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

hit the brakes. I turn my

"Why the f*** would

Alice. I knew when you woke up, you were going to kill that **h and the f***g rogue. So, I

break out all over my body.

His name is Hunter. He's four,"

"And the father?"

know. I was inseminated. The deal was to give him a child and that was it. I

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needed me. He doesn't anymore and he took him,"

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over if I try to take him. And he's-" she growls and looks out the window. "He's like

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

I'd give

hold Rain in my arms," I tighten my 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 take care of myself," looked for for you better.

I shot

choice. Let me live with it. Just-I don't know. Tell me how you're the Lycan Queen now. Make mad at

." she covers

"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

everything. Parents, siblings, proper etiquette,

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

a lie. Shit

"What did he

apart. We have him locked in a cage not even the old man can

you for?"

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

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

I snort. "He

she huffs. "F***ng heroic a***es.

like him,"

person. Just kind of spoiled and shit is only going to get worse. Everyone wants to give the King and Queen

Have one of them bring

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