Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 120

"Do

you mean that?" he asks placing his hands on my hips.

"I'd mean it even if you weren't my mate. You know shit about me. Real crazy shit about me that would require one of us dying should our relationship ever implode. Me being alive is your worst-case scenario. This isn't a good thing. At least, not where the past is concerned," I 'I climb off him and fall onto the stack of pillows. He sits up resting his elbows on his knees. "What happened with your Mother?" "You know what happened," he says quietly.

I me anyway,"

"She took me away so that James/could ****k my mate one last time,"

What? I didn't know that. I did know she was manipulating the hell out of him, but that is some next-level p********-mom stuff. I didn't think she had that in her.

"I would have killed her,"

"I couldn't in front of Annie, the twins, Jordan, and Mackenzie," he sighs and falls back on the bed.

"Do you want me to bring her back?" I ask. He rolls around and crawls into the spot next to me. "You're

I're my Queen now. I am never going to give you a task that I couldn't carry out myself. This isn't what this is anymore, Perry. I don't own you anymore," "That's not what I asked," I sigh. "I know you don't own me anymore, but you're still my king. I'm still me. There's a whole lot for us to do. I took the same oath you did. Granted I didn't expect to live past that, but still. I'm not one to take back a promise," "Death did us part," "So, you want me to just bail? Out of sight out of mind? That sounds like you," I "I scoff.

Dea

and sits up

get to work. I wanted to-" he pulling his knees up to wrap his arms around them. It's odd seeing him like this. I get it. The situation has turned on

the

my trap. "It's like reaching out to Jake or Mack

head.

I don't expect you to understand because of what you are. I was a wolf. I was chosen by a powerful spirit, and I destroyed it so badly that it turned feral. Maybe one day, I'll wake up and see this second chance as a gift, but after everything I've done. It feels like I'm being punished. This has nothing to do

I'm not entirely sure that it's stopped. Without her pain and rage, it's just me in here. And I hate to sound like a broken record but, I'm not a good person. I'm selfish. I'm angry. Vengeful and mean as hell," I wipe the tears away and look up at him. "I just need to clear my system of her. Maybe redeem what's left of the person I wanted to be with her at my side, "Okay,"

you're going to treat me as your friend. I'd like for you to help me," your

"I'm

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if you're going to get all mushy about training. I'm going to side-bust you in the face with the strength of a newly shifted Lycan female. You've seen what I can do with just the strength of four of five alphas," "Dearly noted," his body shakes with his suppressed laugh. His hold tightens on me and I feel him inhale

had to kill me,"

real?" he whispers

were to mark me, would

"No, your b

"Sweet," I

saw some of the scans Oz did. Like

straddle him again. "That means, we have to officiate our

in the mood after watching your second chance mate try

in pressing his forehead to mine. "This isn't like asking a girl with nothing to lose to help me save

up. "The good