, and she shakes

for a divorce when he kicked you out. But you know mom, she would never

weakened them, two souls, together, or that’s how it is supposed to be. I wasn’t looking forward to the rest of my life feeling my mate whenever he was

forward to raising our son on my own or being alone.

and grab his formula before realizing I

my son to me before grabbing his

“How much?”

cries out loudly. I try to muffle the noise

quickly closes the door before it is thrown open and bangs against the wall, causing Valarian to scream even louder. My father walks in. He looks at me. A growl escapes him, and I cower away from him; my sister

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of the way before stalking toward me. “Please, Dad, please,” I beg. He grabs my hair, and I scream, and so does the baby in my arms as I try not to drop him. My reflexes want to pull his hands away. Instead, I hold

sister starts screaming frantically before I hear feet slapping on the

Mom, please,” I beg her when she rushes in, her mouth open in shock as my father starts dragging me toward the front door

“John, please let her go; she

the hall to the front of the house. “Dad, please, it is raining outside,” Av begs our father. My mother is also frantically trying to stop him. My father does not care; he growls at them,

daughter, please,” she begs, tears in her eyes

my daughter,” he growls, his canines

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no, I will not have a rogue whore for a daughter,” he screams, his face turning red in his anger.

Please, Dad, he is your grandson,” I choke out. He growls at

He will get sick, just one night, then I will leave,”

behind him. “John, at least let me take him, let me take my Grandson,” my mother cries. He lets me go looking down at my son before staring at my

aren’t welcome here,” he says before walking off. My mother rushes over