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.

and in trying to get there I hurt the only thing that meant more to me than literally everything else. Crys is gone

thing I wanted to do after learning what happened to Mackenzie was fell him so that he could give me

"I mean not fully, but I understand that it's something that's going to take time 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

you can stop with the gifts," I point at the

would have bought it anyway. To add to your collection. You made me promise to add to it," he shrugs. He goes over to it and falls back on it. "I can

thrill of it. 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

That's kind of what happened when I

up at him to see him smirking

you," I laugh. He grins and the ugly

take time. I trust Jordan to protect you, but he's got some shit going on. I sent the twins to you for two reasons. I know you love them. They're not safe away from him and I know you'd never let

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little girls," I try to

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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 fight back," "What about giving them

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 isn't going to change because you

words coming out of your mouth,

This is the way things are. We're not wolves. I don't deny that it's going to be beneficial for us to change a little, but there are things that do not need to be changed. We're beasts, Lycan Queen. She shamed herself and

"You mean eat her?"

dirty when you