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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he stands by the

sits on.

I imagine your mother is quite worried about you.”

worries about

mothers do?” I tell

about your village,” I ask

you want to know?” he says,

pack your mother came from?”

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

have never met

had me, but she isn’t a rogue- whore right?” he says,

answer that, but from what I know, Everly is nearly twenty–three, so that would have

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mind, “I am not a rogue whore,” she said, so that meant she knew who I was and what I was from the

mother say why she

you didn’t believe her,

at me, and I try to

mean she couldn’t? Why

but I do, she thinks you would take me away from

arms on my knees

if she didn’t tell me how the

are you?” he asks randomly.

I ask, he nods.

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I tell him.

old,” he

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that when you’re my age.”

something else, but

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

nods.

he asks

wasn’t

soon, or maybe it could be. If only it were that easy. had no idea, this was the last thing I expected, but I suddenly felt like shit, that she had

pull my phone from my pocket when I realize something else. I met her when she was rogue and kicked her out of my Packhouse. My stomach sinks. I kicked my own son and mate out in the rain when she was homeless and living in her car. The thought sickened me, he was right there all this time, and I