Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

"Don't start," she shakes her head.

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"He's a nobleman,"

"He's your mate, Mack,"

"And?" she shrugs. "You know I don't f****k with high ranks,"

"Look what having a mate has done to you, Perry. You used to be the baddest b****h I knew,"

"Just because I'm mated doesn't change that. I was mated to your brother,"

"Darren held you back. We all know that,"

"What are you talking about? How can you say

that?"

"It's t

s the truth, Perry. Darren kept you on a short leash. This guy is no different. We're not the kind of people you keep on a leash. We're the problem. It'll always be that way," she huffs. "Maybe, I don't want to be a problem anymore,"

"Maybe, you've let this f****ing a**ole domesticate you and now you want to be a good girl. Raise a bunch of little princes and princesses. What a f***ng waste,"

"No one said anything about kids. Maybe one day. Not now. Getting mated isn't the end of the world, Kenz,"

s the girl who stopped everything she was when my f***ing idiot brother was murdered by a rogue of all things,"

"What happened to you?" I ask upset to hear her talk about Darren that way.

"It doesn't matter,"

"It matters to me. I looked for you. I needed and you were nowhere. All I had to go on was an I'm glad you're alive. What was I supposed to do with that? Did the old man take you in?" I ask. She shifts uncomfortably. "Mackenzie," "No, he didn't. He didn't do anything I didn't consent to,"

"What did he do, Kenz?" the longer she stays silent, the more worried I become. There are so many things that f***ing a**le could have done to her and I'm terrified of what it is.

"I joined the rebirth program,"

car skids

empty

hit the brakes. I

growl. "Why the f***

to kill that **h and

all over my body. "And

is Hunter. He's

"And the father?"

inseminated. The deal was to give him a child and that was it. I was

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was going to tell you. I made a deal with the Falcon, Perry. He could f***k us all over if I try to take him. And he's-" she growls and looks out the window. "He's like him. A f***ing wraith. I don't know anything about raising a child much less a wraith. He

now, not ever. So, just drop it. Let's find your crazy a*** mother-in-law and take

I'd give a anything

Rain in my arms," I tighten my hold on her. "We can't just let that sick f***k get away with this," "I don't want to do anything about it," she pushes me back gently.

I shot

my mom. I made a choice. Let me live with it. Just-I don't know. Tell me how you're the Lycan Queen now. Make mad at you so

." she covers

boy. Was raised right and a bunch of ugly shit happened to him. All of it from his family. Then the idiot bonded to me while I was in the middle of my final

had everything. Parents, siblings, proper

she rolls her eyes. "If his life was so great, why

alle. all a lie.

"What did he

to his brother. It tore them apart. We have him locked in a cage not even the old man can get into.

you for?"

He had to be married and mated to be coronated. He needed someone to do that. His brother was killing anyone he got close to. Female Lycans aren't as expendable. Then

is cute. What does

right," I snort. "He wants

he's like Dad," she huffs.

like him,"

Just kind of spoiled and shit is only going to get worse. Everyone wants to give the King and Queen

them

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