Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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Chapter hands me one.

When she's done she goes to the bathroom to wash her hands. I notice some paper shopping bags on the bed, but I don't say anything. She takes them and moves over to the coffee table. I get up to sit on the floor with her. She takes out a couple of sketch journals and ""What's this?"

"I promised you we'd make shark scrapbooking things," she empties one of the bags on the table. Booklets and crafting supplies pour out. She looks up at me with a grin. is what you want to do?" I ask her.

"This

is

"Yeah, I'm sore and feeling a little agreeable. And this is the only request I haven't fulfilled. Show me how to do this," she straightens up and starts separating everything.

I join her. She names all the sharks she can think of and checks to see if stickers were provided. She starts by writing facts about the shark on the black pages with a metallic blue marker. She then frames the page and adds teeth made of foam. She even adds pink for the gums and adds stickers and ocean designs in the center covering up some of the writing. "This is your first time? Liar," I laugh when she holds it up to show me. I'm barely halfway through my first page.

"It's like making a PowerPoint IRL," she laughs. "This is actually fun. Oh, look at this vinyl. This will be perfect for silkies," she flips through pages and starts a new one. I take it from her. "Hey,"

"This will be perfect for you sitting in the bug you left for Mackenzie," I say showing her the drawing I've been working on. "You are crazy good at drawing," she takes it from me to get a better look. "Is that what you wanted to do?" ""What do

you

mean?"

"Be an artist or what did you just pick this up with Evangeline?"

"It was something I picked up from her. She preferred a paintbrush, but she loved it when I'd sketch things out for her. I actually wanted to be an architect,"

"That's cool," she smiles.

"What did little Perry Nelson want to be as a little girl?"

"My father," she answers honestly. "He seemed to be so important before Seiya Lockwood had him arrested. I remember always wanting to be that important to the pack. Crazy, huh?"

"I think you fulfilled that for little Perry," I smile.

"How do you mean?" she asks covering the page with glue.

"You're the Lycan Queen. You're important to our people. Without you, I wouldn't be King. We might not be a pack, but I think you're pretty f***g close,"

She stops unnecessarily applying glue to the page long enough for the edges to start drying. When I look up at her she's staring at me.

"Are you going to delete me the way she was?" she asks quietly.

"I mean, I guess I can't say I don't deserve it given my line of work. That's always been one of my biggest fears. The reason 08:05 Tue, Oct 22 O

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did as I was told," she s***s

sticker, idiot," I

"Hey," she laughs.

peel the vinyl and hand the journal back to

laughs peeling the paper

&

down in history as the tiny f******k you

and goes back to the page. My heart s***ips a beat. My ears ring and I find myself staring back at

think think we were

"And you do now?"

hands to show me the ring. "And I guess as far

Would y

if I killed

some kind of catharsis for you, be my guest," she

She grins and gives me

conversation's sake, why

No one is allowed that anymore. You belong

a list if you

I meet

the first time since we met, it seems genuine. It's not sarcastic or a laugh at her dark humor. We spend the day laughing and playing around with the supplies. She fills in about half the pages and decides she no longer cares to keep going. "I'm hungry," she ys slamming the book shut despite none of that

L-

waist as she tries to get by me and pull her

"Come with me,"

watch you give someone a hard time?

the only person I give a hard time," I stand with

be mean," she rolls her

shoes?"

"No shoes," she confirms.

a slapping sound in the high ceilings. We walk down to the kitchen together. 3:05 Tue, Oct 22

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use, Your Grace," a woman greets us. "My Queen," she bows

leave as I make my way to the fridge to

my hand. "You've been cooking for

face. "How else

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that's something that could have been mentioned," she pulls away. "What else