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

sits on.

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

always worries about

is what mothers do?”

about your village,” I ask him.

know?” he says, much happier at the promise of food.

pack your

a sister, and they used to be best friends, she doesn’t like speaking of

you have never

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

but from what I know, Everly

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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

say why she

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

me, and I try

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

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

on my

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

you?”

I ask,

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think that when you’re

but I speak

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

nods.

he asks hopefully, as if

wasn’t going to be

was the last thing I expected, but I suddenly felt like shit, that she had been raising our son on her own, looking

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 did nothing for either of them.