Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 45

Everly POV

I wasn’t expecting the answer I received from the doctor; I wasn’t even aware the bond could be damaged, Sure I was used to the pain, but to know he hurt our bond? Nothing felt lessened to me. I still felt for Valen despite not wanting to, still craved him despite hating everything about him. I just wanted to go home and snuggle my son, smell his scent, and let him soothe my racing mind.

Yet the way Valen looked at me, I could see his fear clearly etched onto his face. Could see how much the doctor’s words scared him as he pressed his face into my neck. Valen finally understood the weight of actions, and I could tell the burden was heavy for him to carry. His grip on my arms was tight like he thought I was about to drop dead before his eyes. My heart twisted painfully in my chest with the way his voice cracked as he spoke.

“You want me to beg? I will fucking beg,” Valen tells me before dropping on his knees. He clutches my legs, and if the wall wasn’t behind me, I would have toppled over. I can feel his warm breath caress over the skin under my blouse where it had ridden up. I feel the shake of his shoulders and know he is falling apart. I know I shouldn’t feel bad for him after everything he had done, and maybe it was the bond, but the way spoke told me he knew the pain of losing a mother even if he didn’t know her. I wondered what sort of man he would be if she raised him. Would he be the mate I needed him to

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be, the father he needed to be for our son?

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Most of all, I wondered If I could ever forgive him, even if it was only for Valarian.

“Please, if not for yourself. Do it for Valarian, don’t leave him because of me, don’t do that to our son,” he chokes out, and before I could stop myself, I ran my fingers through his hair wanting to soothe the agony I could hear bleeding into his

voice.

“For Valarian,” I whisper, the words not sounding my own as I think of my son. The person in this world that held all my broken pieces together, the child I carried to term, the child I raised and loved. The one person who loved me back.

“Please,” Valen begs, and I glance down at him to see him staring up at me. I tear my gaze away. I promised myself I could do it on my own, and I felt like doing this meant I was giving in, tossing everything I worked hard for away. But I wouldn’t toss my life away. I could not bear the thought of Valarian being in this world alone without me.

“Everly?” Valen whispers, and I look down at the man on his knees, hanging onto me like he could somehow put me back together if he squeezed hard enough. I watched his eyes brim with tears, and my hand moved from his hair to cup his face on instinct. His stubble is rough against my palm, and I brush a stray tear as he blinks and it careens over.

him grow up without a mom,”

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whispers, and his lip quivers as he leans into my hand before kissing my palm, sparks dancing across it. I bite my lip and look away from

you, that doesn’t mean you own me, and you don’t

promise,” he says, pulling away and I snort, my own tears spilling when I look back down, and

pinky promise.”

know you can’t break one of those. They are sacred,” I chuckle.

on me. You won’t mark me unless I let you,” I ask him, but he shakes

too stubborn, I won’t let

can just turn around and

I tell him.

asks, and I sigh. He holds his pinky up

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it up to you; I promise to not use my Alpha voice on you anymore if you promise to mark me before we leave this apartment,” I chew my lip while

And if I refuse, he will probably

against mine. He held his pinky up, and I felt my

I tell him, gripping it with mine. Valen lets out a breath and dips his face toward mine and I press further into the wall I am caged against. His nose skims across my cheek to my ear. My heart thumps erratically in my chest at what I agreed

scent and inhaling deeply. When I feel his hand slip into my hair. A shiver

same time, I hated giving him the wrong

and presses so close I