Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 53

"What the f****k are you doing at my table?" I growl when I find James sitting there having breakfast as if he hadn't once again come into my home to destroy the very little peace our family can get. When he looks up at me a massive grin spreads across his face. I rip him out of the chair and slam him against the wall cracking it in the process. He groans, his bright red eyes flaring back at me. "Feel better?" he chokes out a laugh. "There's no one here to stop me from tearing you apart, you piece of s****" I growl.

"You're rattled," he smiles. "You like this one. You know, I noticed you have type, Jo. You don't want a mate or a partner. You want a project. Something you can fix. Something to satisfy your need to save everyone around you, golden boy.

"And she's absolutely perfect for you, isn't she, brother?" he laughs. "I bet that damaged little b***h really gets you off with those big beautiful sad eyes and all those self-destructive tendencies.

"Let me tell you something I haven't been able to. You're not the hero of our story, Jonas. You're not the victim who lost his mate. You're the cause of all of this. You ruined my life, you ruined Evie's life, and you're going to ruin that wolf past the point of no return. That's what you truly are, big brother. You will forever be known as the Cursed King. Even after you save all of them and kill me. I wish you no love or happiness in the name of all the lives you destroyed," "You need to leave," Perry's voice catches me by surprise. "I'm not going to let him kill you like this. When you die, I'm going stream it for everyone, everywhere to see,"

her. He released my wrists and nods. I let him go and he ducks out from under me. "Come back here again and I'll bite," she growls at him with all

his. If she's feral, there are no signs of it outside the sweet burning scent of sugar that makes my mouth water. Her hair is pulled back into two little buns on the top of her head. The marks on display for everyone to see.

s***d of you to just stand there and not take it,"

to be just as useless as I believed you

you ask the other Lycans to show

then looks at me. "I can see why you're so smitten, brother. You did always like your women beastly. You should have rejected her, Jonas.

us and walks backward until he leaves the dining room and then disappears. She's wearing a pair of sweats and one of my T-shirts.

right you know," she says making my stomach churn more than it already is. "And you get to see me die knowing that you can't really ever save me properly," I don't recognize the tone in her voice. It's calm, almost