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,"

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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?"

into the shadows and disappears. Scent, presence, and all. I stand here for a bit just staring at the ground where she had stood. I slip out of my robe and shift. Crystal takes the robe in her mouth and runs back in the direction we came from.

night. The King opens up the robe when Crystal drops it. I change into my skin again and let him help me into it. "Did something happen?" "Mackenzie is on her way here. Will

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on and stays still for a moment. "Why does it feel like that?" he asks. When I don't answer, he tilts my head up.

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 hill we're

"Yeah,"

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a sad smile. It takes him a moment before he pulls away and shuts the door. t night's guilt comes flooding in again, louder and more demanding. I know the King feels it because he doesn't say a word on the ride back. It only feels that much worse because not only am I dragging myself across the mud but I'm also hurting him. Forcing him to

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you're on," I answer. "It was the Lycans who turned me into 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

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 they kill me, I will give everything to the kings and it'll be the entire wor world after

thing that's me. No one taught me or gave me that ability. I always considered it something that was just built into me and

Drop this. I am still an ally. Move against me and we cross the line drawn between us. I'm not asking you to stop what you're doing.

You

me and they all go viral. Keep

consummated my mating while mated and marked by another man is suffocating me and I have no