Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

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"Royce is going to lose his shit when he finds out, Perry," he says without meeting my gaze.

"She's going to reject him, Jonas," she seemed pretty adamant about that.

"She's going to try. It's law for both parties to be in agreement. It's been a long time since a mating has been on trial," "Are you serious? You hold trials?"

"Yes, they're both adults and there's no political interference,"

"What does that mean?"

"Roy isn't promised to any other bloodline," he shrugs as if that's not a life-defining statement."

"Being the King fucking sucks, Jo. Why did you want this?" I shake my head. He finally smiles and tilts my head back.

"You're not acting like yourself," he says gently. I pull away from him and push him back so I can get away.

"I am. You just don't know me, Jonas. You know a part of me. A very, very dark part of me. That's not all I am,"

"I feel like you woke up a completely different person," he nods.

I didn't get what I wanted and in trying to get there I hurt the only thing that meant more to me than literally everything

Even if I'm not in love with him the way I feel we both deserve, I realize that I do care for him deeply. The first thing I wanted to do

to heal from. I think we both need some time to fully adjust to our new situation. I don't want you to feel caged like you did before and I don't even know where to

don't have to and you can stop with the gifts," I point at the giant

me promise to add to it," he shrugs. He goes over to it and falls back on it. "I can see the

It's the worst kind of coping mechanism you can develop. It feels so good at first but when you really sit down to look at it and admit just how empty it all is, you'll hate yourself. Then to help you get over that you go and buy another

of what

up at him to see him smirking back

laugh. He grins and the ugly sticky feeling inside of him takes a

let anyone get too close. I want him to be in charge of this team. "And also they know Ninjitsu. I've seen

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little girls," I try to dismiss

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Perry. Surviving is not going to be easy for them. Jordan's family means business. I can't favor them and neither can you. If we change the laws to help them, I'd lose the respect we've established already. The people would

we're talking about thousands of years of bigotry and tradition. The fact is that only one should exist and it would be one of the strongest Lycans alive. Lillies failed to absorb Tullie in the womb and then refused to finish it when they turned. That's

you hear the words coming out of

a little, but there are

"You mean eat her?"

you