Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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"You did it," the King repeats. I take it with me to get to the main motherboard. "Wait, you're going to test it? Here? Right now?" Silas all but panies.

"Duh.

Dun,

"What about the laptops?"

"This is my laptop."

This is our entire business setup and collective pack census. If this leaves us vulnerable we're f***, he growls. "Nothing I've ever made left anything vulnerable. I control it from here. Who's going to let anyone in?" I ask "You control it," he points at me accusingly. "Not us. You. You can let the wolves in. My King

He looks over at the King as if he were asking him to do something about me. I turn to the King and shrug. The decision is his to make. I'm not taking offense to his outburst. Silas isn't wrong. I just don't care to do what he's implying. Old me wouldn't have hesitated. I also wouldn't want to upset the big guy any more than I already have without provocation. He stares back at me without saying a word for a long while. "Put the chip in," he orders.

My King, Silas growls. "It was bad enough that we let her build here,"

"That was an order, Pernicious," he keeps his eyes on me.

"Are you sure? I don't want to turn this into a headache later. We've been chill this past couple of days and I am in a great mood, right now. This isn't hurting my feelings or anything. He has a point," we stare at one another for an uncomfortable amount of time. "Perry," he growls standing straighter. I almost jumped out of my skin.

"Yeah?" I step back with my hands up.

f****k up and plug that in,"

asks. Silas lets out a heavy sigh as I swap

enter and everything starts to shut down. The lights all turn off and then come back on. I quickly write what to

the King answers.

repeat. He goes back to my desk to set it up. Once she locates where he is, all the other speakers turn off. "Is

did everything

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might have kept me out of trouble. I love that he saw something that didn't seem right and didn't hold back to make himself heard. "It's cool. I still think you're the

Oh,

a step back.

That was all me, he cranks his neck

as I say that the guy tries to run for the door. I mean it wasn't exactly a subtle flinch. The guy

King and both start laughing when he cries out and the guards surround him. I didn't mean to kick

T

to work on the computer "No one should be running in here in the first

I'm not even going to unpack

asks the guy on the

storms out after them. I didn't even realize he had a girlfriend. I wonder what she looks like?

friend and you laughed at

you talking about?- his tone is dismissive and I understand. I want to play with my new computer system as well, but