Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

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“We have a proposition for you.” my father says.

“Which I don’t fucking agree to,” John’s daughter says, cutting my father off.

“Ava, you will do as you’re told, now sit there and shut up,” John snaps at her, his aura rushing over her, and I thought it odd that she wasn’t able to resist. She is definitely old enough to take over her father’s pack, so why hadn’t he handed it down to her yet? Was it the issue with the media?

“Son, please just take a seat,” My father says, and I growl, pulling a chair out and sitting down in it.

“Now, John and I have been in discussions over the last couple of weeks trying to find a way to put an end to this feud. We think we have come up with a solution that will benefit all of us, tensions are running high in the city, and we need to show those that reside here we are united, but that won’t happen if a war is inevitable. So, Ava here is due to take over her father’s pack, but with recent issues in the media, it has her pack nervous.”

“This is bullshit,” Ava curses under her breath and shakes her head. My lips tug up at her defiance, and Alpha John glares at her before he speaks.

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“My pack is nervous about my daughter taking over.”

“I wouldn’t have to take over if you didn’t…” she tries to protest, looking at her father with pure hatred.

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“Ava enough, sit down and shut up, you have caused our family enough disgrace,” Alpha John snaps at her. I will give the girl one thing, she had no issues standing up to her father. Instead of backing down, she stands up, placing her hands on the table, and glaring at her father menacingly.

“I am not even meant to be in the city; I wasn’t the one meant to be Alpha. I should have been across the other side of the country in university by now, but you just had to get rid of…”

Alpha John stands up and slaps his daughter before she can say more. Aghast, I jump to my feet.. A growl tears out of me from witnessing him hitting his daughter. It disgusted me that he could smack his own flesh and blood. Sure, she may be a little wayward, but he shouldn’t have hit her.

to mention that name,” John warns her, his tone threatening, and I wonder who he was talking about. Alpha John always kept his family on his territory. He rarely let his daughter off pack territory unless escorted, but once she turned of

was, but if she wasn’t supposed to be

who was?

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eye, I see Marcus’s jaw clench, and my father nods to Alpha John, which pisses me off. How could he condone the man hitting his daughter like

that?

saying, Ava here is supposed to take over the pack. Due to her recent behavior, it is making my pack members nervous, so your father and I have found a way to not only end this feud but also help

I can tell my father is suddenly nervous, as he loosens his tie,

uneasy.

the pack. My daughter clearly can’t do it on her own.

did by beating her, and what the hell do you get out of this?” I ask, this time turning to my father. None of this made

any of this made sense. Sure, I was an asshole, and so was my father, but not once did he ever raise his hand to me and sure as hell he wouldn’t

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like a red glow. I can’t help but feel disgusted. Doing that to someone you expect to take over your pack is disgusting. It is no secret that Alpha John needed to retire. He was

turn to John. “I fail to see how your

and I can ensure my pack they are in safe hands. It would also get rid of the negative media, and the city

me.

missing of late. We can’t be fighting amongst ourselves when we may have an inevitable war coming

my head. No wonder the girl is so angry. I am outraged

is good for everyone in the city and for both packs. It will

hotel; I won’t hear any more of

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to make hasty decisions. Nothing will be announced until the Alpha meeting in two months. Plenty of time to discuss this some more.”