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

brakes. I

"Why the f***

when you woke up, you were going to kill that **h and the f***g

break out all over

have a son. His name is Hunter. He's four," she

"And the father?"

a child and that was it. I

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and he took him," "When did you plan

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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

lot of issues, Perry. You better than anyone knows that. That man 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

give a

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. "What am I going to do with a kid, Perry? I can't even

I shot

my mom. I made a choice. Let me live with it. Just-I don't

." she covers

him," 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 bonded to me while I was in the middle of my final feral state," "When you say raised I right..." she

Parents,

she rolls her eyes. "If his life

alle. all a lie. Shit came

"What did he

them apart. We have him locked in a cage

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 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

King is cute. What does he plan

right," I snort. "He wants

then let him go? Oh, he's like Dad," she huffs.

like him,"

because he's the complete opposite of us. He's a good person. Just kind of spoiled and shit is only going to get worse.

one of them bring her back to him and we can go do whatever

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