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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chuckles, watching as he stands

sits on.

mother is quite

worries about

do?” I tell him, and he

about your

says, much happier at

know which pack your mother came

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

have never met

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

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

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eighteen when she had him. But then Everly’s words flooded my mind, “I am not a rogue whore,” she said, so that meant she knew who I was and what I was from

your mother say why she

you, but you

at me, and I try to

mean she couldn’t? Why couldn’t she?”

don’t listen, but I do, she thinks you would take me away from

lean forward and brace my arms on my knees before scrubbing

I won’t take you from her.” However, I would if she didn’t tell me how

are you?” he asks randomly.

I ask, he nods.

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I tell him.

old,” he

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when

but I speak

be worried, and I think I should talk

nods.

live with us now?” he asks

because I knew that wasn’t going to be

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 been raising our son

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,