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

the brakes. I turn

"Why the f*** would

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

all over my

is Hunter.

"And the father?"

him a child and that was it. I was

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He doesn't anymore and he took him," "When did you plan on

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know if I 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

to fix. I made the exchange. I have a 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.

I'd give

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 take care of myself," looked for for

I shot

Let me live with it. Just-I don't know. Tell me how you're the Lycan

." she covers

of ugly shit happened

everything. Parents, siblings, proper etiquette,

too," she she rolls her eyes. "If his life was so great, why are we hunting

was all alle. all a

"What did he

down when his mate showed up married to his brother. It tore them apart. We have him locked in

you for?"

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

The Lycan King is cute. What does he plan

right," I snort. "He

him go? Oh, he's like Dad," she huffs. "F***ng heroic a***es.

like him,"

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. Everyone wants

an APB on his mom? Have one of them bring

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