Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 72 BK 67%

I set the small black box on the trunk and sit down next to it, I shift back into my skin and slip into the robe the King gave me before I ran off. I haven't gone on a run like this in a while and it served to clear my head. I don't feel stiff and uncomfortable anymore. "You look good." Violetta, the Falcon's second steps out of the darkness. "Better," "This is what he wanted, I take the box and toss it at her. She catches it with ease. Her eyes spark bright red. The light of a passing car makes them reflective.

"You did well. The City will soon be ours," she is tiny and a wolf, but I know enough about her to know better than to addres her as anything other than a threat. Violetta Wilde looks harmless but she's a vicious animal. "Small talk, Violetta?"

"Not our thing," she nods a smile tugging at her lips. I just wanted to tell you that I've seen Kenzie,"

Where?"

"She's-"I hear the sound in her throat. Something between a whine and a growl. "She should be on her way Wood. Perhaps she's putting herself back together,

"If you see her again, tell her we don't live in the city anymore,"

here. To Red

doubt I'll see her again," she turns to leave and pauses. You got out. She's out now. Don't come back, Pernicious. Find her and don't ever look back,"

"What t do you mean she's out?"

for a bit just staring at the ground where she had stood. I slip out of my robe and

robe when Crystal drops it. I change into my skin again and let him help me into it. "Did something happen?" "Mackenzie

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still for a moment. "Why does it feel like that?" he asks. When I

Darren claimed me." I whisper. I turn enough to be able to look past his shoulder. The top of the oak tree where it happened peaks just over the

"Yeah,"

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only feels that much worse because not only am I dragging myself across the mud but I'm also hurting him. Forcing him to feel this hell with me. I couldn't be more pathetic if I tried. My phone pings and I lift it glad to be rid of the tension for a moment. The f****ng **le paid me for the blood. Six hundred and fifty thousand. My phone rings in my hand and I lift it to my ear. Oct

08:26 Fri,

what I am," the old man sighs. "I can take you out of there if you want me to. I've known you for ten years now, Pernicious Phurry. I know the world

me. I couldn't wait to shed that f****g disgusting last name. My father f**** it to hell and back. If his enemies found me it wouldn't be pleasant. He knows that. "I've given you a lot. I dare argue too much. You can turn around and drop this or I will give you my full attention. I will never stop hunting you. I will dedicate my life to it. No drugs. No liquor. No restraints. You are one man. Even if

pause. A very long pause. This is the one thing that Darren never stopped me from doing. Digging my grave deeper than most. The old man had us and we knew that one day, we'd want out. Even after Darren's death, I never stopped snooping. It's the only thing that's me. No one taught me or gave me that ability. I always considered it something

me and we cross the line drawn between us. I'm not asking you to stop what you're doing. I'm not asking you for a single thing. You don't even have to lift a finger. I'll I clean this all up. Go on my way like it

You

know a lot of things I shouldn't. Kill me and they all go viral. Keep helping the prince and it

arguing with him. It doesn't matter, but the rage I feel for standing in the place where I consummated my mating while mated and marked by another man is suffocating me and I have no other place to put it. I want him to come after me. I need him to. "How do I do I remedy the situation?" he asks after a while and to say I'm disappointed is an