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

shouts. "I love you. I respect the lengths you were willing to go through for your people. But as a mate,

to do either. "You don't have to leave. You can stay here. This is your home now. I'm sure your father has space in his villa for you. You're still the Lycan Queen," "You said death can

exactly dead," I

looks down at her bloodied hand and the mess that was made. Tears stream down her face as

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Crystal telling me that it wasn't my time. That I had to learn how to do shit on my own. They

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

"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

Her eyes turn from worried to horrified.

"Jonas,"

her? There's no fixing this for either of us. "Whatever she wants. She's

I

tucking the scalpel into her pocket.

my

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?" "Perry transitioned," I answer. Her eyes light up and she runs to me wrapping her arms around my waist tightly. "That's good, right? She didn't die," she starts

now. I think we should give her some time to process her new position," "Why would her position change?

the original contract had been completed and she's a lycan now. Lycan laws apply to her. The marks are all gone. Clean slate moving

that's it? You're just going to

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

short of pressing the

to

this idiot let her run," "Perry is really good at hunting runaway *****es like that," Mackenzie shoves

"She's Pernicious

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do ours. It'll give us all the time to sort our heads to the new situation at hand. We Phurrys are men of our word. I volunteer to be the

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one. His name is Jordan," Andromeda shakes

something you want to consider?" I ask