Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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"Bitch, I growl shifting gears. YLI GLADY SHOW YOu Why you'RONIY rAnkeD NUMBER fOuR. F***k her," Wow," the King laughs.

"What?"

"You would have tried to kill her if I hadn't hauled you out of there," he scolds. "You're supposed to be making allies not threatening to kill them.

"She wanted to keep Jordan there. I am not leaving Bunny's guy there to be fondled or fanged by f***king vampires. You saw the same thing I did. You heard what Dash said. I'd gladly kill any of them to get him out and she questioned me.

"Did you hear what she said to me? Do you really think I'm going to let that slide because we're friends? F****k that. I used to let her get away with it when the old man owned me," I growl. "She can lick my whole **le now,"

Jordan can barely contain himself in the back seat. The adrenaline in my system is making me jumpy and my wolf wants out. I grip the necklace around my neck to remind her that if she were to shift we die before we can see this through. It works just barely enough for me to try and calm myself.

"I just want to thank you," he says through his laughter. "I really thought you were going to leave me there. I was going to lock myself in a bathroom,"

"Yeah, that wasn't going to help,"

The King laughs. I head back to the bridge and I don't see any unexpected acquaintances again.

"No else wants to

NO

She

one else

to know who the human in the body bag was?" Jordan asks once we get past the checkpoint. was human?" I ask.

u're not a little bit curious about that?"

"It's better not to know," I shrug. "You're not supposed to ask or see what's in the package. It's one of the biggest rules they enforce in basic training," "Is it one of your least favorite rules?"

"No, it's one of the rules I actually like. You deliver and they do what they would with their package, it has nothing to do with you. You walk away without knowing anything. My least favorite rule is the absolution of an order. There's no I can't do this. You can't give back what you've taken. The only way out is death. Yours or-" I probably shouldn't be admitting to this. "Or?" Jordan asks.

'Or the offering to replace the order you refuse,"

"Have you ever refused?"

him his best asset. Until he refused to take out the Hellion Triads. Falcon almost killed his entire family as compensation and then he -made

what's left of the Vivaldis all

he went crazy and killed his family," the King says staring at me with the horror I've felt

to cover up the truth. It's nothing compared to some of the s***t the

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Violetta doing now. We're not

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opportunity to be more than cheap tricks and brute force. Don't get me wrong. I believe in what the Falcon has done or made us do. It's made a real change. "But the s***t about taking people out is that it leaves a gap waiting to be filled and there are others like the Falcon. Like Calvin and his father. People who don't care about anyone other than

some a***le with a team of obedient s***es. Give your people what they need and you'll have an army of soldiers. You're willing to put your life on the line, they hide behind their sl**es. You're a lot of things, but you're not a coward," "You think too highly of

insecurities. You're supposed to be the King of the deadliest species

just visited. I am going to have nightmares about her. Her face when she went into hunting mode. Lillies is going to love it when I sketch

You

at the opportunity to change

did some of the murals at the academy. That big painting of the village in the foyer was him," the King

good at? You

see what she made?" the King rolls his

"Th

t work for you?"

be in and out of there without triggering any alarms. Can you please not make this harder than it has to be?" I reach into the back seat to get the duffle bag I tossed back there before I knew Jordan

I adjust the straps around my head. I glance out the window at the suburban street we're on. My target is two blocks away. I start thinking of ways to get around the houses should anything go wrong. There are three pups and a female in there with him. I take five darts from the bag and hope that none of them react too badly to the anesthetics in here. I slip my jacket on

said by all

too late to take it back. We're here and I'm finishing this," I look back

to stay

you," he nods. I reach

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