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 on

empty

when I hit the brakes. I turn my body to face

"Why the

to kill that **h

over my body. "And

is Hunter. He's four," she says

"And the father?"

a child and that was it. I was done, but

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Chapter 123

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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

is not my mate. I will not accept him. Not now, not ever. So, just drop it. Let's find your crazy a*** mother-in-law and take her back. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," unbuckle my belt and scoot closer to hug her. She tenses up tightly

I'd give a

with this," "I don't want to do anything about it," she pushes me back gently. "What am I going to do with a kid, Perry? I can't even take care of myself,"

I shot

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

." she covers

I s s my I say starting the car car back up. "He's kind of a pretty boy. Was raised right and a bunch of ugly shit happened to him. All of it from his family. Then the idiot

had everything. Parents, siblings, proper etiquette,

"If his life was so great, why

all a lie.

"What did he

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

you for?"

Lycans aren't as expendable. Then there's me who is denied death," all the f***ing time. she laughs. "That is wild. Is his brother hot?" "They could be twins. The j***k and

Lycan King is cute. What does he plan on doing with him?

"He wants to

she huffs. "F***ng heroic a***es. I can

like him,"

kind of spoiled and shit

we put out an APB on his mom? Have one of them bring her back to him and we can go

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