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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watching as he stands by the

sits on.

your mother is

always worries

is what mothers do?” I tell him, and he

me more about your village,” I ask

says,

pack your mother came from?”

was thinking. “I know mom had a sister, and they used to

have never met her parents?”

a rogue whore and kicked her out because mom had me, but she isn’t a rogue-

that, but from what I know, Everly is nearly twenty–three,

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

why she didn’t

but you didn’t believe her, then she said she couldn’t.”

me, and I try to think

you mean she couldn’t? Why couldn’t she?”

thinks I don’t listen, but I do, she thinks you would take me away from her, but you won’t, right?”

my arms on my knees before scrubbing a hand down my

me how the hell

are you?” he asks randomly.

ask,

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I tell

old,” he snickers.

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think that when you’re my age.”

ask something else, but I speak before he could.

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

nods.

now?” he asks hopefully, as

that wasn’t going to be

thing I expected, but I suddenly felt like shit,

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.