Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 42

Everly POV

“You look worried,” Kalen states. He leans forward before standing up. He motions toward my chair, and I walk over to it before taking my seat. Kalen takes the seat on the other side of my desk.

“No, I kind of expected it. You here too, what? Threaten me about telling Valen about Valarie?” I ask while pulling my phone from my pocket and sitting it on the desk.

“You think that little of me?”

“Well, you did let your mate die, so what else should I think?”

“I never intended for that to happen. I loved Val, she… I was coming to claim her, and she always hid how bad it was.”

“Bullshit,” I say, hating him more and more by the minute.

“You think I wouldn’t take it back if I could?”

I didn’t care to hear his excuses, and I knew Tatum would be lurking around, so if needed, I only had to call out to him.

“What do you want?” I ask him.

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“Let Valen mark you.”

I fold my arms across my chest and sit back, I didn’t expect that.

“No.”

“Don’t be stupid, Everly. Do you want to turn out like Valarie?”

“And whose fault is that?” I spit at him.

“Fucking stubborn woman, you’re just like her. Set in your ways.”

“Marking me will solve nothing, five years I lived with him screwing around, am I supposed to forget that, forget him kicking me out in the rain when I tried to tell him?”

Kalen scrubs a hand down his face. “My son won’t take anyone besides his mate, and I need some kind of leverage against your father.”

“My father is not my issue.”

“Don’t be so stupid. I am trying to stop a war,” he says.

“And you think I am the answer to it. My father won’t care if I marry Valen or mate and mark him. He hates me and me

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having a kid to him will only make him hate me more if he finds out.”

“You have no idea what’s at stake here.”

“For you or me?”

“Both.”

“Then tell me I am not a damn mind reader you need to be either transparent or get out of my office.”

“I know you don’t trust me, Everly. But I am trying to do the right thing here,” he says.

right; I don’t so cut to the chase. What is it you really

to be a part of his life.” He pauses and sighs heavily. “I want to make up for the past. I want to do what’s right by Valarie, what

Valen mark me help

when he does, you are going to announce whose daughter you are.”

“Excuse me?”

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vibrating on the table. I glance at it, and so

is screeching at me through the phone. I jerk the phone away from my ear and placed it on the loudspeaker, so I didn’t rupture an eardrum.

and stolen your Valarian and little Casey from class. He just walked out with them. He is

“Alpha Valen, ma’am?”

that no good

among rogues. Kalen clears his throat, and

is Valarian’s father, he took him to school for me this morning,” I tell her, and Kalen nods and folds his arms, obviously happy with my

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eyes at him, listening to her tell me I needed to fill forms out at the school, that Valen had to hand in his ID, and yadda, yadda like anyone would actually be able to stop

grit my teeth and start searching my contact list for his number

to say you have kidnapped

no such thing. Technically I am still on school property,” he states, and I rub my forehead before pinching the bridge

my son?” I ask through gritted teeth. I was beginning

know his teacher is a stoner?” he whispered, and I sighed. It was pretty obvious she was I don’t think a single teacher there was actually

lot of the teachers there are from the rogue commune. What

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tissue to me. My brows furrow when I feel something dribble on my lips and taste my blood coating my lips. I take it from him, and he watches me, his brows

for this. I am in a meeting with….ah…

I will watch them. I am

Yet, I was stuck here in this ridiculous meeting with his father, but I didn’t want to tell him that and have him get

need to be in school, and I am supposed to

this Taylor?” he demands, and I can hear the burning anger in his voice. Kalen chuckles, and

I sigh, shaking my head,

man.

is Taylor’s class?” I hear him ask one of the

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other people’s

me permission to take them. You have five minutes,” he abruptly hangs up, and I curse, and Kalen

my son, and he never

him before walking to

have a reputation, but he is a good man, far

good mate? Can you promise me that?”

Kalen sighs heavily.

protected. Valen is

your strange help, if that is even what you are

say something when the door burst open. Macey and Zoe rush in. Macey

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Alpha Asshole, if your son has hurt my daughter, you won’t be leaving

to calm

I raise an eyebrow at Zoe.

to me, and I don’t think he would hurt our kids, I spent all damn morning with him, and he only wanted to help

me one article you have read where he has injured a kid, leave him be; he will just take