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."

not rejecting you,"

slave, Jonas! You marked me up and you f***ing kept me from my family. And now I'm just supposed to be your mate? You have to be f***g crazy," she shouts. "I love you. I respect the lengths you were willing to

can stay here. This is your home now. I'm sure your father has space in his villa for you. You're

exactly dead,"

mess that was made. Tears stream down her face as she takes it all in.

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to do shit on my own. They were so close," she chokes out. "No matter how fast I

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

he rocks her back and forth before he pulls back to push her hair out of her face. "You're going to be fine. I'm right here. I'm not 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 closer. I step out of the room to find Dr. Alvarez anxiously waiting

You should examine her," I hold out the bloodied scalple. Her eyes turn from worried to horrified. "She

"Jonas,"

supposed to say? Fix her? There's no fixing this for either of us. "Whatever

I

into her

my

is streaked down her face and she looks the way I feel. "What's happening? Who is that?" "Perry transitioned," I answer. Her eyes light up and she runs to me wrapping her arms around

right now. I think we should give her

lycan now. Lycan laws apply to her.

just going to

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

mom?" she asks. I pause short of

back 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 tension in

answers. "She's Pernicious Prince

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down. You do your thing. We do ours. It'll give us all the time to sort our heads to the new

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one. His name is Jordan," Andromeda shakes

want to consider?" I