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.

the chase. What is it you really want?”

and sighs heavily. “I

mark me help you with my

going

“Excuse me?”

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he knows he has a mate.”

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and vibrating on the table. I glance at it, and so does Kalen, who motions

teacher 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. Kalen shakes his head while I

Casey from class. He just walked out with them. He is claiming Valarian is his

“Alpha Valen, ma’am?”

do you know that

throat, and I sigh,

his arms, obviously happy with my

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out at the school, that Valen had to hand in his ID, and yadda, yadda like anyone would actually be able to stop the feared

and start searching my contact list for his number before hitting dial. He answers it after a couple of rings, and I snapped at him before he had a chance

say

he states, and I rub my forehead before pinching the bridge of my

ask through gritted teeth. I was beginning to get a headache.

whispered, and I sighed. It was pretty obvious she was

of the teachers there are from the rogue commune. What do you

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unacceptable,” he snaps at me, and I move the phone to the other ear when suddenly Kalen is holding out a tissue to me. My brows furrow when I feel something dribble on my lips and taste

this. I am in a meeting with….ah… with

I am not leaving

I didn’t want to tell him that and have him get it stuck in his head

in school, and I am supposed to pick up Taylor

hear the burning anger in his voice. Kalen chuckles,

pick them up today,” I sigh, shaking my head,

man.

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

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you can’t just kidnap other people’s kids,” I tell him.

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

were seeing someone, I know my son, and

tell him before walking to the door and

a good man, far better than me. He would be

a good mate? Can you promise

Kalen sighs heavily.

safe, right, protected. Valen is the key to

help or your strange help, if that is even what you are

went to say something when the door burst open. Macey and Zoe rush in. Macey seeing Kalen, glaring

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

tries to calm

nice,” I raise an eyebrow at

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

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