Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 125

in the cell next to little Eloise Lockwood.

Zander King is staring at me like I've grown a second head. He keeps opening and closing his mouth unable to come up with a single word to say to me. I'm pretty sure he's already on cloud nine. Somewhere between Zander King and Zander, the little boy who was locked "Yeah, me too," Mackenzie nods and stares at me the same way. "****ing, Perry,"

"F***ng hell," he finally clears his throat.

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Zander King is a very attractive man. He looks like a rock star. Slender

to his toes. Baby blue eyes, st***pid rock star slick back, and a whole le

boy. Tatt

the chisel of his jaw down

of black.

"I'm looking for chem. That albino b*****d told me to come see you"

"The King know you're snooping around in deep dark holes on your day off,

"Blue serum,

4." he smirks. "What do you need?"

"Mm," he groans shifting uncomfortably. "Darren asked for some of that before he ended up dead. That don't ring an alarm for you, Wolf Bait?"

"Give me the f***ng serum the nice way and I'll pay. Make me take it the not-so-nice way and I'll have your head delivered to the Ice Princess and your idiot brother myself," I warn him. "Come now, Perry. We're all friends. I got what you need. I'm just saying. You do what you want," he laughs like it's not a big deal. His eyes are riding a little low. "Baby, get me a couple of blue sticks for Her Highness," he hollers. "You still smoke? I got a couple of new strains," "Me, I

new

, I do," Mackenzie raises her hand. "Trash Bag here is turning a new leaf. She's got

master, you know,"

he opens a drawer and tosses a couple of blunt wraps on the table between us. A baggy of pink wolfsbane follows and a bag of what is probably his best cannabis flower on the market. He slides everything over to her. "On the house. Share

she dips her finger into

her. I really did miss her. "What's up, Wolf Bait?"

How's Sara?" I ask. It takes her a long moment to process what I said. Mackenzie looks down at the product Zander gave her questioningly. "Sara's good. She's at L.U. finishing her Doctorate," she blinks very slowly and her words come out rehearsed.

at the L.C. Laser Tech development," she smiles cheekily. "I'm working on the new designs for the eye surgery lasers. I was thinking about getting into the neurology tech development you started in Redwood. Lhear Nate is going to do

go to work in King talking about that

that, Beautiful?"

making

much? And how

I'd have to

the little backpack I filled with money back home

in there. Do you

nods and motions Cara

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bills. "I've had those viles

it for feral reformation research in

should call Luna Clarisse," he looks around his desk and finds a card. He tosses it on the desk to slide it to

"I

Luna and her two twin mates do not play well with anyone. "She's the leading expert in Ferals. She made the pills Vy was giving

in her

"Thank you,

my holster. This This stupid

me. When we get back in the car Mackenzie crawls into the back seat to roll up the gift Zander King just gave her. I glance at her through

her though? Literally, anything I say right now will start an argument about the King's recent influence on me. I should have probably left her in the car, to begin with. When smoke fills the cabin, I raise the

laughs. She climbs into the

us. I stop for food and snacks at the gas station before we check in. That was the same shit Cara was on. As we're going up the elevator, Mackenzie is looking up at

ner.

feel like we're moving?" she

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in the elevator," I try not

makes sense," she nods and steps