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

brakes. I turn my body to face

growl. "Why the f*** would

to deliver Alice. I knew when you woke up, you were going to kill

over my

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

"And the father?"

to give him a child and that was it. I was done, but

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and he took him," "When did you

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he's-" she growls and looks out the window. "He's like him. A f***ing wraith. I don't know anything

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 get to it," unbuckle my belt and scoot closer to hug her.

I'd give a

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," looked for for you

I shot

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

." she covers

me to 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

Parents, siblings, proper

"If his life was so great,

a lie. Shit came he

"What did he

his mate showed up married to his brother. It tore them apart. We have him locked in a cage not even the old

you for?"

Female Lycans aren't as expendable. Then

he has that going for him. The Lycan King is cute. What does he plan on doing

right," I snort. "He wants to reform

she huffs. "F***ng

like him,"

and shit is only going to get worse.

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

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