Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 84 Jonas

By the time I get up to our floor, the news about James losing his s**t and going after this family is already hitting social media. The information along with the signed email from Perry has been publically released. A manhunt that is going to get people killed is going to follow. If the Alpha King is who Perry described, he's not going to hesitate. "Perry" I tap on the door. "I'm coming in

"I'm not going to bite you,' she clears her throat when I enter her room. She's sitting on the floor with her legs crossed and an ice pack around her neck. "Figured we both be prepared. I don't want a repeat of the last time we argued,"

"I made the right choice," she glares at me. "You don't want the massacre that comes with being the old man's favorite new toy. There was no one to stop me. It feels good. To be needed, appreciated for your efforts, and a whole lot better to have the world at your fingertips. "It's like hearing your father tell you he's proud of you after years of him telling you you're worthless. The rush of saving yourself is the kind of thing that justifies all the bad ***t you're doing. I would have chased that for the rest of my life.

"I know you've heard it. I know you've seen some of the things that keep me up at night. The memories turn into that urge to drink and smoke and die. Darren and our child would have died anyway. If not when they did, when it all finally caught up. Jdid this to them. There was no one there to stop me. I would have liked for someone to tell me to knock it off,

"If you believe that then why f*** with Calvin and Morgan?" I hear lots of things buzzing in our bond. Some are more alarming than the rest.

"He had rejected her. He paraded Alice around as his chosen mate. Alice would push her to the point where Morgan would be lashed for attempting to assault the next Luna of Red Wood. Some of the scars are still there," she wipes her face. "How does someone forgive that? Dar was an a**le, but he never hurt me like that. It was always the chase for the two of us. Nothing changed once we were mated. We were still always trying to one-up one another.

"Calvin got Darren killed. We were the only ones that ever stood up for her. He would have let her bleed to death during any one of her lashings. I thought she hated him just as much as we did. I wanted to add her to our security team at IT. I was going to need her. I was ****ng pregnant. We all deserved more. Except for f****g Calvin,"

She growls frustratedly and throws the ice pack.

"James said something interesting earlier," I whisper. She looks up at me. "He said that eventually one of us was going to have to kill you. That I had to choose if I wanted to make this a mate for a mate,"

"What did he mean by that?" she asks.

didn't even try to kill you,

"Don't do that. That's insane. Besides, we're feral. Feral

""You mated me."

trying to get under your skin. It looks like it's working," she scoffs. "If you haven't noticed, I'm still going feral," James isn't the kind of person that hesitates. Just like you," I swallow hard. Just the thought of

patterns. Patterns

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my King. Once it starts, it doesn't stop. One day I would have shifted for the last time and I would be gone.

my phone. She pulls up

over at me as I stare out the window can see the dome from here. "It's been a rough morning for those of us who haven't gotten much

been like this for the past

me," she says gently.

You

says playfully. I turn around to face

are you not f*** angry, right now? I'm

growl at her making her laugh. "Come on, Lycan King. Why would I be mad? I knew you wouldn't, but f**," she sits back with a big smile on her face. "You came so close. God, I almost believed it," she says breathlessly as her eyes fill with tears. "But that's just you, isn't it? ***ng tease," I'm in her space with her hair in my hand before I can think. For once, she doesn't push me back. She just stares up at me with that

two

to do with you," I inhale feeling