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,"

skids on

empty

when I hit the brakes. I

"Why the f*** would you

were going to kill that **h and the f***g rogue. So, I declined and offered myself up in

all over my body.

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

"And the father?"

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

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

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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 sparks, Per. Like a ***ng Pikachu,"

you to fix it. There's nothing 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. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it," unbuckle my

give

it," she pushes

I shot

me live with it. Just-I don't know. Tell

." she covers

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 glares at

everything. Parents,

his life was so great, why are we hunting his

all 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

you for?"

on traditions. 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

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

right," I snort. "He wants

him go? Oh, he's like Dad," she

like him,"

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

Have one of them bring her back to him and we can

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