Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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She stretches and the dress she's wearing rips. Her eyes go wide and she snorts ripping it clean off her body. She stops for a moment looking down at herself. Her hand gently caresses over the left side of her body where the marks had once been. She stops where I'd punch my hand through her chest and looks up at me. I hold her gaze not wanting to tempt the bond. "Here," I hold the lab coat out for her. She buttons it up and slides up onto the counter. I lean against it next to her not wanting to touch her again.

"The marks are all gone. Even the mating one," she says quietly.

"Yeah," I I push off the counter to face her. "She's right you know. You're not obligated to stay here, Perry. I'm-I'm not sure how I feel about you being alive at the moment, I-" I swallow back the knot in my throat. "You're free to go. Everyone thinks you're dead and it'll stay that way if you want it to," "Do you want me to go?" she asks softly.

"You've got a second chance, Sweetheart. You're twenty-eight years old. That's like twelve for a Lycan. What I want shouldn't matter to you anymore," "You're my mate," she chokes out.

know,"

"Are you-" she turns away. "You're rejecting me?"

"What?"

"Okay," she slides off the counter.

"Perry. I'm not-" I reach for her but she growls at me swinging her hand out. Her claws cut across my forearm. "Why would you think I'd reject you?"

"Because I'm a f*u**ng loser," she says like it's the truest thing in the world. "I ruin everything. I ruined my mate and his family. I ruined my life. I ruin everything. Why wouldn't you reject me?"

"Don't ever say that again,"

"I'm gonna go," she sighs. "I need to be

away

from you

for a while."

rejecting you," I

respect the lengths you were willing to go through for your people. But as a mate, as a friend, you're an a****le. And I need time to get it out of my head. It didn't matter before because I-" she pauses rubbing

now. I'm sure your father has space in his villa for you. You're still the Lycan Queen," "You said death

exactly dead," I remind

Tears stream down her face as she takes it all

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says quietly, "I could hear Crystal telling me that it wasn't my time. That I had to learn how to do shit on my own. They were so close," she chokes out. "No matter how fast

swings open and Jacob runs in. He stops in the doorway his eyes completely fixed on

going anywhere," It only serves to make her cry harder. The bond between us is itching. Like fire ants on a hot summer day. But I can't bring myself to get any

turn from worried to horrified. "She tried to rip her throat out," 'she says taking it.

"Jonas,"

There's no fixing this for either of us. "Whatever

I

her pocket. She formally bows and

my

sister standing by the elevator that leads up to my room. Her makeup is streaked down her face and she looks the way I feel. "What's happening? Who is that?"

Things are a little complicated right now. I think we should give her some time to process her new position," "Why would her position change? You're

completed and she's a lycan now. Lycan laws apply to her. The marks are all gone. Clean

that's it? You're just going to let

wants to go, she can f****ing go, Annie," I growl and move past her so I clean myself up

mom?" she asks. I pause short of pressing the button. "You

to find Perry

out one last time. Sofie was his daughter," Andromeda answers. "And this idiot let her run," "Perry is really good at hunting runaway *****es like that," Mackenzie shoves her forward. "Big

Andromeda answers. "She's Pernicious Prince

Are you serious Chapter

We do ours. It'll give us all the time to sort

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one. His name is Jordan,"

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