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 couch

sits on.

and I imagine your mother is quite worried about you.”

always worries about me.”

that is what mothers do?”

tell me more about your village,” I ask

he says,

know which pack your mother came

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

you have never

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?”

what I know, Everly is nearly twenty–three, so

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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

why she didn’t tell

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

and I

mean she couldn’t? Why couldn’t

don’t listen, but I do,

brace my arms on my

how the hell this was

you?” he

I ask, he

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old,” he

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when you’re my age.”

something else, but I speak before he

your mother, she would be worried, and I think I should talk to your

nods.

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

knew that wasn’t going to

had no idea, this was the last thing I expected, but I suddenly felt like shit, that she had

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 did