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

pauses and sighs heavily. “I want to make up for the past. I want to do what’s right

me help you with

does, you are going to

“Excuse me?”

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phone starts ringing and vibrating on the table. I glance at it, and so does Kalen, who motions me to answer it

it on the loudspeaker, so I didn’t rupture an eardrum. Kalen shakes his head while I try to

class. He just walked out with them. He is claiming Valarian is his son,” I growl, annoyed while Kalen smiled, muttering under his breath.

“Alpha Valen, ma’am?”

you know that no

Valen wasn’t the most favored Alpha among rogues. Kalen clears his throat, and I sigh, knowing I had to admit

this morning,” I tell her, and Kalen nods and folds his arms, obviously happy with my answer. I didn’t get Kalen; I thought for sure he would be here trying to warn me away from his

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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 the feared Alpha Valen even if he broke the law, he

my contact list for his number before hitting dial. He answers it after a couple of

the school rang me to say

I am still on school property,” he states, and I rub my

my son?” I ask

and I sighed. It was pretty obvious

lot of the teachers there are from the rogue

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when suddenly Kalen is holding out a 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 pinching together, and he opens his mouth but quickly

have not got time for this. I am in

watch them. I am not

know what to do with them. 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 it stuck in his head that I was allowing him to mark

and I am supposed to pick up

anger in his

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

man.

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

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kidnap other people’s kids,” I tell him.

to ring and give me permission to take them. You

my son, and he never

to be anything,” I tell him before walking to

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

Can

Kalen sighs heavily.

want your son safe, right, protected. Valen is the key to protecting him.”

strange help, if that is even what you are doing or trying

when the door burst open. Macey and Zoe rush in. Macey seeing Kalen, glaring at

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you

tries to calm her down.

is nice,” I raise an eyebrow at Zoe.

I spent all damn morning with him, and

injured a kid, leave him be; he will