Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 273

Chapter 23 – part 2

The packs couldn’t care less for rogues, which only made us more nervous. They didn’t care but had tightened patrols; it was no good for anyone in the city if they could get in. Another thing I thought odd was the reports of forsaken wolves going missing. Some that stuck close to the city borders and turned feral had suddenly vanished.

Those that kept monitoring them hadn’t seen them, and one thing this city was good at was talking. Rumor spread, yet the missing forsaken wolves are never mentioned in the news. It’s like they don’t exist. But I know they exist, we have all heard the rumors, yet no warning was ever given to us rogues to steer clear of the reserve.

Those living in packs were given alternative options for going on runs and extra patrols. None of those options were offered to us. So, even though the rogue community was small, when rouges or forsaken went missing we knew; not that the city cared.

One of the missing rogues was a cleaner here at the hotel. She had twin girls. Those poor girls. Luckily, their grandmother took them in, and we have still been paying her wage and would continue to do so, despite her missing. We would continue to help her mother with the twins; we didn’t forget her.

All rogues have been on edge. With eleven missing in the last

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year and numerous forsaken sightings and three forsaken also vanished, it made no sense. It was the first time this many had gone missing. The world was going mad, and it scared

me.

“Not today, sweetie, next time I promise,” I tell him, and Valarian pouts.

“None of that; your mother has her reasons,” Zoe scolds when he glares at the table and slams his pencil down.

“All she does is work,” Valarian mutters, and my heart twists painfully at his words.

now,” I tell him, and he looks at me as I sit on the couch, putting my sneakers on.

safe, why are you going then?”

to, I need to shift you know that we have spoken of this before. Sometimes

over and doing

to?” Valarian asks. I sigh and

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promise,” I tell him.

asks, holding up his little pinky. I chuckle,

promise,” I tell him,

and I will be back soon. We can watch that dinosaur movie

Zoe tells the kids, who nod excitedly.

fence line,” Zoe says, concerned. I look at the

hours max,” I say.

I knew she would too. Anxiety amongst us rogues was at

fence line. The back of the hotel backs onto the reserve. A large hole had been cut in the mesh fence. It made it easier for those working here to

was a wetland off closer to the city’s border

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no sense. Shifting is natural to werewolves, yet we were restricted on where we could go because packs didn’t want to

to be the most dangerous part of the city. The “rogue- approved” territory was on the most extensive stretch

we all avoided them, carefully avoiding attention from those on patrol and not wanting the unwanted attention of

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