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

empty

I

"Why the f*** would you do

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

all over my body. "And

His name is Hunter.

"And the father?"

was inseminated. The deal was to give him a

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

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And he's-" she

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

give

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

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

." she covers

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

mean he had everything. Parents, siblings, proper etiquette, a

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

a

"What did he

have him

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 expendable. Then there's me who

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

I snort. "He wants to

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

like him,"

shit is only going to get worse.

we put out an APB on his mom? Have one of them bring

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