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.

up and plug that

he asks. Silas lets out a heavy sigh as I swap the

over to it to find the bar is asking for a system reboot I look over at the King and he gives me a nod. I hit enter and everything starts to shut down. The lights all turn off and then come back on. I quickly write what to say

the King answers.

I can store your voice recognition profile," she begins to say words and phrases for him to repeat. He goes back to my desk to set it up. Once

Darren said 1 already did everything for him. Might

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tucks his arms behind his back with his chin held high. Silas wouldn't have been a terrible friend growing up. In fact, he 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 traitor, I say loud enough for everyone to hear. His nose flares but one person flinches. **** head tilts and his smile falters. "Oh, s***t. That actually worked," I whisper trying not to laugh. "Who is that?" That's my girlfriend's brother,"

Oh,

step back. Tm

you, Little Wolf. That was all

but just as I say that the guy tries to run for the door. I mean it wasn't exactly a subtle flinch. The guy almost leaped out of his skin. Amateur

It makes a squishy pop as he belly flops onto the floor with a bounce. His legs rock forward hard enough to tap the back of his head. The King and both start laughing when he cries out and the guards surround him. I didn't mean to kick him that hard. I guess I don't know my strength as well as

T

the computer

shakes his head and goes over to the guards. That was clean I'm not even going to unpack that. I don't think he

asks the guy

and storms out after them. I didn't even realize he had a girlfriend. I wonder what

you laughed

I understand. I want to play with my new computer system as well, but that