Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter

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"You like tempting death, James is standing in front of my escape.

"How did you get over here so fast?" I ask and glance back from where I came from.

Tma Lycan, Sweetheart, he scoffs at me.

"Are you going to kill me now?" I ask smiling at him.

"Do you want me to?" he asks stepping closer.

Think you can do it before the King finds us? You'd be doing me a big favor. Saves me all that extra work he has me doing." is this how it ends for me? Surely, it can't be that easy.

"How much did he pay for you, Little One?" he stops right in front of me. His clawed index finger pulls my collar forward just where my mark is. My claws haven't gotten there yet, but they're starting to.

"A humiliating amount, I admit. He moves down to the collar the King traded his spaceship for. "Oh, yeah? How humiliating?

scoff. He

of his life, Little One. I've read all about you, he holds my tag in his hand staring at the King's name on Tech wizard. Beta Female-Class One. First-class huntress. It was like you were perfectly fabricated to be a grand prize. can offer you a deal and get

tagged and marked. I wouldn't be getting very hard-far. I meant far," I swallow when he leans

and James wraps his arms around me with one hand at my throat. I dropped my snacks and my new drink. I like this fruit thing. It wasn't leaving the aftertaste from whatever anti-depressant the

go, the

"Or what?" James laughs.

head and inhales like a p**rt. His two friends tense

us as we move

hands off my kid or I'll blow a hole in your head Jacob says

stand down, I

What did you do to provoke this

a mouth on her, old man," James

Jacob says coming around to keep the shotgun aimed at

mine now, pretty girl," he whispers in my car. "It's off. Guess

he do that? The King's hand immediately wraps around my arin as he backs away. Jacob steps in front of us without putting

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