Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 36 – part 2

“Where are your coasters? You need coasters,” he says, sitting like a statue as if the thought of placing the cup down would make the world stop.

“Definitely your kid,” Marcus says, rolling his eyes before walking off, and coming back with a coaster. Itch as Valarian places the coaster on the coffee table when Marcus gives it to him before he makes sure his cup is perfectly centered. The coaster is straight, making me remember Everly finding me coasters when I visited her.

She had said one of the kids of the rogues was a little OCD. Now I wondered if she meant our son. Valarian clasps his hands in his lap, looking around and twiddling his thumbs.

“How did you find me?” I ask him.

“Mom, showed me a picture on the internet and I got maps, but I couldn’t find your street. Casey got the wrong maps. And then I found him, and Tatum brought me here.”

“I take it you’re the missing rogue boy, I heard about on the radio?”

“I was on the radio?” he asks excitedly, and I smirk.

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Chapter 36 – part 2

“Where are your coasters? You need coasters,” he says, sitting like a statue as if the thought of placing the cup down would make the world stop.

“Definitely your kid,” Marcus says, rolling his eyes before walking off, and coming back with a coaster. I we i as Valarian places the coaster on the coffee table when Marcus gives it to him before he makes sure his cup is perfectly centered. The coaster is straight, making me remember Everly finding me coasters when I visited her.

She had said one of the kids of the rogues was a little OCD. Now I wondered if she meant our son. Valarian clasps his hands in his lap, looking around and twiddling his thumbs.

“How did you find me?” I ask him.

“Mom, showed me a picture on the internet and I got maps, but I couldn’t find your street. Casey got the wrong maps. And then I found him, and Tatum brought me here.”

“I take it you’re the missing rogue boy, I heard about on the radio?”

“I was on the radio?” he asks excitedly, and I smirk.

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as he stands by the couch

sits on.

and I imagine your mother is quite worried about

always worries about

mothers do?” I tell him, and

more about your

want to know?” he says,

pack

and chews his lip like he was thinking. “I know mom had a sister, and they used to be best friends, she doesn’t like speaking

have never met her parents?”

kicked her out because mom had me, but she isn’t a rogue- whore right?” he says, his brows furrowing. “Why would

didn’t know how to answer that, but from what I know, Everly is nearly twenty–three, so that

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she had him. But then Everly’s words flooded my mind, “I am not a rogue whore,” she said, so

she didn’t

she did tell you, but you didn’t believe her, then she

and I try to think

she couldn’t?

head. “In case you took me from her, Mom thinks I don’t listen, but I do, she thinks you would take me away

on my knees before scrubbing a hand down

from her.” However, I would if she didn’t tell me how the hell this was possible and also why the hell she kept

old are you?”

ask, he nods.

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tell him.

he

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won’t think that when

ask something else, but I speak before he could.

think we should ring your mother, she would be worried, and I think I should talk to your mommy,” I tell him, and he

nods.

will come live with us now?” he asks hopefully, as if it were all so simple.

wasn’t

it were that easy. had no idea, this was the last thing I expected, but I suddenly felt like shit,

kicked my own son and mate out in the rain when she was homeless