Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter

40

The strength of four or five alphas is correct. My claws cut through her like it was nothing. Nate is a fucking idiot. Had he transferred the position over to her he wouldn't have made it out of the city. What the hell was he thinking? If the old man. would have found out

before I did, he would have made him kill her himself. What the hell was he thinking?

"Are you okay?" the King asks. He's driving now. I open my mouth to try and explain to him what happened when my phone goes off with the tornado warning siren ringtone.

"Please, don't say a word." I whisper and lift my phone to answer it. He knows. Fuck. "Mr. Falcon. To what do I owe this honor, sir?"

"Don't brown nose me. Pernicious, he growls. "Did you think I didn't know about your little alpha buddy?"

"I took care of it, sir,"

Tve been very patient with you, Pernicious. And now you've gone and become an object. I am very disappointed in you,"

"Belonging to the Lycan King isn't going to interfere in anything, sir. I promise. I made sure Nathan knew his place before leaving. Everything is where it should be,"

"Not everything. Terabyte. I'd prefer you to be sitting at the head of the table. I'm glad you showed dear Nathan his place. Don't let it happen again. Understood?" ""Yes sir."

"Fucking wolves," he growls and hangs up. I hit the play button to listen to the recording and then send it to Nathan so he sees how badly he fucked up. My heart is pounding in my chest "Who was that?" the King demands.

"Vladimir Sokolov," I answer. The owner of Lycan Tech,"

Wraith is the owner of Lycan Tech?"

yes. He started all of this. He used me to get in with the wolves here in the city. It's the only city he could have done it because our alphas truly don't give a fuck about the people. It's our names on the paperwork, but it's all his and he's what I

"You're afraid of him,"

me. He'd turn me. Make me live out the rest of eternity away from the next life if we ever betrayed him. What Nate just pulled. He's lucky I killed her. He would have made him torture her until she died a slow painful death and then

you even find him? No one knows where the fuck that

his room when we were in the academy. We came across this code on the dark web. It was a very sophisticated puzzle and we cracked it.

thing saved us and all he asked for in return was our loyalty. We all took a

pulled. I'm not surprised

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Wolves come and go. You should know that better than I do," I stare down at the blank phone call. No way to trace it. No way to call back. A fucking

"It's a four-hour drive. Why don't we get some food and

less tense?"

pulls into a burger stand

""What?"

catf

first time you

we got chicken

say jumping out with

take when he gets to the glass doors. He doesn't realize he does it as he pulls his phone out. I pretend not to see it and open the door for him. He looks up at me and then walks in without commenting. I am going to ignore that. It never happened. We order and sit